This work is part of an investigation of successful pedagogical practices adopted by different university professors. We investigated lessons of a professor who was well evaluated by his students. His classes were video recorded and further analyzed. This allowed us to understand the strategies he used to organize the classes at the same time the analysis reveal how the interactions are produced in the time/space of the classroom and how different strategies are used to promote the students' engagement and to provide meaning making opportunities to the students. Through semi-structured interviews, we sought evidence from the teacher that allowed us to understand how he built the strategies used in class. We observed a reflective process on his life experiences and we identify some clues that allowed us to discuss about the construction of these strategies.
Higher education; Teachers' education; Discourse analysis; Chemistry teaching
