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Su, Yuling; Chung, Ya-hui – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
It remains ambiguous how college students form perceptions of professional development by identifying their emotional reactions and reflecting on their experiences in a situated setting. College students undergo professional development by participating in field experiences and reflecting on their experiential learning. In addition, researchers…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, College Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Formation
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Basturkmen, Helen; East, Martin; Bitchener, John – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
Supervising masters and doctoral dissertations is a key function of teaching in higher education and giving written feedback on draft sections is an essential component of this function. However, the specific types of response that supervisors give to their dissertation students' written work have received limited research interest to date. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Supervisors, Masters Theses
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Altay, Burçak – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
This article initially demonstrates the parallels between the learner-centered approach in education and the user-centered approach in design disciplines. Afterward, a course on human factors that applies learner-centered methods to teach user-centered design is introduced. The focus is on three tasks to identify the application of theoretical and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Kahn, Peter – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
Professionalism is a focus for student learning in many disciplines. It is known, furthermore, that interpersonal interactions between staff and students constitute an informal curriculum that has a significant influence on students. But the origins of this informal curriculum are not fully apparent. This article offers a multiple case study that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Professional Identity, Teacher Student Relationship
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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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Mackay, Margaret; Tymon, Alex – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
This paper explores the cumulative reflections of lecturers examining their tacit assumptions of teaching practice. Despite extensive literature on the educational value of reflection, there is less visible research on teachers assessing their own reflective thinking. This longitudinal interpretive study uses Larrivee's assessment framework with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Billington, Josie; Sperlinger, Tom – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
This article explores the question of where literary study happens through reflection on two case studies. The article examines projects within two UK English departments, which were designed to allow students of literature to engage with local communities as part of their studies. The implications of this work are considered for curriculum…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Curriculum Design, English Departments, Foreign Countries
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Pharo, E. J.; Davison, A.; Warr, K.; Nursey-Bray, M.; Beswick, K.; Wapstra, E.; Jones, C. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
A teacher network was formed at an Australian university in order to better promote interdisciplinary student learning on the complex social-environmental problem of climate change. Rather than leaving it to students to piece together disciplinary responses, eight teaching academics collaborated on the task of exposing students to different types…
Descriptors: Climate, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
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Jang, Syh-Jong; Tsai, Meng-Fang; Chen, Ho-Yuan – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
The current study assessed and compared university students' perceptions' of a novice and an experienced physics instructor's Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK). Two college physics instructors and 116 students voluntarily participated in this study. The research model comprised three workshops, mid-term and final evaluations and instructor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Student Attitudes
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Fitzmaurice, Marian – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
At a time when learning and teaching in higher education have become the focus of increasing attention and high priority is being accorded to the attainment of excellence in teaching there is a growing concern that teaching is being reduced to the acquisition of a set of competencies. This paper will draw on the work of Alasdair MacIntyre to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Integrity, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods