Environmental influences and individual characteristics that affect learner-centered teaching practices.

ABSTRACT: Research-based teaching practices can improve student learning outcomes in a variety of complex educational environments. The implementation of learner-centered teaching practices in STEM can both benefit from or be constrained by different factors related to individual instructors and the teaching environment. Additionally, we know little of how the instructional climate varies across institutions and how this climate affects teaching practices. Our study sought to examine the relative importance of environmental influences and individual characteristics on learner-centered teaching practices across institutions. We also assessed differences in our study population and departmental climate for 35 US higher education institutions across the country. We found that self-efficacy in teaching

SUBMITTER: Emery N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8087079 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature