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Jiejie Lyu; Deborah Shepherd; Kerry Lee – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Drawing on a general distinction underlying theoretical and practical-focused pedagogies, this study examines the nexus among entrepreneurship pedagogy, entrepreneurial intention, and opportunity discovery and exploitation of an entrepreneurial process. Data was obtained from nascent student entrepreneurs (n = 462) enrolled in Chinese universities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Business Administration Education, Undergraduate Students
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Joseph-Richard, Paul; Jessop, Tansy – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
There has been a revival of interest in the relationship between research and teaching and its impact on student learning. Most studies have focused on the experience of research informed teaching (RIT) for undergraduate students, usually from teachers' perspective. Here we explored the experience of 25 Masters' students on a Management degree in…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Correlation, Masters Programs
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Heffernan, Troy; Morrison, Dave; Magne, Polly; Payne, Simon; Cotton, Debby – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
There is considerable literature on internationalising the curriculum in higher education, but relatively little of this focuses on developing international perspectives in home-based students. In particular, there has been limited direct engagement with student views and understandings, especially comparatively across a wide range of subjects. To…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Cultural Awareness, Student Attitudes
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Lagoa-Varela, Dolores; Alvarez-García, Begoña; Boedo Vilabella, Lucía – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
In recent years many changes have taken place in the Spanish University system and, as a consequence, the university lecturer's role has evolved and a new teaching style prevails. The present paper focuses on University teachers of Economics and Business studies. It explores the teachers' perception about the new methodologies that they have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Role, Economics Education
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Bell, Robin – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Encouragement by the Chinese government for education to move from an emphasis on passive learning, rote memorisation and mechanical training towards the development and delivery of education using active, student-centred education approaches has resulted in tensions and challenges, one of which is the reaction of students previously used to…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Orazbayeva, Balzhan; Davey, Todd; Plewa, Carolin; Galán-Muros, Victoria – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
The importance of university-business cooperation (UBC) continues to grow. To date, however, our understanding of UBC in education is lacking, as is our knowledge of the motivations of academics. This research explores a comprehensive mix of motivations underlying education-driven UBC in the form of student mobility, curriculum design and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, School Business Relationship, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Attitudes
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James, Lincoln Then; Casidy, Riza – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of authentic assessment on student satisfaction and promoting behaviour. The sample comprised 120 students enrolled in an undergraduate business programme. A model was proposed and tested using conditional process analysis. It was found that authentic assessments are positively related to…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Student Satisfaction, Student Behavior, Business Administration Education
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Hughes, Mathew; Hughes, Paul; Hodgkinson, Ian R. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The question of "how we learn" continues to direct scholarly debate, yet undergraduate teaching is typically designed to homogenise the learning environment. This is despite heterogeneous learning outcomes ensuing for students, owing to their different learning styles. Accordingly, we examine the relationship between teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Brain
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Sin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This study explores Portuguese academics' acceptance of employability as a purpose for higher education further to the Bologna reforms, focusing on their understandings of employability and their teaching practices. The data were gathered through focus groups in which participated around 70 academics from 3 disciplinary areas, belonging to…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Practices
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Kalfa, Senia; Taksa, Lucy – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
This article examines the increased interest being shown by Australian business faculties in the development of students' employability skills. Many universities have demonstrated their commitment to translating such interest into practice by elaborating lists of "graduate attributes" in order to enable the development of generic skills…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Transfer of Training, Human Capital, Higher Education
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Stein, Sarah; Isaacs, Geoff; Andrews, Trish – Studies in Higher Education, 2004
Current approaches to understanding learning imply that authentic learning experiences assist students to develop appropriate and effective understandings. Authentic learning experiences are those that are personally relevant from the learner's perspective and situated within appropriate social contexts. In planning for authentic learning to…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Business Administration Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
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Lundy, Jane – Studies in Higher Education, 1991
Six case studies were conducted on the use of business games and simulations in higher education. Results showed that cognitive learning was greatly affected by particular approaches of students; competitiveness tends to have a negative effect on cognitive gains; and learning is enhanced by advance briefing and tutor involvement during the game.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Competition
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Wakeford, Richard – Studies in Higher Education, 1984
A study of medical students' perceptions of their learning environments revealed (1) numerous differences on some dimensions, including vocational vs. scientific orientation, extracurricular involvement, and perceived course intensiveness and (2) only slight differences in administrative flexibility, emphasis on concept vs. fact, and course…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Administration, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy
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Goldfinch, Judy – Studies in Higher Education, 1996
A study compared the effectiveness of two methods (medium-size class instruction and large lectures with tutorial sessions) for teaching mathematics and statistics to first-year business students. Students and teachers overwhelmingly preferred the medium-size class method, which produced higher exam scores but had no significant effect on…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Class Size, Classroom Environment, College Faculty