Title:
Change in University Pedagogical Culture – The Impact of Increased Pedagogical Training on First Teaching Experiences
Authors:
Mari Murtonen & Henna Vilppu
Published:
International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Volume 19, Number 3 (2020)
https://www.ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/article/view/1936
From the abstract:
"This study aims to explore whether the increase in pedagogical training has had any effect on new teachers’ experiences. We consider first teaching experiences to be crucial for a teacher’s career and the development of the environment’s pedagogical culture. We hypothesised that even if new faculty begin their teaching career without any formal pedagogical training, due to the changed pedagogical culture within faculties, they receive more support from their colleagues than their peers did 10 or 20 years ago. In this study, teachers with different amounts of teaching experience were asked to describe their first teaching experiences to get an overall picture of topical issues (Study A). Then, a larger sample was collected to shed more light on the assumed change in teaching cultures (Study B)."