Lecturers learning to teach: the role of agency |
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Authors: | Mary Omingo |
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Institution: | 1. Teaching and Learning Network, The Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenyaomingo.mary@aku.edu |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTLecturers may be exposed to the same Academic Development Programme but their course of action at personal and professional level vary. In this paper, I analyze the lecturers’ contribution in shaping their learning to teach. I interviewed twenty-five lecturers in four private universities in Kenya using semi-structured interviews. The analysis showed that the onus to learn how to teach lies with the individual lecturer (agency) especially in contexts that lack a systematic approach to lecturers’ learning. Academic developers may be interested in understanding how the exercise of agency in learning how to teach leads to variations in lecturers’ actions. |
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Keywords: | Agency contribution Kenya learning to teach |
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