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Feedback has been reframed in the literature as a dialogic process that aims to develop student self-regulation and improve learning. Institutional and disciplinary cultures can impact how feedback processes are designed and enacted. We investigated the role of institutional and disciplinary cultures in shaping feedback practices adopted by teaching fellows on a medical biosciences programme at a UK institution. Data generated by five individual interviews were analysed by reflexive thematic analysis, and our main findings reveal an institutional culture that values the educational development of staff through pedagogical training. This training seemed to be associated with greater awareness of the institutional learning and teaching strategy, and the development of teacher feedback literacy. Participants’ accounts also suggested that the disciplinary feedback culture on this course reflects the institutional strategy. These findings illustrate how disciplinary and institutional cultures can influence feedback practices and highlight the impact of pedagogical training on teaching.
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