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Tange, Hanne – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2019
The article builds on an empirical study of knowledge practices in international, interdisciplinary MA education, foregrounding the role of academic staff in identifying and explicating academic norms to students recruited from different subject areas and institutions. A central theme is transition, which refers to the state of liminality that…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Socialization, College Faculty
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Deignan, Tim; Brown, Sally – Educational Review, 2016
This article reports on an exploratory two-stage sequential mixed methods research study that investigated the views of university educators on the introduction of assessment methods other than essays, exams and dissertations within taught Masters programmes. In the first stage, interviews were conducted internationally with 45 participants and…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Masters Programs, Q Methodology, Mixed Methods Research
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Monrad, Merete; Mølholt, Anne-Kirstine – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2017
Problem-based learning (PBL) constitutes a promising way of integrating academia and social work practice because PBL fosters engagement with real-life problems and enhances important skills needed in social work practice. However, little attention has been given to social work students' experiences of PBL. In this article we address this gap by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Social Work, Student Experience
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Nielsen, J. C. Ry; Quinn, Brid – Teaching Public Administration, 2016
At the lead author's home institution--Copenhagen Business School (CBS)--the combination of theory and practice is seen as very important in teaching. Research-based teaching is the slogan. In this respect, CBS has the same ambition as other universities. But it seems as if CBS has an advantage at the master's level, because students come with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Case Studies
European Commission, 2017
"Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Annex 2 To the Final Report to DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of the European Commission. Case Study Summaries" is designed as a companion document to the final report "Preparing Teachers for Diversity: The Role of Initial Teacher Education. Final…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Diversity, Case Studies
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Giacalone, Davide – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2016
The purpose of this article is to discuss the implementation of case-based teaching and use of response technologies to graduate students in a food science course. The article focuses on teaching sensory science and sensometrics, presents several concrete examples used during the course, and discusses in each case some of the observed outcomes.…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Academic Achievement, Audience Response Systems, Food
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Bogers, Marcel; Sproedt, Henrik – Journal of Teaching in International Business, 2012
This article explores how playing games can be used to teach intangible social interaction across boundaries, in particular within open collaborative innovation. We present an exploratory case study of how students learned from playing a board game in a graduate course of the international and interdisciplinary Innovation and Business master's…
Descriptors: Business Education, Innovation, Interpersonal Relationship, Interdisciplinary Approach