A conceptual change approach to staff development: A model for programme design
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal for Academic Development
- Vol. 5 (1) , 30-41
- https://doi.org/10.1080/136014400410088
Abstract
With the rapid expansion in tertiary education in the past decade, coupled with the rising emphasis on accountability, teaching quality has become an important issue in higher education worldwide. The increasing emphasis on quality has placed new demands on staff development, in particular to find promising models and methodologies that will guide development approaches. The paper describes an innovative approach to staff development that was synthesized from four theories about conceptual change or change in general. This conceptual change approach is based on the hypothesis that changing teachers' conceptions of teaching towards more elaborated levels will bring about improvement in their teaching practices. A short course derived from this model is outlined.Keywords
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