Acquisition of pedagogical knowledge by instructors of veterinary medicine
Transformation in Higher Education
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Acquisition of pedagogical knowledge by instructors of veterinary medicine | |
| Creator | Shivley, Jacob M. | |
| Description | Background: When practitioners of veterinary medicine enter academia as faculty or clinical instructors, they are asked to perform research, provide service and outreach, and educate students, yet the teaching component is a struggle for many. It has been posited that academic clinicians develop a teaching style similar to those they observed while in school but this has not been confirmed with empirical evidence.Aim: The aim of this research was to determine how veterinary instructors obtained pedagogical knowledge prior to their faculty appointment.Setting: The sample consisted of veterinary faculty at a college of veterinary medicine from the southeastern United States. The land-grant university that the veterinary school is associated with is one of only a few schools to earn both research and community engagement rankings from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.Methods: Online surveys were administered to a stratified sample of veterinary faculty and instructors. A mixed-methods approach was utilised to collect and analyse both close-ended and open-ended data. A coding process provided labels for emerging themes, concepts and examples and each research question was answered with descriptive detail.Results: Descriptive results showed that most instructors (93%) did not receive formal teacher training but derived their pedagogical knowledge from role models prior to teaching. Many faculty members (70%) attended university-sponsored workshops offered by their institutions to build upon and improve their teaching skills.Conclusion: Overarching themes reflected observational learning in situ and a general emphasis on non-cognitive skill development, particularly regarding interpersonal skills. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS Publishing | |
| Date | 2019-02-27 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/the.v4i0.54 | |
| Source | Transformation in Higher Education; Vol 4 (2019); 9 pages 2519-5638 2415-0991 | |
| Language | eng | |
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