Teaching the Way They Were Taught? Revisiting the Sources of Teaching Knowledge and the Role of Prior Experience in Shaping Faculty Teaching Practice
WCER Working Paper No. 2012-09
Amanda Oleson and Matthew T. Hora
September 2012, 26 pp.
ABSTRACT: Little is known about the origins of faculty knowledge for teaching. In this exploratory study we interviewed and observed 53 faculty, finding that faculty do not only “teach the way they were taught” but also draw on knowledge derived from their experiences as researchers, instructors, students, and outside of academia.
keywords: College faculty; Teaching Knowledge and Practice; Prior Experiences
