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Download full textLee Fallin; Catherine Turton – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2025
This opinion piece argues that Design Thinking (DT) can facilitate a more empathetic and student-centred approach to service development and problem-solving in Learning Development (LD). While DT is already established within higher education, we argue it is still underutilised, especially in the context of LD. We start by unpacking the…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Student Centered Learning, Problem Solving
Direct linkHossein Bozorgian; Esmat Shamsi – International Journal of Listening, 2025
Metacognitive instruction supports L2 listening learners to enhance their listening comprehension skill. To date, some review studies have investigated this topic; however, none of them has reported quantitative and qualitative findings in the form of a systematic literature review. This research addresses this gap by collecting, analyzing, and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Comprehension, Problem Solving, Databases
Sarah Bowman; Josh Salter; Carol Stephenson; Darryl Humble – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This paper identifies the need for a pedagogical re-orientation in UK higher education to prepare graduates to overcome wicked problems. In addition to key knowledge sets, graduates need attributes of critical self-reflection, risk-awareness and management, collaboration, creativity, agility, reflexivity - enabling the ability to manage the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Higher Education, College Graduates
Sutthikarn Bojukrapan; Rukthin Laoha; Thada Jantakoon – Higher Education Studies, 2023
The synthesis of digital teacher competencies for students in the higher education teaching profession aims to: 1) synthesize digital teacher competencies for teacher students in higher education 2) assess how suitable these digital teacher competencies are for students in the teaching profession within higher education. This study employed…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Teacher Competencies, Student Teachers, Higher Education
Mercat, Christian – Open Education Studies, 2022
This introduction presents Active Learning Methodology, surveying its history, main existing tools and supporting evidence, with an emphasis on mathematics and higher education, in particular engineering studies. This work is part of the DrIVE-Math project, developing innovative mathematical teaching strategies in engineering studies.
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Engineering Education, Higher Education
Ana Stojanov; Ben Kei Daniel – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The need for data-driven decision-making primarily motivates interest in analysing Big Data in higher education. Although there has been considerable research on the value of Big Data in higher education, its application to address critical issues within the sector is still limited. This systematic review, conducted in December 2021 and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Analytics, Well Being, Decision Making
Ana Elena Builes-Vélez; Juliana Restrepo; Juan Diego Martínez – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to identify how the faculties of a Colombian University have understood the concept of sustainability and the way they have embedded it into their training. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative research was done using documentary and content analysis which allowed researchers to recognize features correlated to…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Universities
Piercey, Victor – PRIMUS, 2021
Since the content of the Theory of Interest course in an actuarial science program is tied to an external exam, instructors may be hesitant to attempt to use inquiry-based learning. In this paper, I outline how and why I did so, including descriptions of the materials that I wrote. I found that student performance on the final exam improved…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Inquiry, Mathematics, Money Management
Tarja Tuononen; Heidi Hyytinen; Katri Kleemola; Telle Hailikari; Auli Toom – Teaching in Higher Education, 2025
Teachers' conceptions of teaching play a key role in the pedagogical practices they apply in their teaching. Previous studies of conceptions of teaching generic skills have been mainly qualitative with small samples, and thus there is a need for a more extensive quantitative study. This study investigates the associations between higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience
Zhitian Skylor Zhang; Martina Seemann; Richard Joos; Markus Suren; Helge Fischer; Mathias Hofmann – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2025
Given the increasing emphasis on game-based approaches (GBAs) and the critical importance of cultivating creativity, there is an urgent need for a comprehensive examination of this emerging interdisciplinary field. The present study employs a scoping review methodology to provide an overview of the existing research that utilized GBAs as a means…
Descriptors: Creativity, Teaching Methods, Game Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach
Taraldsen, Lene Hayden; Haara, Frode Olav; Lysne, Mari Skjerdal; Jensen, Pernille Reitan; Jenssen, Eirik S. – Education Inquiry, 2022
This review article focuses on use of an escape room as a didactic tool in teaching and learning, as identified in empirical studies that have examined the use of escape rooms in educational contexts. The review studied the methods used to study escape rooms, what the focus of attention was, what the reported use was, and implications this has for…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Teaching Methods, Educational Environment, Cooperative Learning
Fischer, Frank; Bauer, Elisabeth; Seidel, Tina; Schmidmaier, Ralf; Radkowitsch, Anika; Neuhaus, Birgit J.; Hofer, Sarah I.; Sommerhoff, Daniel; Ufer, Stefan; Kuhn, Jochen; Küchemann, Stefan; Sailer, Michael; Koenen, Jenna; Gartmeier, Martin; Berberat, Pascal; Frenzel, Anne; Heitzmann, Nicole; Holzberger, Doris; Pfeffer, Jürgen; Lewalter, Doris; Niklas, Frank; Schmidt-Hertha, Bernhard; Gollwitzer, Mario; Vorholzer, Andreas; Chernikova, Olga; Schons, Christian; Pickal, Amadeus J.; Bannert, Maria; Michaeli, Tilman; Stadler, Matthias; Fischer, Martin R. – Information and Learning Sciences, 2022
Purpose: To advance the learning of professional practices in teacher education and medical education, this conceptual paper aims to introduce the idea of representational scaffolding for digital simulations in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: This study outlines the ideas of core practices in two important fields of higher…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation, Higher Education
Mochammad Choirul Anwar; Ribut Wahyudi – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
In this paper, we present an example of how the selected texts (on the footballer Mo Salah) can potentially be discussed in the university EFL classroom especially (Critical) Discourse Analysis course using Freire's seminal work on Critical Pedagogy (CP). We do it by firstly introducing Freire's concept of CP which includes problem posing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Athletes
Haiyan Wang; Wenping Wang; Qian Fan; Simi Rong; Yiting Liu – Cogent Education, 2024
This study focuses on the problem of 'teachers' teaching' and 'students' learning' in college education courses. It aims to introduce the Deep Learning theory into the teaching of ideological and political theory courses in universities; deepen the theoretical framework of education courses and the associated learning, maintenance, promotion, and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study, Higher Education, Educational Theories, Educational Policy
Greenhaw, Laura L.; Bastian, Kenzie J.; Hurdle, J. Clay – Journal of Leadership Education, 2023
COVID-19, by all accounts, forced higher education to shift to distance delivery. As a result, faculty attempted to innovate and integrate new teaching methods as courses moved online. We utilized an online, virtual reality game to teach team decision-making as a function of leadership. In teams, learners worked cooperatively, making decisions and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Experiential Learning, Leadership Training, COVID-19
