Coping with the Contradictions of Reflecting on Praxis: a Spanish case |
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| Authors: | Gloria Braga Blanco |
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| Institution: | Department of Education , University of Oviedo , C/Aniceto Sela s/n, Oviedo 33005, Asturias , Spain |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This paper offers some aspects and conclusions which form a part of a more extensive 2‐year case study carried out by a group of 11 teachers participating in an action‐research project at the University of Oviedo, Spain. The purpose is to analyse the professionalizing potential of action‐research in Higher Education. Professional development and growth are understood to be a pedagogical process through which teachers may increase, and enhance their ability for coping with the dilemmas and contradictions they face up to at work. In considering this conception, the objective is to analyse the specific contradictions of action‐research, as well as its possibilities, as a strategy for professional development of University teachers. |
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| Keywords: | formative assessment institutional change first-year students student learning |
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