New lecturers’ constructions of learning, teaching and research in higher education

Developing medical teachers’ thinking and practice: impact of a staff development course

“…Constructive alignment and reflective practice permeates everything I do now; my clinical supervision, articles I write, when I help my children with their homework […].' (Teacher 14) For some of the respondents, the conceptual changes in how they think about teaching and learning are similar to the understanding of threshold concepts (Meyer & Land, 2003;2005). These can be described as conceptual gateways that provide a significant shift in perception and are unlikely to be forgotten and are difficult to unlearn.…”

“…Teaching is complex in nature and several studies report on the different conceptions of teaching and being a teacher as ranging from teaching as a way of imparting knowledge to teaching as a way of facilitating conceptual change (Åkerlind, 2004;Kember, 1997;Nicholls, 2005;Samuelowicz & Bain, 2001). There are many factors influencing teachers' approaches to teaching and researchers have different views regarding the stability of these different approaches.…”

İş Ve Aile Yaşamı Dengesi (zliği)nin Kadın Çalışanlar Üzerindeki Etkileri

“…The more work to do, being in a more competent position at work (Stock, Bauer and Bieling, 2014), having a geographical independence during the execution of the work (Allvin 2008;Albertsen et al, 2010;Hardy 2010), and increase in the number of knowledge workers such as the university academicians (Nicholls 2005) have rendered the border between these two domains more invisible (Pillay and Abhayawansa, 2014). When these borders became indistinct between the work and family domains, the level of conflict between the work and family life increased (Schieman and Glavin 2008;Schieman and Young 2010;Voydanoff 2007).…”

Academic Mobility between European Union Countries and Turkey

“…If one takes seriously the notion of developing good teaching in higher education, it is important not only look at what the new lecturer requires, but also the context and the environment in which they are required to develop (Nicholls, 2006). The HEIs in Turkey too often seek to compete with the EU HEIs, while comparatively few have the capacity to excel across the board, namely Middle East Technical University, Ankara University and Istanbul Technical University.…”