Teaching and Learning Circles: Developing Reflective Practice and Enhancing Teaching Culture
Status
Completed: 12 June 2020
Project Details
Teaching and Learning Circles (TLCs) are a facilitated peer observation of teaching and a professional development opportunity for tertiary teachers. The project offers evidence of the impact of TLCs on collegiality, confidence and competence among tertiary educators.
Aims:
The main aim of the project was to explore the influence of a peer observation of teaching initiative, the ‘Teaching and Learning Circles’ (TLCs), on teaching culture/s and student learning.
This work builds on the completed Ako Aotearoa co-funded project Teaching and Learning Circles: A framework for enhancing teaching culture and practice by Tracy Rogers (Project Leader), Associate Professor Clinton Golding, Dr Rob Wass, and Dr Julie Timmermans at the University of Otago.
Methodology:
The project methodology involved:
- rolling out the TLC concept across interested schools in three different faculties, with the aim of having at least 10 functioning TLCs, with four members in each TLC
- TLC participants completing a pre- and post-programme questionnaire, being interviewed when their TLC finishes, and then again up to six months after the programme.
Research question:
- To what extent, or in what ways, does the Teaching and Learning Circles initiative influence teaching culture/s?
Team
Dr Kathryn Sutherland
Project Leader
Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Irina Elgort
Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Emma Tennent
Victoria University of WellingtonStatus
Funding
$29,791.00 (excl GST)
Key Findings
Key Recommendations
This report describes the successful implementation of a Teaching and Learning Circles (TLCs) process at one New Zealand university. Evidence is shared of the impact of TLCs on collegiality, confidence and competence among participants.
(PDF, 473 KB, 22-pages)
- 28 February 2020
This resource pack provides an introduction to Teaching and Learning Circles and some resources to help you get started.
(PDF, 524 KB, 16-pages)
- 28 February 2020
