Theme 2 Project 15
| Project
title |
The
relationship between authentic teacher identities and students' achievement
of generic learning outcomes |
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Researchers |
Professor
Carolin Kreber, Dr
Velda McCune,
Dr Sian Bayne
and Dr Miesbeth Knottenbelt (Higher & Community
Education, School of Education) University of Edinburgh |
|
Keywords |
Authenticity,
Identity, generic graduate attributes |
|
Abstract |
It
is typically assumed, by psychologists and philosophers alike, that
it is through student-focused approaches to teaching which actively
engage students in processes associated with active, inquiry-based
and reflective learning (inviting student to challenge core beliefs
and thereby experience conceptual shifts), that personal and intellectual
maturity, so essential for success in later personal, professional
and civic life, is best supported. This study explores the idea or meaning of
'authenticity in teaching' and, in conjunction with it, investigates
the sort of academic identities needed to bring about the 'knowing'
and 'being' in students usually associated with preparedness for
the complexities and challenges of today's world. Specifically, it
seeks to better understand the complex relationships between academics'
sense of "teacher identity", their authenticity in teaching, and
their students' learning and development at research-intensive universities,
across three subject areas (English, Law and Physics).
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|
Publications |
Kreber,
C., Klampfleitner, M., McCune,V., Bayne, S. & Knottenbelt, M.
(submitted for peer review). Formal and implicit conceptions of authenticity:
Further explorations of the meaning of authenticity in teaching. Adult
Education Quarterly.
Kreber, C., Klampfleitner, M., McCune,V., Bayne, S. & Knottenbelt,
M. (2007). "What do you mean by 'authentic'? A comparative review of
the literature on conceptions of authenticity", Adult Education Quarterly.
Parts of the study were presented at SRHE 2005, 2006 and 2007, AERA
2007, EARLI 2007 and ISL 2007.
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Start
/end date |
2005
- 2008 |
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Funder
/amount |
Higher
Education Academy / £25,000
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