Effective Teaching from a Postsecondary Vocational Education Perspective
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2006-08
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In this study the researcher investigated the nature of effective teaching at the
postsecondary vocational education level. The researcher surveyed the technologies and
trades instructors at two Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology
(SIAST) campuses, Kelsey and Wascana, in order to find out their definitions of effective
teaching and the skills, knowledge, values, and attributes that they perceived are needed
to be an effective instructor. Furthermore, the study aimed to show if there were any
significant differences in the instructors' views of teaching effectiveness and the
attributes of effective instructors with respect to teaching discipline, years of teaching
experience, gender, age, and level of postsecondary education. In addition to using a
survey to collect both quantitative and qualitative data, the researcher convened a focus
group.
The study's findings indicated that there was general agreement on the skills,
knowledge, values, and attributes that effective vocational instructors have and that there
were in some cases, significant differences in the instructors' views of teaching
effectiveness and the attributes of effective instructors with respect to the demographic
variables. Several themes emerged from the respondents' definitions of effective
teaching. These themes showed that there was a diverse range of meanings that
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Master of Education (M.Ed.)
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Curriculum Studies
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Curriculum Studies