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On teaching styles of water educators and the impact of didactic training |
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A. Pathirana, J. H. Koster, E. Jong, S. Uhlenbrook |
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Englisch
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1027-5606
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In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences ; 16, no. 10 ; Nr. 16, no. 10 (2012-10-17), S.3677-3688 |
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250013521
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hess-16-3677-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Solving today's complex hydrological problems requires originality, creative
thinking and trans-disciplinary approaches. Hydrological education that was
traditionally teacher centred, where the students look up to the teacher for
expertise and information, should change to better prepare hydrologists to
develop new knowledge and apply it in new contexts. An important first step
towards this goal is to change the concept of education in the educators'
minds. The results of an investigation to find out whether didactic training
influences the beliefs of hydrology educators about their teaching styles is
presented. Faculty of UNESCO-IHE has been offered a didactic certification
program named university teaching qualification (UTQ). The hypothesis that
UTQ training will significantly alter the teaching style of faculty at
UNESCO-IHE from expert/formal authority traits towards facilitator/delegator
traits was tested. A first survey was conducted among the entire teaching
staff (total 101, response rate 58%). The results indicated that there
are significantly higher traits of facilitator and delegator teaching styles
among UTQ graduates compared to faculty who were not significantly trained
in didactics. The second survey which was conducted among UTQ graduates
(total 20, response rate 70%), enquiring after their teaching styles
before and after UTQ, corroborated these findings. |
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