Reflection: issues related to improving professors' teaching and students' learning

By Lynn McAlpine, C. Weston. 2000

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Scaffolding students' transition to higher education: parallel introductory courses for students and teachers (2008, background): “McInnis (2001) argues, however, that the problem is the way the question is posed.”
An investigation into excellent tertiary teaching: Emphasising reflective practice (2004, background): “McAlpine and Weston (2000) studied six exemplary university teachers and concluded that reflection functions “as a mechanism for the improvement and development of teaching” (p. 382).”
Reflection on teaching and epistemological structure: reflective and critically reflective processes in ‘pure/soft’ and ‘pure/hard’ fields (2009, background): “ McAlpine and Weston (2000) discuss three reasons why academics may not naturally engage in reflection: lack of motivation (not valuing being a good teacher), lack of knowledge about teaching, and a fear of taking risks.”
Doctoral student experience in Education:Activities and difficulties influencing identity development (2009, background): “…activities or events that can be identified as academic and it is important to capture the cumulative formative influences of this range of events (McAlpine & Weston, 2000); ‘event’ and ‘activity’ are seen as equivalent in meaning with doctoral experience an accumulation of events and activities.”
A follow-up study of the effect of pedagogical training on teaching in higher education (2008, background): “Furthermore, they have a willingness and an ability to take risks in their actions, to do things differently ( McAlpine and Weston 2000 ).”
Teacher reflection on action: what is said (in research) and what is done (in teaching) (2009, background): “McAlpine and Weston (2000) analyzed whether these proposals were corroborated by research.”