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Hi Giles and colleagues Not a survey, but a bit like Fran, we ask participants on the PG Cert as an early task to talk about and then write a short 'learning autobiography', where they recollect and reflect on their own key experiences and influences as a learner in various contexts and consider how these might impact on their thinking and practice as a teacher (inspired by Brookfield). We have then used this within the initial conversation with individuals, and have found it to be a very powerful trigger for some, and an accessible way to engage in conversation about conceptions and expectations. Best wishes Ali Ali Cooper | PFHEA, MA, MEd, PGCE | Educational Development Adviser | Organisation & Educational Development | [log in to unmask] | 01524 510632 | HR Building | Lancaster University | LA1 4YW -----Original Message----- From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fran Beaton Sent: 13 April 2015 09:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: new lecturer concepts of teaching surveys Dear Colleagues I too have found the Dan Pratt inventory very helpful, particularly used as an iterative tool, so someone can see how their perceptions change over time and/or in response to a particular teaching situation. (It's also very interesting if people are team teaching as a way of unpacking different ethoses). The work of Stephen Brookfield about different teacher identities eg fly on the wall; mandated confessional; at one with the students invariably triggers lively group debate. We have an initial evaluative conversation about people's experiences as learners and how these may have shaped someone's expectations/beliefs about the kind of teacher they hope to be. This is built into our first PGCert module content and assessment. Our academic and teaching staff come from a wide range of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds so getting people to think about the assumptions they bring is illuminating. Best wishes Fran Fran Beaton Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Practice Programme Director and Chief Examiner,Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Centre for the Study of Higher Education Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NQ Tel 01227 824167 Profile http://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/staff/apt/profiles/fbeaton.html Please note our new email address for inquiries about our postgraduate taught programmes is [log in to unmask] To subscribe to the Centre for the Study of Higher Education mailing list: email us at [log in to unmask], or subscribe online at https://lists.kent.ac.uk/sympa/info/cshe-group (Kent users only) ________________________________________ From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Rachel Scudamore [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 10 April 2015 16:44 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: new lecturer concepts of teaching surveys Hello Giles, You might like to consider something around the UKPSF - perhaps looking at the values and having a conversation about their interpretation for the new lecturer's context. I have found Handel & Lauvas' idea of a practical theory of teaching quite powerful in thinking about practice because it highlights the impact of one's own values and beliefs around the role of HE and the student-teacher relationship. Starting with exploring those views and how they are reflected in practice might be a way to open a conversation where practice can be evaluated in a context that is more informed that right/wrong. Regards, Rachel Dr Rachel Scudamore FHEA FSEDA Head of Teaching Enhancement The University of Nottingham t: +44 (0)115 9515810 w: nottingham.ac.uk/teaching From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bennett Shirley Sent: 10 April 2015 16:34 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: new lecturer concepts of teaching surveys I like Daniel Pratt's Teaching Perspectives Inventory, which certainly aspires to avoid value judgements of the type you mention. Find at http://www.teachingperspectives.com/tpi/ Robin Mason did an early interpretation for technology in teaching (c.2003), which suffers from now being old, but makes interesting reading alongside other writing associated with the TPI. Shirley Sent from my iPhone On 10 Apr 2015, at 16:20, Giles Martin <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear SEDA Colleagues, Could anyone recommend any 'conceptions of teaching' style surveys that they have used with new lecturers (other than the Prosser/Trigwell approaches to teaching inventory)? I would like to use a survey as part of the initial one-to-one tutorial I have with new lecturers just after they start our course, for discussion purposes and perhaps comparative at the end of the course. I would ideally like to avoid anything too binary "good teacher"/"bad teacher" from the lecturer's perspective i.e. avoid a judgement, or questions where it can seem 'this is what you should be saying', so either people then put down what they think you want to hear or get annoyed that they're views are considered 'wrong'. I hope the above makes sense. I'm largely looking for different ways of starting a conversation over their views on teaching in their context/subject, without trying to imply how they should be thinking. Any suggestions/recommendations gratefully received! 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