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van der Velden, Maja – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
This paper presents an analysis of a hundred and one handwritten essays by master students in Informatics. The students reflected on their experiences of working with pen and paper for reading and writing as a mandatory assignment for the duration of a five-week intensive course. Taking an inductive approach, reflexive thematic analysis was used…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Graduate Students, Information Science, Student Experience
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Sarja, Anneli; Janhonen, Sirpa; Havukainen, Pirjo; Vesterinen, Anne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
This paper continues the discussion about student-driven, interactive learning activities in higher education. Using object-oriented activity theory, the article explores the relational aspects of reflexive practice as demonstrated in five online discussions groups to develop students' conceptual understanding. The purpose of the research is to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Reflection
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Gunersel, Adalet B.; Kaplan, Avi; Barnett, Pamela; Etienne, Mary; Ponnock, Annette R. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
The current study employed an emergent theoretical model of teaching role identity and motivation to investigate the change in conception of and motivation for teaching in higher education of research graduate students who teach in the United States. Fifteen participants took a graduate-level seminar as part of a two-course teaching professional…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Research Universities, Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Gallego-Arrufat, Maria-Jesus; Gutiérrez-Santiuste, Elba – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
We present a case study to analyze how higher education students attending a Spanish University (N = 100) democratize the virtual classroom by assuming responsibility for their learning and that of the other members of the class; participate actively in social, cognitive, and teaching issues; and collaborate by creating a learning community and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Democracy, Reflection, Case Studies
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Dyment, Janet E.; O'Connell, Timothy S. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
In this paper, we review 11 research articles that examine the level of reflection found in student journals in higher education across a range of disciplines. Our review reveals little to no consistency in the research community around the mechanisms and process of assessing levels of reflection in student journals. Our analysis also reveals that…
Descriptors: Student Journals, Literature Reviews, Educational Quality, Reflection
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MacKenzie, Jane; Bell, Sheena; Bohan, Jason; Brown, Andrea; Burke, Joanne; Cogdell, Barbara; Jamieson, Susan; McAdam, Julie; McKerlie, Robert; Morrow, Lorna; Paschke, Beth; Rea, Paul; Tierney, Anne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
Increasing numbers of "teaching-only" staff are being appointed in higher education institutions in the UK. At one research-intensive university, a new category of academic staff was recently introduced: University Teachers, who are required to engage in scholarly activity as part of their conditions of employment. For many this…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Social Capital, Communities of Practice, Foreign Countries