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Case study of designing and evaluating an independent open learner model tool Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Check-Yee Law, John Grundy, Karola V. Baggo, Andrew Cain, Rajesh Vasa
ABSTRACT Open Learner Model (OLM) visualisations capture and display a learner’s learning state such as knowledge levels, learning progress, and misconceptions. Exposing learners to their own models offers learners a perspective about their learning state. Numerous benefits have been reported include providing more opportunities for learners to collaborate, enhancing learning outcomes, and prompting
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Developing critical intercultural awareness through video clip-assisted intercultural tasks Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Andi Susilo, Ping Yang, Ruying Qi
ABSTRACT This paper reports quantitative findings of a project investigating the in-progress formation of EFL students’ critical intercultural awareness (CIA) in the Indonesian tertiary context. It examines a 10-week pedagogical intervention using culturally appropriate YouTube clips with intercultural tasks. A one-group pre-test/post-test design was employed involving a cohort of 50 undergraduate
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Assessing the development of global competence in teacher education programmes: internal consistency and reliability of a set of rubrics Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-05-26 Davide Parmigiani, Aviva Bar Nir, Kate Ferguson-Patrick, Alona Forkosh Baruch, Eileen Heddy, Maria Antonietta Impedovo, Marcea Ingersoll, Mellita Jones, Yael Kimhi, Mόnica Lourenço, Suzanne Macqueen, Valentina Pennazio, Laura Sokal, Renata Timkova, Sina Westa, Gerd Wikan
ABSTRACT Global competence is a complex concept as it is multifaceted, composite, multi-layered, multidimensional, and can be viewed from several perspectives. A previous study validated a set of rubrics designed to assess pre-service teachers’ development of global competence. The research presented in this paper tested the internal consistency and reliability of the set of rubrics in order to create
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Enhancing critical thinking in operations management education: a framework with visual-based mapping for interdisciplinary and systems thinking Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Chee-Chong Teo, Xinghua Wang, Seng Chee Tan, Jason Wen Yau Lee
ABSTRACT An instructional intervention was introduced to enhance critical thinking skills, in the aspects of interdisciplinary and systems thinking, in an undergraduate Operations Management course at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The intervention included a newly developed visual-based mapping tool to induce deliberate divergent-convergent thinking (imagination and judgement). It was
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Rethinking the essay: student perceptions of collaborative digital multimodal composition in the college classroom Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Kristen Doyle Highland, Jana Fedtke
ABSTRACT This article urges reconsideration of the traditional essay in undergraduate education. Despite renewed critiques of its efficacy as a pedagogical tool, the essay stubbornly retains primacy. As studies confirm the learning benefits of collaboration and highlight the potential of multimodal composition to challenge and expand forms of knowledge production, the collaborative digital multimodal
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Navigating learning and teaching in expanding culturally diverse higher education settings Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Kathleen Markey, Margaret M. Graham, Dympna Tuohy, Jane McCarthy, Claire O’Donnell, Therese Hennessy, Anne Fahy, Brid O’ Brien
ABSTRACT Developing a deeper understanding of factors that influence learning and teaching in widening culturally diverse learning environments is necessary in proactively planning supports and pedagogical approaches that encourage integration, intercultural understanding and respect for cultural difference. This qualitative descriptive study reports on the experiences and perceptions of teaching faculty
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Building motivationally supportive course-based research experiences for undergraduates: a self-determination theory perspective Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Stephen C. Scogin, Marissa Marks, Catherine Mader, Kendall Phillips
ABSTRACT Many institutions have turned to course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) to involve more students in authentic research. However, research is lacking on how to best support and nurture student motivation in CUREs. Motivation is a critical construct to understand at the undergraduate level as lack of motivation has been identified as contributory to lower achievement as well
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The process of developing a hybrid interprofessional education initiative for graduate students Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Rafael Inoa, Kelly Sullivan, Keri Giordano, Kimberly Wynarczuk
ABSTRACT The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study using document analysis was to explain the process of developing an interprofessional education initiative at a public university in the northeastern US. The aim of the initiative was to provide interprofessional education to graduate students. Documents, including a descriptive timeline of the initiative; student discussion posts, reflective
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Collaborator, applied linguist, academic, expense? Exploring the professional identities of academic language and learning professionals Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Ben Fenton-Smith, Laura Gurney
ABSTRACT The complex role of academic language and learning (ALL) professionals in higher education is poorly understood, even though it contributes to key outcomes such as improved study skills, academic language enhancement, curriculum development and student retention. In this paper, we explore the multiple professional identities of people working in this field. Ten ALL practitioners employed in
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Supervisor perspectives in STEM PhD supervision: a social realist analysis of current trends Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Alan S. Cornell, Wesley Doorsamy, Kershree Padayachee
ABSTRACT The traditional academic pipeline has branched out significantly in recent years. The motivation of students pursuing higher degrees has also changed dramatically in response to wider socio-economic needs. Supervisors of PhD students are consequently faced with the need to adapt supervision practices to equip graduates with a broader suite of workplace competencies. However, PhD supervision
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Impact of experiential learning and case study immersion on the development of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and opportunity recognition among engineering students Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-08-24 Noorlizawati Abd Rahim, Zainai Mohamed, Zaidatun Tasir, Sya Azmeela Shariff
ABSTRACT The ‘how’ of teaching method varies in its effectiveness with ‘what’ learning outcome it intends to achieve, and for ‘whom’ the course is targeted. We employed a longitudinal research design to examine the effectiveness of experiential learning and case study immersion to develop entrepreneurial self-efficacy and opportunity recognition among engineering students. Data were collected from
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Perceived satisfaction and effectiveness of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating effect of academic self-efficacy Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-08-23 Van Dat Tran
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics influencing students’ satisfaction with online learning and their efficacy in online courses during the COVID–19 pandemic period. Furthermore, it examined whether there was a moderating of academic self-efficacy on perceived satisfaction and effectiveness of online education. The data for the study were obtained using an online
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Ready, set, work? Career preparations of final-year non-traditional university students Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-07-12 Billy Wong, Kate Hoskins
ABSTRACT In higher education, non-traditional students experience a range of challenges, from aspiration and access into university to academic progress and success in their degree. Most students either enter employment or further study after their degree. This paper focuses on the latter stages of the effort to widen student access and participation in higher education, with an exploratory study of
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Exploring the sign language proficiency of university undergraduate students in a preservices preparation program for teachers of deaf students Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-06-27 Omar Alawajee
ABSTRACT Communication through sign language is essential for teachers of deaf students. This study sought to assess and evaluate the sign language proficiency of preservice teachers of deaf students to help preservice teacher preparation program designers identify what aspects of sign language need to be focused on and provide recommendations to improve preservice teachers’ sign language levels. An
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Study environment factors associated with retention in higher education Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-05-11 Ane Qvortrup, Eva Lykkegaard
ABSTRACT There is a substantial body of research concerned with student retention in higher education. However, in regard to factors related to study environment, existing research is described as incomplete. Based on Tinto’s institutional departure model and a literature review of recent international articles on dropout in higher education, this article suggests a revised model for understanding
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Student attitudes toward research in an undergraduate social science research methods course Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Rachel Wishkoski, Diana J. Meter, Sarah Tulane, Michael Q. King, Kevin Butler, Laura A. Woodland
ABSTRACT This study used a mixed-methods longitudinal design to investigate change in students’ understanding, attitudes, anxiety, perceptions of relevance, and disinterest in a required social science undergraduate research methods course across a semester. Participants were 78 undergraduates (94% women, 6% men; 92% white non-Hispanic/Latinx, M age = 25.62, SD = 7.17) at a university in the United
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Can we use online technology to rejig the traditional laboratory experience to improve student engagement? Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Remo Cossu, I. Awidi, J. Nagy
ABSTRACT This experimental-mixed methods investigates the impact of shifting from a traditional laboratory model to a hybrid laboratory model. The hybrid model consisted of (1) online instructions and pre-laboratory test, (2) compressed face-to-face laboratory time, and (3) post-laboratory data analysis. This study analyses whether student perceptions of a targeted intervention were correlated to a
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Assessing the curriculum and profile of pedagogical professionals for new employment opportunities Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-12-14 Jon Altuna, Eider Pascual-Sagastizabal, Esther Cruz-Iglesias, Ana Aierbe, Alba Madinabeitia, Inazio Marko, Uxue Diez-Guiral
ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to analyze the extent to which students and teachers in the Degree in Pedagogy perceive the training they receive is consistent with employment opportunities in specific professional areas. To do so, we have examined the relationship between students’ and teachers’ perceptions on the training they receive and its connection to employment opportunitiesthrough a descriptive
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What COVID-19 has introduced into education: challenges Facing Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-08-17
ABSTRACT The effect of the latest novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on higher education, specifically the transition from face-to-face sessions to online and interactive learning systems, is investigated in this study. The paper discusses the difficulties that higher education institutions face in transitioning to ‘online pedagogy,’ including mobility issues, technology connectivity, digital learning, and
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Designing a spirituality-based Islamic education framework for young muslim generations: a case study from two Indonesian universities Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-08-09
ABSTRACT This paper reports on a qualitative study into developing a spirituality-based Islamic education framework for university students. In Indonesia, developing a spirituality-based Islamic education framework in the schooling sector has been extensively carried out. However, such a notion seems sparse in the Indonesian higher education levels. This has prompted the university to start focusing
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Perceptions of the use of virtual reality games for chemical engineering education and professional training Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-07-18
ABSTRACT Virtual Reality (VR) games and simulations are increasingly being used to provide highly interactive, engaging and contextual learning experiences for learners in otherwise risk-prone environments, such as those obtained in chemical engineering and industrial domains. Understanding the intention of users towards this technology for education and training purposes is thus of paramount importance
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Learning by watching others learn: the use of videoed tutorials in undergraduate business education Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-05-05 Susan Geertshuis, Qian Liu, Ngaire Rix, Odette Murdoch, Mark McConnell
ABSTRACT The Fourth Industrial Age (4IA) is likely to be accompanied simultaneously by an increase in technology-mediated learning and an urgent need for people to learn rapidly, effectively and collaboratively. This study investigates the potential of vicarious learning from videoed tutorials as a pedagogical tool suitable for the challenges of 4IA. Undergraduate Business students observed videos
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Developing the digital self-determined learner through heutagogical design Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-04-21 Emma Gillaspy, Cristina Vasilica
ABSTRACT This empirical qualitative study investigates whether the introduction of heutagogy in contemporary nursing education can foster the development of the digital self-determined learner, who is prepared to work and live in the fourth industrial age and beyond. The impact of heutagogical design on learner process and outcomes is explored through qualitative framework analysis of learner data
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Re-balancing of assessment methods derived from semesterisation Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-03-31 P. Martinez-Vazquez
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a model to re-balance assessment schedules through the quantification of students’ workload. The initiative derives from the migration of a term-based to a semester-based calendar in a HE institution. The change required scrutiny of former and new assessment calendars which highlighted deficiencies in the administration of engineering courses, such as the uneven distribution
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Mentorship of early career academics in Tanzania: issues and implications for the next generation of academics Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-03-31 Samson Mgaiwa, Orestes Kapinga
ABSTRACT Mentoring has been pointed out as one of the strategies for early career academics (ECAs) preparation and support for smooth transition into academia. Although ECAs mentoring has been widely studied, and the findings have indeed been informative and illuminating, the issues facing ECAs have yet to be adequately addressed, particularly in Tanzania. Drawing from open-ended questionnaires, focus
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Disciplinary literacies in STEM: what do undergraduates read, how do they read it, and can we teach scientific reading more effectively? Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-03-04 Katharine Hubbard
ABSTRACT There have been calls for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education to become more interdisciplinary, reflecting the reality of contemporary research. However, communicating across disciplines is challenging. In this article, I explore what and how students read in the STEM disciplines`. I provide an overview of key topics in literacy research, and discuss the disciplinary
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Delivering a positive outcome for STEM students– how TEF will that be? Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-03-01 Gillian L Knight
ABSTRACT As universities embrace widening participation, we are starting to observe sector-wide awarding gaps, and with student continuation within Engineering & Technology as one of the lowest in Higher Education (HE), it would appear that our current curricular is not always effective for the attainment of a diverse student body. This paper highlights the external driving forces related to the widening
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Effective measures of tailored learning support for Engineering Work-Based Learners in HE: A Case study Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-02-28 T. P. Doss, N. F. Allett, G.J. Woods, G. Poursharif, G. L. Knight
ABSTRACT Since 2004, Aston University has been delivering work-based learning (WBL) engineering degrees to key UK Energy sector employers, such as National Grid. National measures for widening participation in HE, such as the Degree Apprenticeship Levy, have led to significant changes in learning background diversity of WBL cohorts, consequently increasing student requirement for additional learning-support
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Towards flexible personalized learning and the future educational system in the fourth industrial revolution in the wake of Covid-19 Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-02-25 Brian Whalley, Derek France, Julian Park, Alice Mauchline, Katharine Welsh
ABSTRACT The concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is related to a ubiquitously connected, pervasively proximate (UCaPP) world and its response to Covid-19. Pedagogies need to be aligned with institutional ‘quality education’ and changes in the nature of the undergraduate student intake to formulate a 'Future Educational System'. Considerations include students from ‘non-traditional’ sources
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Effect of e-learning on health sciences education: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-02-24 Krishna Regmi, Linda Jones
ABSTRACT E-learning has been widely used in higher education as it provides better access to learning resources online, utilising technology to enhance learning. Despite growing evidence claiming that e-learning is as effective as traditional means of learning, the evidence is still very limited. This protocol aims to measure the impact of e-learning as compared to traditional face-to-face learning
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Rising to the pedagogical challenges of the Fourth Industrial Age in the university of the future: an integrated model of scholarship Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2021-01-21 Adam Matthews, Mike McLinden, Celia Greenway
ABSTRACT A challenge for higher education, in the context of the ‘Fourth Industrial Age’, is to prepare students for uncertain futures. Proposed is a model of integrated scholarship drawing on, and developing, Boyer’s scholarship (discovery, teaching, integration and application). We argue that such a model provides a connecting thread between the idea of a university as conceptualised in the 19th
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Foodways, community, and film-making: a case study of funds of knowledge in higher education Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Mashael Alharbi,Yuen Sze Michelle Tan,Chih-Shen Owen Lo
ABSTRACT Undergraduate students can develop different bodies of knowledge by engaging with members of their family, university, and community. In this study, we investigated how undergraduate students used the knowledge, skills, and resources they gained in class to engage with their local communities through the creation of documentary films as part of an undergraduate course assignment. We employed
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Understanding pedagogical essentials of employability embedded curricula for business school undergraduates: a multi-generational cohort perspective Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 David Eshun Yawson,Fred Amofa Yamoah
ABSTRACT The concepts of employability and generational effects are emerging disciplines within the context of business education management research, but their complementary role in curriculum development and enrichment is yet to be explored. The study employs a work-related employability course for a business school undergraduate cohort (N = 267) consisting of various generations to examine the generational
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Pedagogies for employability: understanding the needs of STEM students through a new approach to employability development Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Dawn Bennett,Elizabeth Knight,Alfred Michael Dockery,Sherry Bawa
ABSTRACT Labour market trends and the economic impacts of COVID-19 are elevating the importance of knowledge as a factor of production whilst concurrently eroding traditional forms of employment. Mindful of the implications for higher education, this study approached employability development as ‘the ability to find, create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan’. The study was grounded
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Lets diversify by changing culture and challenging stereotypes: a case study from professional construction higher education programmes Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Rebecca Strachan,Opeyemi Dele-Ajayi,Jane Stonehouse,Steve Logan,Tim Poolan,Linda Blakelock,Richard Bell
ABSTRACT The UK construction sector is not diverse and is reputed to be dangerous, dirty, physically demanding and non-professional. Young people often regard construction jobs as a last resort. Yet there is a growing skills shortage that needs to attract greater diversity of applicants. The aim of the BRIDGE (Building Routes Into Degrees with Greater Equality) project was to improve the number and
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The need for positive pedagogy in multi-disciplinary STEM courses in higher education: an opinion piece Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Priyank Shukla,Stephen McClean,Elizabeth Hidson
In the context of market demands and expectations from STEM graduates, we are moving from an era of specialisation to super-specialisation to multi-specialisation courses. In future, a significant ...
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Facilitating service-learning through competencies associated with relational pedagogy: a personal reflection Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Theresa A. Chika-James
Service-learning is identified as a high-impact teaching practice as it aids the development of business knowledge, human skills and civic responsibility amongst students. In spite of the benefits ...
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Developing construction graduates fit for the 4th industrial revolution through fieldwork application of active learning Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Theopisti Papadopoulou
The link between active learning and the development of graduate attributes has been cogently advocated in pedagogical research. Despite the extensive adoption of fieldwork in environmental and soc...
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Transformation or evolution?: Education 4.0, teaching and learning in the digital age Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Christopher Alan Bonfield, Marie Salter, Alan Longmuir, Matthew Benson, Chie Adachi
This paper, originally written just before the outbreak of COVID-19, will provide a review of Education 4.0 in a select range of UK and international higher education providers and offer an initial...
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Comparisons between three disciplines regarding device usage in a lecture theatre, academic performance and learning Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Maria Limniou, Denis Duret, Caroline Hands
This investigation explored students’ learning behaviour from three different disciplines in relation to the student personal device usage in a lecture theatre environment and its impact on learnin...
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Fostering student engagement through a real-world, collaborative project across disciplines and institutions Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Laura Mebert, Roy Barnes, Jacqueline Dalley, Leszek Gawarecki, Farnaz Ghazi-Nezami, Gregory Shafer, Jill Slater, Erin Yezbick
Ample research has identified several features of a learning experience likely to enhance student learning, including collaboration, open-ended exploration, and problem-based learning in real-life ...
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Identifying student retention factors of a UK university using the concept of a learning community: a qualitative approach Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Alexandros Chrysikos, Stephen Catterall
The UK will need a skilled IT work force to maintain its position as a world leader in computing research and development. This study investigated the experience of learning communities amongst fir...
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Service-learning as a higher education pedagogy for advancing citizenship, conscientization and civic agency: a capability informed view Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Ntimi N. Mtawa, Nelson Masanche Nkhoma
Universities are criticised for overemphasising instrumental values. Instrumental values are important but universities risks undermining cultivation of humanity, critical consciousness and civic a...
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Embedding employability and transferable skills in the curriculum: a practical, multidisciplinary approach Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Maria De Rodanas Valero, Tom Reid, Ghislaine Dell, David Stacey, Jo Hatt, Yvonne Moore, Sally Clift
This paper discusses a practical, multidisciplinary approach used to embed employability skills in a new postgraduate (PGT) Engineering course at the University of Bath. Informed by relevant profes...
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Using rubrics to improve the assessment lifecycle: a case study Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Marius Miknis, Ross Davies, Clare S. Johnson
This paper explores whether students’ learning outcomes can be improved through the use of self-assessment rubrics. Students on a computer programming module in a Higher Education Institution were ...
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Re-imagining the MBA: an arts-based approach Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Anita Walsh, Philip Powell
The Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) degree is a long-standing, globally recognised qualification for aspiring business leaders. Yet, the qualification has changed little over its history,...
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Cross-cutting skills: strategies for teaching & learning Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Maureen Snow Andrade
This conceptual article focuses on teaching and learning strategies aimed at helping students in higher education develop cross-crossing skills such as communication, critical thinking, teamwork, p...
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Opinion piece: non-traditional practical work for traditional campuses Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Timothy D. Drysdale, Simon Kelley, Anne-Marie Scott, Victoria Dishon, Andrew Weightman, Richard James Lewis, Stephen Watts
Traditional practical work for higher education in STEM subjects is under pressure from rising student numbers and adesired increase in active learning. Investing in more buildings and staff is fin...
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What influences students in their development of socio-emotional intelligence whilst at university? Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Camila Devis-Rozental, Lois Farquharson
This qualitative study undertaken at a University in England investigates what influences the development of undergraduate students’ socio-emotional intelligence (SEI). Through a thematic analysis ...
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Marking gender studies: the (Radical) value of creative-critical assessment Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Miriam Kent
Feminist pedagogies have established the need to query power structures in terms of curriculum content and teaching praxis. However, the topic of student assessment poses difficulties: it is a mean...
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The future of higher education (HE) hangs on innovating our assessment – but are we ready, willing and able? Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 G. L. Knight, T. D. Drysdale
Graduates are entering a sociotechnological world, with teaching and assessment needing to reflect that, by shifting from a ‘recall-on-paper’ to ‘do-it-for-real’. With increasing student numbers, i...
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Developing technical report writing skills in first and second year engineering students: a case study using self-reflection Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Rebecca Selwyn, Irene Renaud-Assemat
Technical writing skills are vital to professional engineers, but many engineering students find them difficult to master. This paper presents a case study carried out among ~300 first and second y...
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Pedagogy-walk the walk, don’t talk the talk. An opinion piece Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Tim Young
In this opinion piece I reflect on an inspiring 2019 Advance HE STEM conference in Birmingham. In doing so I identify the term pedagogy as one aspect which ran contrary to the noble aspirations of ...
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Evaluation of a novel digital environment for learning medical parasitology Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Antonio Peña-Fernández, Lucrecia Acosta, Soledad Fenoy, Angela Magnet, Fernando Izquierdo, Fernando J. Bornay, María Dolores Ollero, Carolina Hurtado, Carmen Del Aguila
Eukaryotic parasites represent a serious human health threat requiring health professionals with parasitology skills to counteract this threat. However, recent surveys highlight an erosion of teach...
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Exploring the ‘wicked’ problem of student dissatisfaction with assessment and feedback in higher education Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Susan J. Deeley, Moira Fischbacher-Smith, Dimitar Karadzhov, Elina Koristashevskaya
ABSTRACT Student dissatisfaction with assessment and feedback is a significant challenge for most UK Higher Education Institutions according to a key national survey. This paper explores the meaning, challenges and potential opportunities for enhancement in assessment and feedback within the authors' own institution as illustrative of approaches that can be taken elsewhere. Using a qualitative design
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Using National Student Survey (NSS) qualitative data and social identity theory to explore students’ experiences of assessment and feedback Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Jill R. D. MacKay, Kirsty Hughes, Hazel Marzetti, Neil Lent, Susan M. Rhind
ABSTRACT Assessment and feedback are interrelated challenges for higher education, being perceived as key facets of the quality assurance of degrees, and yet commonly found to be sources of dissatisfaction for students. We performed a thematic analysis on the free-text comments of the National Student Survey for a large, Scottish, Russell Group university and found recurring themes of alienation versus
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Reflecting on sustainability: coproducing a critical framework for sustainable design in the architectural studio Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Robert Grover, Stephen Emmitt, Alex Copping
ABSTRACT Due to the holistic and often contradictory nature of sustainable design, learning for sustainability in the architectural design studio requires students to adopt critical and reflective practices. This research developed a reflective mapping framework to enable deep learning. It was created through a participatory action research methodology within a learning environment parallel to the
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Design and evaluation of plagiarism prevention and detectiontechniques in engineering education Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Basel Halak, Mohammed El-Hajjar
ABSTRACT Higher education students are expected to develop critical analysis and creative thinking skills, where plagiarism can damage the development of these skills in addition to damaging the whole education process and experience. Furthermore, plagiarism undermines the trust between the lecturers and students and the reputation of the academic institutions can be affected if plagiarism is not considered
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Bridging the gap between teaching and research: a case study for engineering & applied science Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Anne Roudaut
ABSTRACT Higher education systems need to rethink the way teaching content is delivered to face the evolution of education and breakthroughs in educational online services. One way in which systems can innovate is by allowing students to apply their knowledge to real research problems. The benefits are dual: the students work on highly innovative topics and real examples; and for teaching staffs, there
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Going beyond metric-driven responses to surveys: evaluating uses of UKES to support students’ critical reflection on their learning gain Higher Education Pedagogies Pub Date : 2019-01-01 Cassie Lowe, Stuart Sims, Juliet Winter
ABSTRACT Genuine engagement by academic staff and students in reflective practice in a time of great institutional pressure and a neo-liberal agenda for more metrics driven practice has become increasingly difficult to set time aside for. While more and more feedback is being requested on teaching practice, the quality, validity or reliability of this feedback is not always apparent. This case study