Portraits of Pedagogical Thinking: Theories of Difficulty within University Teachers' Understandings of Student Learning
Author(s)
O'Brien, Mia
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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Of the many tasks that teachers undertake, the analysis of subject matter for learning entails the most complex of pedagogic activities. Teachers’ perceptions of what is difficult and troublesome for students to learn are central to teaching and learning, yet under-emphasised in current theoretical framings of pedagogical knowledge and expertise. In this study of pedagogical thinking and reasoning university teachers from different disciplinary settings were asked to delineate a threshold concept that featured within their course, and to describe the potentially troublesome aspects for student learning.Of the many tasks that teachers undertake, the analysis of subject matter for learning entails the most complex of pedagogic activities. Teachers’ perceptions of what is difficult and troublesome for students to learn are central to teaching and learning, yet under-emphasised in current theoretical framings of pedagogical knowledge and expertise. In this study of pedagogical thinking and reasoning university teachers from different disciplinary settings were asked to delineate a threshold concept that featured within their course, and to describe the potentially troublesome aspects for student learning.
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Book Title
Whisperings from the Corridors: Stories of Teachers in Higher Education
Subject
Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development