John Hurst's Teaching Quotes
"Teaching should be guided by the Predict, Observe, Explain
philosophy." (Ian Mitchell, seminar to FCIT, 5 Oct 1995)
"Classroom Researchers are not looking for a law of human
behaviour, an if-then formula to them that if they
teach in a certain way, then a certain kind of learning
will occur - or even that such learning will occur in 62 percent
of the students." (Patricia Cross and Mimi Steadman, Classroom
Research - Implementing the scholarship of teaching,
Jossey-Bass, 1996, p17)
Goss and Boyd define "The Scholarship of Teaching is an
iterative, ongoing, visible, defensible, open, shared and ordered
approach to the educative dimension of university work which
fosters familiarity with teaching and learning theory, rigour and
focused direction in active participation and evaluation,
creativity in design and approach, reflection on action and aims
to produce quality outcomes for all stakeholders alike. (The
scholarship of teaching: An exploration of interpretations of the
scholarship of teaching and the role of `online learning and
teaching' as a trigger)
Goss and Boyd: "Has the uptake of emerging technologies provided
opportunities for academics to:
- engage with scholarly contributions of others?
- increase their reflective practices and seek to improve
their own teaching and the learning of students within their
discipline context?
- communicate and disseminate information about teaching and
learning generally and within their specific disciplines?
- refine and develop conceptions of teaching and learning?
(ibid)
