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Nordentoft, Helle Merete; Olesen, Birgitte Ravn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
Forum theatre is a dialogic method with the potential to bridge the gap between practice-based and academic learning in higher education by enabling postgraduate students to act out and critically reflect on everyday dilemmas. In previous research, little attention is placed on the crucial role of the facilitator and the implications of her…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Reflection, Acting, Theater Arts
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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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Jo Ferrie; Sharon Greenwood – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
Emotion is an integral part of the knowledge production process, yet is rarely acknowledged within research methods teaching or textbooks. As educators, preparing students for fieldwork is essential, and should go beyond skill-learning, towards building confidence in their ability to react both ethically and appropriately during fieldwork. This…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Field Studies, Research Methodology, Courses
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Henderson, Emily F. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Building on existing studies that ask doctoral supervisors how they understand their role, and what has influenced this understanding, this article explores invitations that are issued to supervisors to reflect in certain ways about the role of supervisor. The article calls into question the ways in which supervisors are invited to think about and…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Supervision, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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Cen, Yuhao – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Teaching and learning in higher education can integrate and accomplish student developmental goals in addition to promoting student learning of subject matter knowledge and transferrable skills. Drawn from the theoretical concept of self-authorship, the Learning Partnerships Model was implemented in teaching a graduate-level course on social…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Qualitative Research, Epistemology, Student Development
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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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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
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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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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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Joham, Carmen; Clarke, Marilyn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
This paper explores problem-based learning (PBL) as a vehicle for developing critical management skills and preparing students for their future careers. Using student reflections and facilitator observations the paper presents the nature of individuals' experiences with learning and teaching in a PBL setting in the management discipline. The study…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Group Dynamics, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
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Cornforth, Sue; Claiborne, Lise Bird – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
This paper brings together discourses surrounding two areas of supervision, educational and clinical, in order to address the increasing complexity of academic life. Educational supervision of postgraduate student researchers resonates with more clinical supervision practices. All are widely perceived as beneficial and promoted on ethical grounds.…
Descriptors: Supervision, Criticism, Ethics, Theses
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Baguley, Margaret; Brown, Andy – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
This article reports the findings of a pilot research project that investigated the perceived educational value of sharing narrative practice amongst graduate students from the School of Education and the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Tasmania. During a semester the graduate students reflected upon and wrote about a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Cooperative Learning, Communities of Practice