bolhuis - teachers'conceptions of student learning and own learning

New learning theory, underpinning the idea of teaching for self-directed learning, provides new
conceptions of learning: the self-regulation of learning, the construct-character of knowledge, the
social nature of learning and a dynamic model of intelligence. What conceptions teachers hold
may be related to their tolerance of uncertainty. We constructed a Learning Inventory and
administered this to teachers in Dutch senior secondary education, where an innovation is heading
for more independent learning. We found empirical confirmation of the five dimensions underlying
teachers’ conceptions of learning, both for student learning and for their own learning.
Tolerance of uncertainty explained the other four dimensions in conceptions of student learning,
but not in teachers’ conceptions of their own learning. Teachers generally endorse the process-oriented
conceptions, although some differences are noted between teachers’ conceptions of student
learning and their own learning.

http://hbo-kennisbank.uvt.nl/cgi/fontys/show.cgi?fid=3726

mijn notes:

• ze hebben onderzoek gedaan naar de percepties die docenten hebben van hun eigen leren en dat van hun studenten.
• interessant zijn de verschillen die docenten zien tussen zichzelf en de studenten:
• 1 ze verwachten van de studenten meer tolerance for uncertainty dan van zichzelf
• 2 ze zien bij zichzelf een meer dynamic conception of intelligence than voor studenten. ze zien dat ze zelf blijven leren tijdens hun carierre
• 3 teacher support for internal regulation was laag.