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This is the presentation I used for my talk at the Future of Education conference in Florence, Italy, June 17th 2011. The paper can be downloaded on their website: http://www.pixel-online.net/edu_future/common/download/Paper_pdf/SOE14-Bruyckere.pdfResearch done @ Arteveldehogeschool University College, Ghent
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PWO-project: Is dat echt?
Pedro De Bruyckere – Tom Vermeylen
Which Criteria Do Young People Use to Perceive Teachers as Authentic or Fake?
Pedro De BruyckereArteveldehogeschool University College
Ghent / Belgium@thebandb
Whichone is the ‘real’ one?
School underpressure?
Authenticity
Many defenitionsin many different areas
So: Let’s take a pragmatic angle
Which criteria do youngpeopleuse to perceive a teacher as beingauthentic.
Methodology
In-depthinterviews
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Analyses
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Check with focus groups
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Extra check with experts
Results
The importance of knowledge
Unanymous over vocational, technical and broadeducation.
Passion!
Unique
Often mentioned as a bad example: teaching by the book without any alterations at all or adaptation to the specific public.
Every class needs to be perceived as unique, because each class is different, consisting of unique, different boys and girls.
A unique teacher stands out.
Distancevscloseness
Personalinformation, yes, but in smalldose.
The importance of the informal.
A teacher is not a friend…
…not even onFacebook.
The effect of a authentic teacher?
Knowledge, small effect.
Butpassion: “Teachersneed to bedirective, influential, caring, and activelyengaged in the passion of teaching in learning”. (Hattie, 2009)
And about the importance of perceivingeachpupil as unique: “Teachersneed to beaware of whateach and every student is thinking and knowing.” (Hattie, 2009)
