Phenomenology of Surprise in a SoTL Scholars' Program
Faculty members participating in a year-long Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) development program experienced various surprises as transformational events. This study is a phenomenological exploration of these surprises. We use Dastur’s (2000) understanding of surprise as a phenomenologic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Calgary
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/TLI/article/view/57502 |
| Summary: | Faculty members participating in a year-long Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) development program experienced various surprises as transformational events. This study is a phenomenological exploration of these surprises. We use Dastur’s (2000) understanding of surprise as a phenomenological event that allows for changed perception and the possibility of a different future through an altered state of being in the world. Four different categories of surprise are explored: surprise that doing SoTL changed teaching, surprises about students, surprises about SoTL and the research process, and finally, surprises about communities and disciplines. |
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| ISSN: | 2167-4779 2167-4787 |