LEARNING OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSITY LECTURERS FROM A PROCESS-ORIENTED UNIVERSITY PEDAGOGICAL COURSE
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSITY LECTURERS FROM A PROCESS-ORIENTED UNIVERSITY PEDAGOGICAL COURSE
Author(s): Maire Syrjäkari, Maija Lampinen, Laura HirstoSubject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus
Keywords: university teacher education; collaborative inquiry; process-oriented course; university pedagogy
Summary/Abstract: Learning outcomes from a one-year long collaborative inquiry-oriented pedagogical training course for university lecturers were investigated in this study. The course was a long-term, process-oriented university pedagogical course with students from different disciplinary backgrounds, and it was based on the idea of a community of practice and collaborative inquiry learning. The focus of the course was designing learning environment, process facilitation and supporting structures, but the content was not determined in advance; instead, the students produced the content based on their experiences, shortfalls in their current teaching competence and knowledge, and also the educational development needs of their working environment. The follow-up data were collected through questionnaires with open-ended questions on different phases of the course; group electronic learning logs were used as complementary data. According to the results, the long-term collaborative inquiry-oriented pedagogical training achieved predefined learning outcomes even though the actual content of the course was not predetermined, and even went beyond them, especially in terms of empowerment.
Journal: TRAMES
- Issue Year: XVII/2013
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 347-365
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English