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In Pursuit of a "Whole-Brain" Approach to Undergraduate Teaching: Implications of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Model
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Hughes, Mathew; Hughes, Paul; Hodgkinson, Ian R. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The question of "how we learn" continues to direct scholarly debate, yet undergraduate teaching is typically designed to homogenise the learning environment. This is despite heterogeneous learning outcomes ensuing for students, owing to their different learning styles. Accordingly, we examine the relationship between teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Cognitive Style, Brain
Course Recommendation as a Construct in Student Evaluations: Will Students Recommend Your Course?
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Ang, Lawrence; Breyer, Yvonne Alexandra; Pitt, Joseph – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
"Recommendation" is a highly credible and powerful construct in marketing. This article investigates the construct "intention to recommend" in the context of student evaluations of teaching. Motivated by changes in the sector, the study explores what factors drive course recommendation and their relationship with each other. A…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Evaluation Methods, College Students
Research, Teaching and Performance Evaluation in Academia: The Salience of Quality
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Cadez, Simon; Dimovski, Vlado; Zaman Groff, Maja – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
The workload of most academics involves two main activities: research and teaching. Despite the dual nature of the work, career advancement usually chiefly depends on research performance. Since academics are rational actors, warnings are beginning to emerge that current predominantly research-based performance evaluation systems may be…
Descriptors: Faculty Evaluation, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Classroom Psychosocial Environment and Course Experiences in Pre-Service Teacher Education Courses at an Australian University
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Dorman, Jeffrey P. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Research linking university students' perceptions of their classroom environment and course experiences was conducted in one Australian university. A sample of 495 students responded to the College and University Classroom Environment Inventory (CUCEI) and the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ). Multilevel regression analyses revealed that…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires