Reframing Teaching Relationships: From Student-Centred to Subject-Centred Learning

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Title: Reframing Teaching Relationships: From Student-Centred to Subject-Centred Learning
Language: English
Authors: Hobson, Julia, Morrison-Saunders, Angus
Source: Teaching in Higher Education. 2013 18(7):773-783.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 11
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Student Centered Curriculum, Intellectual Disciplines, Expertise, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Phenomenology, College Faculty, Higher Education, Integrity, Reflection
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2013.836095
ISSN: 1356-2517
Abstract: At a time when the context of teaching in higher education is difficult for many number of factors such as: reduced funding, changing demographics of students and demands to teach in flexible times and spaces, there are also higher levels of quality control, transparency and accountability over teaching which are exerted by institutions. This paper reframes these demands and difficulties to reclaim the disciplinary expertise of the academic as teacher and following Palmer sees teaching as an entanglement of "beings": the teachers, the learners and the subject and explores what it means to be a teacher within these relationships. We argue for a relational pedagogy in which embodied teaching is guided by listening for and to the subject. Wishing to be consistent in the paper with its theme, we adopt a subject-centred approach. And since our core subject in this paper is teaching, we necessarily include reflections on teaching experiences.
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Number of References: 28
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1021625
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:At a time when the context of teaching in higher education is difficult for many number of factors such as: reduced funding, changing demographics of students and demands to teach in flexible times and spaces, there are also higher levels of quality control, transparency and accountability over teaching which are exerted by institutions. This paper reframes these demands and difficulties to reclaim the disciplinary expertise of the academic as teacher and following Palmer sees teaching as an entanglement of "beings": the teachers, the learners and the subject and explores what it means to be a teacher within these relationships. We argue for a relational pedagogy in which embodied teaching is guided by listening for and to the subject. Wishing to be consistent in the paper with its theme, we adopt a subject-centred approach. And since our core subject in this paper is teaching, we necessarily include reflections on teaching experiences.
ISSN:1356-2517
DOI:10.1080/13562517.2013.836095