How is a professional development programme related to the development of university teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs and teaching conceptions?

Ine Noben*, Jan Folkert Deinum, Irene Douwes-van Ark, W. H. Adriaan Hofman

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Abstract

This study explores how the impact of a five ECTS professional development programme for university teachers affects their self-efficacy beliefs and teaching conceptions using a mixed methods approach. For the quantitative part of the study, participants completed pre-post surveys. From these surveys, we find that the programme led to an overall significant increase in reported self-efficacy beliefs. A sub-sample of ten participants participated in the qualitative part, which consists of four phases: three reflective assignments and an interview. Individual teachers demonstrate a dominant teaching conception in each phase and in almost half of the sub-sample it developed over time, moving from a teacher-centered to a more student-centered conception. When examining the development of self-efficacy and teaching conceptions collectively, three development groups are identified. Noteworthy is that teacher development is credited to the programme as a whole and not to a specific aspect.
Original languageEnglish
Article number100966
Number of pages10
JournalStudies in Educational Evaluation
Volume68
Early online dateDec-2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar-2021

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