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Bingolbali, E.; Ozmantar, M. F. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
In this article we focus on university lecturers' approaches to the service teaching and factors that influence their approaches. We present data obtained from the interviews with 19 mathematics and three physics lecturers along with the observations of two mathematics lecturers' calculus courses. The findings show that lecturers' approaches to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
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Banerjee, Madhumita; Hausafus, Cheryl O. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2009
This study examines characteristics of family and consumer sciences (FCS) collegiate faculty who do and do not incorporate service-learning in their teaching and determines their dominant mode of teaching practice. Survey results from 368 faculty members in institutions of higher education across the United States demonstrate that FCS faculty…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Teacher Characteristics
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Burkill, Sue; Dyer, Sue Rodway; Stone, Mark – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
This article reports on a research project which investigated higher education teaching in a partnership of 17 further education colleges across south-west England. One hundred and six respondents answered a web-based questionnaire which gave insights into their views on the role of the lecture in higher education in further education (HE in FE)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lecture Method
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Lam, Bick-Har; Kember, David – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
The relationship between conceptions of teaching and approaches to teaching was explored in a study of 18 secondary school art teachers in Hong Kong. Conceptions of teaching approaches were fitted to a four-category model. Each of the categories was distinguished by reference to six relevant dimensions. As is the case in higher education,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Teachers, Educational Background, Teaching Methods