Zhang, Hanlin;
Oliver, Martin;
Littlejohn, Allison;
Henry, Jade;
(2025)
Expanding adaptive teacher expertise in higher education: using breakdowns and repairs to reinterpret teachers’ improvisation as a sociomaterial practice.
Teaching and Teacher Education
, 165
, Article 105110. 10.1016/j.tate.2025.105110.
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Abstract
This study explores adaptive teacher expertise in higher education, using heuristics of breakdown and repair from the sociology of knowledge to situate this concept in a sociomaterial exploration of classroom teaching practices and institutional environments. Data were collected through a four-month ethnographic research study including both observations and interview with university teachers in a Chinese university. It was coded and analysed to identify examples of breakdown and repair. This research shows that adaptive teacher expertise extends beyond responding to students; it also involves untangling tensions with the practices of the institute, which may lead to actions that could be regarded illegitimate.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Expanding adaptive teacher expertise in higher education: using breakdowns and repairs to reinterpret teachers’ improvisation as a sociomaterial practice |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tate.2025.105110 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105110 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2025 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Adaptive teacher expertise; Breakdowns and repairs; Tensions in practice; University teaching |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10211983 |
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