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Higher education teachers' descriptions of their own learning : large scale study of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
Vesa IlvesAija TöytäriPäivi TynjäläArja PiirainenLiisa Vanhanen-nuutinenKimmo Mäkisubject
Higher educationphenomenographyexperiences of learningEducationProfessional learning communityhigher education teachers0502 economics and businessMathematics educationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONta516university of applied sciencesPhenomenographybusiness.industry05 social sciencesEducational technology050301 educationOpen learningLearning sciencesTeam learningfenomenografiabusinessPsychologykvalitatiivinen tutkimus0503 education050203 business & managementqualitative researchQualitative researchdescription
In this large-scale study, higher education teachers’ descriptions of their own learning were examined with qualitative analysis involving application of principles of phenomenographic research. This study is unique: it is unusual to use large-scale data in qualitative studies. The data were collected through an e-mail survey sent to 5960 teachers at universities of applied sciences in Finland. The number of respondents was 1622. Four hierarchically structured categories of learning were found: individual learning, collegial learning, team learning and innovative partnership learning. The role of teachers in higher education demands innovative partnership learning: being active at the societal level with workplaces and international partners. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-15 | Higher education research and development |