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Gurney, Laura; Grossi, Vittoria – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
In this article, we examine the "entrepreneurial self" as a response to prevailing neoliberalism in higher education. We draw on positioning theory to explore a case study of an academic language and learning (ALL) advisor at an Australian university. ALL advisors work closely with students and academic teaching staff to develop teaching…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Universities, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
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Ahmady, Soleiman; Mirmoghtadaie, Zohrehsadat; Zarifsanaiey, Nahid; Thor, Johan – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2021
This study was conducted to present a comprehensive model for designing e-learning in Medical education. This qualitative study was performed in three stages. First, we used the "critical review" approach proposed by CarnWell to synthesize a conceptual model from studies that employ e-learning in Medical education. In the second stage,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Medical Education, Educational Development, Educational Research
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Zeivots, Sandris; Vallis, Carmen; Raffaele, Catherine; Luca, Edward J. – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
Design thinking is becoming more commonly used as a collaborative, problem-solving approach in higher education outside design disciplines. With the pivot to remote and online learning in response to Covid-19 and lockdown measures, many educators have had to rethink their practice and collaboration in design thinking, without the usual recourse to…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Online Courses
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Innes, J. M.; Morrison, Ben W. – Australian Universities' Review, 2022
We discuss developments in higher education in Australia through the lens of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the provision of education and training in the discipline of psychology. Since its inception in universities after World War II, psychology educators in Australia have continually dealt with different, often conflicting, goals and…
Descriptors: Psychology, Case Studies, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Matthews, Kelly E.; Crampton, Andrea; Hill, Matthew; Johnson, Elizabeth D.; Sharma, Manjula D.; Varsavsky, Cristina – International Journal for Academic Development, 2015
Social network perspectives acknowledge the influence of disciplinary cultures on academics' teaching beliefs and practices with implications for academic developers. The contribution of academic developers in 18 scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects situated in the sciences are explored by drawing on data from a two-year national…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, College Faculty
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Pasura, Rinos – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
The reconstruction of the Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector into a competitive training market, which led to the participation of international students and commercial for-profit private VET providers, has until recently focused on the importance of international students to the national economy whilst ignoring the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Models, Vocational Education
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Mayer, Diane – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
In this paper, I analyse the history of teacher education in Australia from 1974 to the current policy moment in which questions are increasingly being asked about the quality of teaching and teacher education. Teacher education is, and has been, a highly scrutinised domain in Australia. Since the 1970s, we have seen more than 100 reviews of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Educational History, Educational Quality
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Burridge, Peter; Carpenter, Cathryn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2013
Development of pedagogies within schools that inform adolescent learning has been an ongoing struggle within education systems. A novel approach to this issue was taken by the Non Government Organisation (NGO) "Evolve" based in Victoria, Australia, who worked in partnership with disadvantaged secondary schools to develop a multi-faceted…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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Blount, Yvette; McNeill, Margot – International Journal of Educational Management, 2011
Purpose: As educational technologies are more widely adopted in higher education teaching and learning, publishers often include online resources to accompany their textbook offerings. The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a study forming part of a larger ongoing evaluation of the third party software product WileyPLUS.…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
Long, Janette; Moran, Wendy; Harris, Joanne – Issues in Integrative Studies, 2010
This article explores the history and development of interdisciplinarity within the Australian context. Conditions and circumstances for the emergence of interdisciplinary approaches are explored with discussion identifying how these approaches impact and shape national curriculum, teachers' practice and pedagogy. Policies, proposals, and debate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Development, Educational History
Vick, Malcolm – Australian Teacher Education Association, 2009
Contemporary teacher education, like other aspects of tertiary education, involves regimes for assessing quality of teaching. These regimes include student assessment of and feedback on teaching. These are widely considered problematic, and yet there are few signs that teacher educators reject the notion that student responses have something of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teaching Styles, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries
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Kaczynski, Dan; Wood, Leigh; Harding, Ansie – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2008
When university academics implement changes in learning, such as introducing blended learning, it is conventional practice to examine and evaluate the impact of the resulting curriculum reform. Judging the worth and impact of an educational development is a complex task involving subtle differences in learning. Qualitative methods to explore these…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Online Courses, Charts, Electronic Equipment
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Hannon, John – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
Online learning technologies now pervade higher education institutions, and the convergence of teaching and learning onto technological systems has created new work practices and a demand for staff development. Educational developers are located at a nexus between the institutional and pragmatic imperatives, from which tensions and incongruencies…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Discourse Analysis
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2014, taking place in Madrid, Spain, from 28 to 30 of June, 2014. Education, as an important right in our contemporary world, began since we exist. Knowledge and skills were passed by adults to the young, and cultures began to extend their experiences through various…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Trends, Educational Change
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Le Heron, Richard; Baker, Richard; McEwen, Lindsey – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2006
What might geography in "the universities" look like if geographers seriously confronted the growing dichotomy between research and teaching? This challenge goes to the heart of "the university" as a site of learning. The authors argue that the globalizing character of higher education gives urgency to re-charting the…
Descriptors: Geography, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Educational Environment
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