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Jordan, Katy; Howe, Christine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Postgraduate students involved in delivering undergraduate teaching while working toward a research degree are known as graduate teaching assistants (GTAs). This study focused upon the problems and benefits arising from this dual role as researchers and teachers, as perceived by GTAs at the University of Cambridge. To this end, GTAs at Cambridge…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Foreign Countries
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Wagner, Laurie M.; Eastman-Mueller, Heather P.; Oswalt, Sara B.; Nevers, Joleen M. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Teaching philosophies are central to the approach of pedagogical strategies but there has been little examination of discipline-specific teaching philosophies. This study addresses a significant gap in the literature by discussing the teaching philosophies of 122 instructors of sexuality courses. Sexuality education is unique compared to most…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Sex Education, Sexuality, Teaching Methods
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Gagnon, Jessica Dawn – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Underrepresented students are often constructed through deficit discourses and blamed for 'lowering the bar' in higher education (Burke, P. J. 2012. "The Right to Higher Education: Beyond Widening Participation." Abingdon: Routledge). If a student struggles, then that may be seen as proof of personal deficiencies--proof of her…
Descriptors: Daughters, One Parent Family, Mothers, Foreign Countries
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Xu, Linlin – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
This paper explores the feedback interactions in an intercultural supervision context between a white New Zealand supervisor and a Chinese international doctoral student, who is also the author (and researcher) of this study. Using mixed methods, it examines the supervisor's written feedback on a draft PhD proposal and the student's feedback…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Case Studies, Intercultural Programs, Doctoral Programs
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Liebel, Grischa; Burden, Håkan; Heldal, Rogardt – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Team teaching is advocated in education to offer students multiple explanations to complex concepts and to improve teacher development. However, team teaching is typically associated with high staff cost due to the increased amount of teachers involved. The authors argue that team teaching can be conducted in a cheap way by including novice…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, Undergraduate Students, Computer Software, Computer Science Education
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Lantz-Deaton, Caprice – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Universities' internationalisation rhetoric suggests that students studying on internationally diverse campuses will automatically engage positively with one another and develop intercultural competence. This study examined the extent to which a cohort of first year UK and non-UK students studying on an internationally diverse campus developed…
Descriptors: International Education, Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Measures (Individuals)
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Abbas, Andrea; Ashwin, Paul; McLean, Monica – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
Previous research identifies the importance of feminist knowledge for improving gender equity, economic prosperity and social justice for all. However, there are difficulties in embedding feminist knowledge in higher education curricula. Across England, undergraduate sociology is a key site for acquiring feminist knowledge. In a study of four…
Descriptors: Sociology, Gender Issues, Feminism, Gender Differences
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Vrieling, Emmy; Stijnen, Sjef; Bastiaens, Theo – Teaching in Higher Education, 2018
Many recent studies have stressed the importance of teacher candidates' (TCs) self-regulated learning (SRL) skills for successful learning. Because of the promising consequences of SRL for academic performance, teacher educators (TEs) are encouraged to increase TCs' SRL opportunities in educational programs. Because of the difficulty and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Academic Achievement, Correlation
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Sherman, Jacob D. B.; Burns, Heather L. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
Sustainability education is a growing field within higher education that fosters personal and intellectual engagement with the interconnected tensions of pressing social, ecological, economic, and political issues. Sustainability education aims to prepare learners to become creative problem solvers and active citizens who understand the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Mentors, Peer Relationship
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Habib, Laurence; Johannesen, Monica – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
This article presents the results of a study using both quantitative and qualitative data to uncover the extent and nature of the involvement of academic staff in the processes of acquisition and implementation of educational technologies. Actor-network theory (ANT) is used to inform the design of the study and the analysis of the data. Three main…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Educational Technology, School Policy, Higher Education
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Novis-Deutsch, Nurit; Lifshitz, Chen – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
The integration of highly religious minority students into institutions of higher education poses significant pedagogical and value challenges for students and teachers alike. We offer a framework for analyzing such challenges, distinguishing between practical concerns, identity issues and value conflicts. By contrasting a deficit perspective to…
Descriptors: Biblical Literature, Minority Groups, Intercultural Communication, Student Diversity
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Lai, Manhong; Du, Ping; Li, Linlin – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
In order to raise the international reputation and quality of higher education in "China", the Ministry of Education initiated new university employment reform, which pressed academics to produce more research. Recent employment reform has aggravated the conflict between teaching and research. This study "uses" mixed methods to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Mixed Methods Research, College Faculty
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Visser-Wijnveen, Gerda J.; Stes, Ann; Van Petegem, Peter – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
The motivation to teach is a powerful, yet neglected, force in teaching at institutes of higher education. A better understanding of academics' motivations for teaching is necessary. The aim of this mixed-method study was to identify groups with distinctively different motivations for teaching. Six clusters were identified: expertise, duty,…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Teaching (Occupation), Mixed Methods Research, Expertise
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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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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