Theory

Signature pedagogies

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Shulman's concept that each profession is reproduced through one or more characteristic forms of teaching (the studio in architecture, the case method in law, the clinical round in medicine), which organise how novices are trained to think, perform and act with integrity.

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Introduced
2005

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  1. Shulman, Lee S. “Signature Pedagogies in the Professions.” Daedalus 134(3) (2005). https://doi.org/10.1162/0011526054622015.

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First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Signature pedagogies." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/signature-pedagogies/. Accessed July 17, 2026.