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Direct linkPearce, Sarah – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
Personal approaches to learning in Higher Education are acknowledged to offer an engaging and motivating approach to learning. This article argues that they can also enable students to learn more effectively, and apply this learning to their professional lives. Previous research has suggested that three of the most difficult facets of Master's…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Thinking Skills
Gyogi, Eiko – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2019
This study examines the potential of translation activities as a means for introducing a discourse approach to teaching culture in the beginner-level language classroom. For this purpose, a translation session was implemented to a group of beginner-level learners of Japanese at a UK university. Analysis of classroom interaction and students'…
Descriptors: Translation, Discourse Analysis, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning
McAlpine, Lynn – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2012
While writing in doctoral education is increasingly visible as a focus for research and pedagogy, what remains less visible is the role of reading in the doctoral journey. This paper draws on data from two parallel research programmes in which doctoral student day-to-day experience was documented longitudinally, initially in the social sciences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Reading Assignments, Reading
Pfenninger, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study explores the social construction of gender perceptions among U.S and U.K. fifth grade students engaged in book club. Using a reader response framework, this study endeavors to discover how meaning is negotiated through print and film literacy, specifically related to gender. By using four Newbery and other award winning pieces of…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Nonprint Media, Sexual Identity, Grade 5
Download full textRichardson, John T. E. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2006
A mailed survey compared the experiences of distance-learning students with print disabilities who were supported by audio recordings of materials, the experiences of students with print disabilities who were supported by an electronic system that permitted more effective access to the same materials, and the experiences of students with no…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Distance Education, Student Attitudes, Reader Text Relationship
Witschonke, Christopher – Middle School Journal (J3), 2006
This article deals with the use of alternative texts, such as the Harry Potter book series in classroom teaching. In this article, the author discusses a wide range of themes that could be addressed in the classroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone deals with issues of greed, self-sacrifice, fear of the unknown, and self-confidence. Harry…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Critical Reading, History Instruction, Student Attitudes
