Who do you talk to about your teaching? In recent research Pataraia et al. (2014) explores what the main themes of academics’ conversations are and who they talk to. Participants were free to name as many contacts as they wished. “Departmental...
During my first session as a teacher educator I always ask my students to think back to a really good teacher from the time they themselves were pupils or students. Then, I ask them to name an essential characteristic of this ideal teacher. Usually, the majority of my...