P. Ballesteros-Pérez, M.C. González-Cruz, D. Mora-Melià (2018) BE PREPARED FOR YOUR NEXT 30-SECOND T&L CONVERSATION, INTED2018 Proceedings, pp. 1670-1674.pdf (169.19 kB)
Be prepared for your next 30-second T&L conversation
conference contribution
posted on 2018-11-26, 11:46 authored by Pablo Ballesteros-Perez, M. Carmen Gonzalez-Cruz, Daniel Mora-MeliaMany relevant bits of our social and professional interactions happen within a few seconds after starting conversations with someone else. Additionally, within the academia, lecturers are frequently exposed to student’s complaints or alternative points of view which may challenge the way Teaching
and Learning (T&L) is being managed.
However, students may not speak up when they are asked for feedback, but in out-of-context
situations instead. At that moment, the (unprepared) lecturer needs to come up with a good answer. No postponement is allowed and, generally, this lecturer will just have around 30 seconds to go over his/her major points in a clear and comprehensible manner. This paper reviews the reasons why some innovative teaching methods generally cause some level of
discomfort among the students. Examples about the usual complaints that they raise are also
analysed. Finally, a series of short dialogues involving both peers and students as locutors and exemplifying how these conversations generally evolve are included. By means of these short dialogues the reader can better prepare him/herself for key T&L-related
difficult conversations. Anticipating these conversations is relevant because they involve delicate issues about the way the instructor approaches innovative teaching and how the students perceive them. Therefore, this paper provides reflections and additional tools for new lecturers who try to implement T&L innovations and that have to deal with some opposition among the students.
Funding
This research was supported by the CIOB Bowen Jenkins Legacy Research Fund at the University of Reading (H5405400).
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- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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12TH INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (INTED)Pages
1670 - 1674Citation
BALLESTEROS-PEREZ, P., GONZALEZ-CRUZ, M.C. and MORA-MELIA, D., 2018. Be prepared for your next 30-second T&L conversation. IN: Gomez Chova, L., Lopez Martinez, A. and Candel Torres, I. (eds.) 12th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2018 conference proceedings), Valencia, Spain, March 5-7th. Valencia: IATED Academy, pp. 1670-1674.Publisher
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This is a conference paper. The publisher's preferred citation is P. Ballesteros-Pérez, M.C. González-Cruz, D. Mora-Melià (2018) BE PREPARED FOR YOUR NEXT 30-SECOND T&L CONVERSATION, INTED2018 Proceedings, pp. 1670-1674.ISBN
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