How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university

Novice lecturer professional development is regarded as a continuous process that begins during pre-service lecturer training and continues throughout the academic career. It is focused on enabling and empowering lecturers by improving their professional confidence, teaching skills, and classroom ma...

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Main Authors: Yu, Hong, Abdullah, Arnida, Asimiran, Soaib, Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Research and Knowledge Management 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97560/
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author Yu, Hong
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description Novice lecturer professional development is regarded as a continuous process that begins during pre-service lecturer training and continues throughout the academic career. It is focused on enabling and empowering lecturers by improving their professional confidence, teaching skills, and classroom management. The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional development practices of novice lecturers and to comprehend their situation and feelings about these practices at a public university in China. Using a qualitative case study, five novice lecturers were selected to participate in this study. Relevant programs and activities on professional development are analyzed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the perceptions of novice lecturers. Another data collection method was documentation. The findings indicate that the professional development practices of novice lecturers in this selected university were done by organizing lecturer teaching competitions, teaching ability training, establishing the mentorship system, information technology application ability training. Novice lecturers are generally satisfied with the implementation of these programs and activities and hope that the university could provide more opportunities to help them grow quickly.
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spelling upm-975602022-07-26T03:37:16Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97560/ How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university Yu, Hong Abdullah, Arnida Asimiran, Soaib Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar Novice lecturer professional development is regarded as a continuous process that begins during pre-service lecturer training and continues throughout the academic career. It is focused on enabling and empowering lecturers by improving their professional confidence, teaching skills, and classroom management. The purpose of this paper is to explore the professional development practices of novice lecturers and to comprehend their situation and feelings about these practices at a public university in China. Using a qualitative case study, five novice lecturers were selected to participate in this study. Relevant programs and activities on professional development are analyzed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the perceptions of novice lecturers. Another data collection method was documentation. The findings indicate that the professional development practices of novice lecturers in this selected university were done by organizing lecturer teaching competitions, teaching ability training, establishing the mentorship system, information technology application ability training. Novice lecturers are generally satisfied with the implementation of these programs and activities and hope that the university could provide more opportunities to help them grow quickly. Society for Research and Knowledge Management 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97560/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Yu, Hong and Abdullah, Arnida and Asimiran, Soaib and Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar (2021) How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, 20 (10). 117 - 132. ISSN 1694-2493; ESSN: 1694-2116 https://www.ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/article/view/4062 10.26803/ijlter.20.10.7
spellingShingle Yu, Hong
Abdullah, Arnida
Asimiran, Soaib
Muhamad, Mohd Mokhtar
How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title_full How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title_fullStr How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title_full_unstemmed How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title_short How to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
title_sort how to become experienced? the practice of novice lecturer professional development at a public university
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/97560/1/ABSTRACT.pdf