%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of a professional development programme on the development of teaching styles
%A Daphne PAN
%A Kiruthika RAGUPATHI
%A Yuen K. IP
%J Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy
%D 2012
%I NUS Teaching Academy
%X The present study examines the influence of faculty development¨C specifically the Professional Development Programme (PDP) atthe National University of Singapore (NUS) ¨C on teaching styles.Canfield and Canfield¡¯s Instructional Styles Inventory (ISI) (1988)is used to measure teacher-focused and student-focused teachingstyles in sample populations with and without PDP intervention, andanalyses are run for all disciplines combined. The findings suggestthat the PDP accelerates an overall shift towards student-focusedteaching styles. The paper identifies key issues and strategies forpromoting faculty development through PDP.
%U http://www.nus.edu.sg/teachingacademy/jnusta/v2n4/v2n4p170_PanD.pdf