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Towards Practical Reflexivity in Online Discussion Groups
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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
International Students: Language, Culture and the 'Performance of Identity'
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Bond, Bee – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
This paper examines the multiple, intersecting identities expressed by international taught-post graduate students who are studying in a culture and language that is not their own. The study presented includes the collection of data around and beyond a planned pedagogical intervention on a pre-sessional EAP programme. The data were thematically…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, English for Academic Purposes
Creating Belonging and Transformation through the Adoption of Flexible Pedagogies in Masters Level International Business Management Students
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Matheson, Ruth; Sutcliffe, Mark – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Flexible pedagogies [Ryan and Tilbury 2013. "Flexible Pedagogies: New Pedagogical Ideas." York: Higher Education Academy] place learner empowerment at the centre of curriculum development. Learner empowerment requires students to feel that they belong and are active in the learning process. This paper illuminates how, through the…
Descriptors: International Trade, Business Administration Education, Management Development, Teaching Methods
Reflective Pedagogy: The Integration of Methodology and Subject-Matter Content in a Graduate-Level Course
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Jakeman, Rick C.; Henderson, Markesha M.; Howard, Lionel C. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This article presents a critical reflection on how we, instructors of a graduate-level course in higher education administration, sought to integrate theoretical and subject-matter content and research methodology. Our reflection, guided by autoethnography and teacher reflection, challenged both our assumptions about curriculum design and our…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Graduate Study, Reflection, Reflective Teaching
"Radically Different Learning": Implementing Sustainability Pedagogy in a University Peer Mentor Program
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Sherman, Jacob D. B.; Burns, Heather L. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
Sustainability education is a growing field within higher education that fosters personal and intellectual engagement with the interconnected tensions of pressing social, ecological, economic, and political issues. Sustainability education aims to prepare learners to become creative problem solvers and active citizens who understand the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Mentors, Peer Relationship
Transforming Supervisors? A Critique of Post-Liberal Approaches to Research Supervision
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Firth, Ann; Martens, Erika – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
Preparation for research supervision has assumed greater importance in academic departments of universities with the increase in the number and diversity of both research candidates and supervisors and the financial incentives for on-time completions. Over the past decade a body of literature by both academics and academic developers has emerged…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Supervisors, Research, Transformative Learning