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Cowan, John – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2014
The principles advocated in the widely acclaimed keynote texts on reflection have nominally been followed for over 30 years in educational programmes and schemes for professional development. This article was prompted by the impression that practice and theorising reported in publications about journal writing does not consistently endorse the…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Reflection, Metacognition, Self Evaluation (Individuals)
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Thompson, Leanne J.; Clark, Gordon; Walker, Marion; Whyatt, J. Duncan – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2013
Students' experience of higher education comprises not only their academic studies but also their extracurricular activities. This article reports on the findings from a mixed-methods research project, exploring in detail the nature and value of extracurricular activity engagement and the significance of institutional schemes encouraging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Extracurricular Activities, Mixed Methods Research
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Hargis, Jace; Marotta, Sebastian M. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2011
A Center for Teaching and Learning provided Flip camcorders to a group of 10 new faculty members, who were asked to use this teaching tool in their classroom instruction. The classes included mathematics, political science, computer engineering, psychology, business, music and dance. The qualitative results indicate that all faculty members and…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Photography, Political Science, College Faculty