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Updating understandings of 'teaching' : taking account of learners' and teachers' beliefs

MacLellan, Effie (2015) Updating understandings of 'teaching' : taking account of learners' and teachers' beliefs. Teaching in Higher Education, 20 (2). pp. 171-182. ISSN 1356-2517

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Abstract

The paper reviews recent psycho-educational literature to identify features of teacher thinking which enable learners to acquire meaningful knowledge. The review establishes that one powerful mechanism to improve teaching in higher education turns on exploiting adults' epistemic beliefs: beliefs about the nature and the acquisition of knowledge. Epistemic beliefs and knowledge construction interact with each other but both can be promoted through focused teaching. The four foci for teaching are (1) surfacing learners' epistemic beliefs, as these are the bases of new learning; (2) actively engaging learners' views of knowledge so that their refinement can be the objective of educational practices; (3) emphasising and evidencing critical thinking; and (4) foregrounding teachers' own epistemic beliefs in their reflections on practice.

Item type: Article
ID code: 49790
Keywords: learners' epistemic beliefs, teachers' epistemic beliefs, critical thinking, educational psychology, Higher Education, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education
Subjects: Education > Theory and practice of education > Higher Education
Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 14 Oct 2014 13:06
Last modified: 11 Mar 2019 21:31
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49790
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