Additional References on Teaching Perspectives

Here is a partial bibliography of literature on conceptions of teaching for people who wish to explore the topic further:

Dall’Alba, G. (1991). Foreshadowing conceptions of teaching, Research and Development in Higher Education 13, 293-297.

Dunkin, M.J. & Precians, R.P. (1992). Award winning university teachers’ concepts of teaching. Higher Education 24, 483-502.

Fox, D. (1983). Personal theories of teaching, Studies in Higher Education 8(2), 151-163.

Kember, D. (1997) A reconceptualisation of the research into university academics/ conceptions of teaching. Learning and Instruction, 7(3), 255-275.

Pratt, D.D. (1989). Three stages of teacher competence: A developmental perspective. In E. Hayes (Ed.), Effective Teaching Styles (New Directions for Continuing Education). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 77-88.

Pratt, D.D. (1992a). Conceptions of teaching, Adult Education Quarterly, 42(4), 203-220.

Pratt, D.D. (1992b). Chinese conceptions of learning and teaching: A westerner's attempt at understanding. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 11(4), 301-319.

Pratt, D.D. (1997). Reconceptualizing the evaluation of teaching in higher education, Higher Education, 34: 23-44, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands.

Pratt, D.D. (2001). Good teaching: one size fits all? In J. Ross-Gordon (Ed.) An Up-date on Teaching Theory, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Publishers.

Pratt, D.D. & Associates (1998). Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult & Higher Education. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing.

Pratt, D.D. and Nesbit, T. (2000). Discourses and cultures of teaching. In E. Hayes and A. Wilson (Eds.) Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Pratt, D.D., Kelly, M., Wong, W.S.S. (1998). The social construction of Chinese models of teaching. Proceedings of 39th Annual Adult Education Research Conference, San Antonio, Texas.

 

Pratt, D.D., Kelly, M., Wong, W.S.S. (1999). Chinese conceptions of ‘effective teaching’ in Hong Kong: Towards culturally sensitive evaluation of teaching, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 18(4).

Pratt, D.D., Arseneau, R., and Collins, J.B. (2001). Theoretical Foundations: Reconsidering 'Good Teaching' Across the Continuum of Medical Education. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Vol. 21, No. 2, June.

Samuelowicz, K. & Bain, J.D. (1992). ‘Conceptions of teaching held by academic teachers’. Higher Education, 24, 93-111.

Trigwell, K., Prosser, M. & Taylor, P. (1994). ‘Qualitative differences in approaches to teaching first year university science’, Higher Education, 27, 75-84.

Watkins, D. (1992). ‘Evaluating the effectiveness of tertiary teaching: a Filipino investigation’, Educational Research Journal, 7, 60-67.

Watkins, D. And Thomas, B. (1991). ‘Assessing teaching effectiveness: An Indian perspective’, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 16, 185-198.

Watkins, D., Marsh, H.W., and Young, D. (1987) Evaluating tertiary teaching: A New Zealand perspective. Teaching and Teacher Education, 3, 41-53.

Watkins, D. and Thomas, B. (1991) Assessing teaching effectiveness: An Indian perspective. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 16, 185-198.

Wong, M. (1995) Apprenticeship: A Study of Five Chinese Masters. Unpublished M.Ed. paper, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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