Jacobs JC1, van Luijk SJ, Galindo-Garre F, Muijtjens AM, van der Vleuten CP, Croiset G, Scheele F. BMC Med Educ. 2014 Oct 16;14:220. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-220.
Five teacher profiles in student-centred curricula based on their conceptions of learning and teaching. Teachers' conceptions of learning and teaching are partly unconscious.
However, they are critical for the delivery of education and affect students' learning outcomes.
Lasting changes in teaching behaviour can only be realized if conceptions of teachers have been changed accordingly. Previously we constructed a questionnaire named COLT to measure conceptions. In the present study, we investigated if different teacher profiles could be assessed which are based on the teachers' conceptions. These teacher profiles might have implications for individual teachers, for faculty development activities and for institutes. Our research questions were: (1) Can we identify teacher profiles based on the COLT? (2) If so, how are these teacher profiles associated with other teacher characteristics?