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This chapter focuses on improving the teaching of beginner university teachers through a professional development program. Firstly, it describes initial empirical research conducted to determine the self-perceptions of beginner university researchers, teachers, and teacher-researchers and how these individuals approach teaching. Three different approaches were identified: (1) transmission of knowledge (researchers); (2) devotion of time and energy to students (teachers); and (3) emphasis on the practical nature of knowledge (universalists). Secondly, the chapter describes a professional development program developed as a result by the Pedagogical Competence Development Centre of Masaryk University. The program consists of four modules over two semesters, including fundamentals of university teaching, video feedback and reflective interview exercises, a pedagogical methods workshop, and a mentoring collaboration between the participant and their chosen mentor.
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Švaříček, R., Procházková, I., Vanderziel, J.A., Šeďová, K. (2023). Developing Beginner University Teachers’ Pedagogical Competencies Through a Professional Development Program. In: Neisler, O.J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Academic Professional Development Centers. Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80967-6_39
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