Zeitschrift für Hochschuldidaktik Nr. 1999/2
Medicine Study 2000
Alternatives for Learning and Assessment, Teaching and Evaluation
William FULTON (Vienna, Austria)
Are Good Teachers Born, or Can They Be Made?
Summary
University professors find themselves in the awkward position of having to perform a job for which they have received no formal training, namely, teaching.Why is it that those who provide formal training at the highest level for other professions receive no such training for their own? Is it because "good teachers are born, not made, " as conventional wisdom suggests? Or can effective teaching be learned, and if so, how?
After examining these questions, I come down firmly against the conventional wisdom. The literature on faculty training and my own experience at Webster University in Vienna strongly suggest that effective teaching can be learned,and in this paper two key elements of faculty development are presented: faculty training and reflection about teaching.
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