Is temperament a key to the success of teaching innovation?

dc.contributor.authorBlitz, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorVan Rooyen, M.R.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, David A.
dc.contributor.authorPickworth, G.P.
dc.contributor.authorDu Toit, Pieter Hertzog
dc.contributor.emailmarietjie.vanrooyen@up.ac.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-10T07:47:57Z
dc.date.available2011-03-10T07:47:57Z
dc.date.issued2010-08
dc.description.abstractINTRODUCTION: A section of the undergraduate curriculum was revised due to consistently poor student evaluation. The chosen didactic method for achieving this change was reciprocal peer teaching. This innovation may have required academic members of staff to adapt to a new teaching style. METHOD: Staff members determined their Keirsey temperament and were given a report on its interpretation. They participated in training on student-focused teaching techniques and completed the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI) of their preferred approach to teaching. Their subsequent sessions with students were videotaped and analysed for features of student-focused, as opposed to teacher-focused, teaching. RESULTS: There was a link between temperament type and apparent delivery of student-focused teaching. Staff members' perceptions of their approach to teaching did not correspond to their actual teaching behaviour. DISCUSSION: Staff development strategies could take into account individual temperaments in order to direct their professional development for the full spectrum of flexible teaching skills. Alternatively, teaching teams should be created in a way that takes account of different temperament types. CONCLUSION: Temperament does play a key role in adaptation to innovation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBlitz, JJ, Van Rooyen, MR, Cameron, DA, Pickworth, GP & Du Toit, PH 2010, 'Is temperament a key to the success of teaching innovation?', African Journal of Health Professions Education, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 17-20. [http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe]en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-5127
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/16021
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Journals Systemsen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial Works License.en_US
dc.subjectTemperamenten_US
dc.titleIs temperament a key to the success of teaching innovation?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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