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The Course Team as the Focus for Contextualized Professional Learning

Drew, Linda and Vaughan, Suzi (2002) The Course Team as the Focus for Contextualized Professional Learning. Innovations in Education and Teaching, 39 (3). pp. 183-195. ISSN 1470-3300

Type of Research: Article
Creators: Drew, Linda and Vaughan, Suzi
Description:

This article examines a course team, who have a joint responsibility in the design of the student learning experience, as they reflect on their professional learning. The focus of the study is, therefore, on the value added to professional development as a course team when so often, staff development is aimed at the individual teacher. What is highlighted in this case is a strategy for linking development activities to course teams to create an integrated approach, informed by current research. Examples are given of how the development focus has shifted from the individual to a whole course team in an attempt to have more impact on the student learning experience and innovative models of course design. As a result, the team has adopted a common student-focused approach, and has been able to accommodate the individual variation in approach to teaching and still produce an outcome that is likely to benefit student learning. This is consistent with studies that suggest developments aimed at improving student learning need to be focused at the individual staff level and at the course and department levels, and to have internal consistency.

Official Website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13558000210140947
Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: Professional and Management Development Training, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, GROUP work in education, professional education, teaching and learning research
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company: Taylor and Francis
Your affiliations with UAL: Colleges > Chelsea College of Arts
Date: August 2002
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1080/13558000210140947
Related Websites: http://www.seda.ac.uk/home.html, http://www.chelsea.arts.ac.uk/17220.htm
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Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2010 11:47
Last Modified: 28 Apr 2017 07:53
Item ID: 1996
URI: https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/1996

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