How formal initiatives to improve teaching can lead to more significant informal conversations and increased sharing practice

University teachers grow professionally from conversations about learning and teaching with colleagues. Significant informal conversations can be facilitated through formal activities initiated from the institutional side. This case-study shows how a formal institutional initiative to enhance educat...

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Main Authors: Pernille Bronken Eidesen, Oddfrid Førland, Lena M. Håkansson, Hanne H. Christiansen, Tina Dahl, Elise Strømseng
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: NTNU Open Access Journals 2023-06-01
Series:Nordic Journal of STEM Education
Online Access:https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/njse/article/view/4951
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Summary:University teachers grow professionally from conversations about learning and teaching with colleagues. Significant informal conversations can be facilitated through formal activities initiated from the institutional side. This case-study shows how a formal institutional initiative to enhance educational quality has facilitated more significant informal conversations. Such conversations power constructive feedback to the organisation, improve the formal quality development work at the institutional level, and increase the use of collegial experiences across the institution. We identify the formal initiative “Collegial sharing sessions” as particularly efficient for fuelling significant informal conversations within and across departments.
ISSN:2535-4574