Table 2 Teacher profiles resulting from the cluster analysis of the COLT scales

Transmitters

strong teacher centred conceptions (++)

More teachers from Amsterdam than from Maastricht, more female teachers, almost all dedicated less than 25% of their position to education, half of the teachers combine delivery of education with educational management, development and/or research, and about two-third of the teachers combine lectures with tutoring small groups and/or practicals or skills training, the other one-third of the teachers are only involved in tutoring small groups.

very low appreciation of active learning (--)

very low orientation to future practice (--)

Organizers

teacher centred conceptions (+)

More teachers from Amsterdam than from Maastricht, slightly more female teachers, most of them dedicated less than 25% of their position to education, slightly more teachers who combine delivery of education with educational management, development and/or research, and most of the teachers combine lectures with tutoring small groups and/or practicals or skills training.

low appreciation of active learning (-)

average orientation to future practice (=)

Intermediates

teacher centred conceptions (+)

Intermediate type. More teachers from Amsterdam than from Maastricht, half female teachers, most of them dedicated less than 25% of their position to education, half of the teachers combine delivery of education with educational management, development and/or research, and two-third of the teachers combine lectures with tutoring small groups and/or practicals or skills training.

high appreciation of active learning (+)

high orientation to future practice (+)

Facilitators

low on teacher centred conceptions (-)

More teachers from Amsterdam than from Maastricht, more female teachers, one-third dedicated more than 25% of their position to education, almost all combined delivery of education with educational management, development and/or research, and almost all combine lectures with tutoring small groups and/or practicals or skills training.

average appreciation of active learning (=)

very low orientation to future practice (--)

Conceptual change agents

very low on teacher centred conceptions (--)

More modern conceptions. Two-third are teachers from Maastricht, slightly more male teachers, one-third dedicated more than 25% of their position to education, many combined delivery of education with educational management, development and/or research, and almost all combined lectures with tutoring small groups and/or practicals or skills training.

high appreciation of active learning (+)

high orientation to future practice (+)