Decoding the disciplines–A pilot study at the University of Liège (Belgium)
Abstract[edit | edit source]
This paper reports on a first attempt to apply the two first stages of the “Decodingthe disciplines” framework (Pace, 2017) at the University of Liège (Belgium). In this context, 7professors volunteered to reflect, through a structured process, upon “bottlenecks” in theircourses, with the help of IFRES’ (Institute for Training and Research in Higher Education)pedagogical advisers. This pilot delivered contrasted observations: while participants grantedvalue to their exposure to this approach, especially in terms of enhanced awareness of possiblediscrepancies between what experts and newcomers in the field might consider as obvious, noneof them activated the possibility offered to tackle the identified bottlenecks, according to thesystematic approach (stages 3-7) suggested by the framework. The paper presents thepedagogical setting, analyses the interviews of participants and the outcomes of the project,outlines explanations for its results, and shares some lessons learnt.
Bibliographic data[edit | edit source]
Verpoorten, D., Devyver, J., Duchâteau, D., Mihaylov, B., Agnello, A., Ebrahimbabaie Varnosfaderani, P., ... & Detroz, P. (2017). Decoding the disciplines–A pilot study at the University of Liège (Belgium). In EuroSoTL. Lund University Press, Lund, Sweden.
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https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/211105/1/Verpoorten_etal2%20orbi.pdf