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Stephanie Baines; Pauldy Otermans; David Tree; Nicholas Worsfold – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
Authentic assessments are seen as a promising response to many of the challenges currently facing Higher Education. Studies have identified shared characteristics of authentic assessments, but it is also argued that the term is vague and subjective. Drawing on existing frameworks we have established a standardised measure to evaluate authenticity…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, College Students, Performance Based Assessment
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Roberts, Pamela – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
This research is based on an empirical study exploring how academics make curriculum decisions and their perceptions of the influences that shape their decisions. Interviews were held with 20 academics from diverse disciplines, who were both research active and committed to teaching. The higher education curriculum was conceptualised as a field of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Curriculum, Educational Change
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Bastalich, Wendy; Behrend, Monica; Bloomfield, Robert – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In recent years, contentiously for some, universities have developed generalist skills lists and associated curricula in response to government demand for more "employment-ready" graduates. Such training usually includes writing and communication. In Australia and the UK, guidelines designed to support the development of skills…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Curriculum Development