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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"LB2300 Higher Education"”.
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Science Student Learning Gain in English Higher Education Institutions: The Development of a Skills Assessment Tool
… utilising this metric within an English Higher Education context because the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Wales (HEFCE) pilot projects found that using the metrics that are currently being used within the United States is not appropriate. This is due to the need to …
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TRANSITION INTO HIGHER EDUCATION: IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACADEMIC SOCIAL IDENTITY IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVEMENT?
… been recognised as a possible influence within education research and a student’s ability to achieve their full potential (Bluic, Ellis, Goodyear & Hendres, 2011). The current thesis explores identity in undergraduate Psychology students, in particular it provides a theoretical framework based …
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Student satisfaction and dissatisfaction - a study in the higher education context
… model of student satisfaction with their higher education (HE) experience. The five core papers that sequentially contributed to knowledge are presented within this application, together with their supporting papers. In particular, the investigations focussed on what were the main …
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Teaching and learning pedagogies to enhance practice in Higher Education: a practitioner’s perspective
… on an organisation set up to support teaching in higher education. It found that a support network can enhance knowledge and experiences and that a community of practice is one way of creating and maintaining groups of staff interested in teaching and learning. The articles on peer review show …
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Postgraduate International Students as Globalised Lifelong Learners: An Exploratory Study.
… to the purpose and nature of international higher education. It does so by examining globalisation, lifelong learning and postgraduate international study through the voice of the individual student. The voice of the student is under represented in the literature and this research …
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The use of drama-based techniques in higher education teaching
… examine how the use of drama-based techniques in higher education teaching could contribute to lecturer effectiveness in supporting student engagement. The framework for evaluating teaching effectiveness was drawn from the study by Heffernan et al (2010). The aims of the study were as follows: (a) …
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The professionalisation of teaching in higher education in the UK: perceptions and understandings
Since the foundation of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in 2003, professionalisation of teaching in Higher Education (HE) has had a championing organisation, whose remit includes the accreditation of initial teacher education qualifications and institutional professional recognition schemes, the …
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Learning on the move: the potential impact of new mobile technologies on students’ learning
… explores the potential use of mobile learning in higher education with a focus on student and academic staff requirements of a potential mobile application. The research examines the stakeholders’ new technology acceptance behaviour within a post-1992 university and examines how new mobile …
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Evaluating D/deaf learners’ experiences of notetaking support in higher education utilising a transformative framework
… the current state of notetaking provision in higher education and what, from the perspectives of the co-researchers (D/deaf learners), comprised a successful and positive experience of being supported by notetakers. A transformative framework (Mertens 2010) was adopted to guide the data …
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Journeys in feedback: undergraduate primary student teachers’ uses of personal and professional social networks to gather and interpret feedback, and the extent to which feedback influenced their reflective practices
… of Qualified Teacher Status in initial teacher education (DfE, 2011a). While the UK’s National Student Survey (NSS) (HEFCE, 2016) consistently identified ‘feedback’ in higher education as weaker than ‘assessment’, Evans (2013) noted that students’ ‘feedback landscapes’ went beyond their …
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The potential impact of the HE Educational White Paper 2011 on higher education and professional construction education: professional quantity surveying education in England
… to investigate the effect of the Government’s Higher Education White Paper 2011 on the provision of vocational undergraduate degree provision within the UK. In particular the provision of quantity surveying education in the English Higher Education sector will be used as an exemplar. The …
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Student perspectives on foundation degrees: employment skills and work-based learning
… It questions whether the primary remit of higher education should be the development of vocational skills for the workplace. It investigates: firstly, the perceived benefits to individuals undertaking a Foundation Degree in terms of developing appropriate employment related skills; …
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The commodification of higher education in the welfare state of Sweden: exploring the possibilities
… citizens by the state, such as healthcare and education. Neoliberalism and its many approaches mount formidable pressure on states to fall to its sway. The environment created by neoliberalism is a challenge to states, like Sweden, that still believe in the central provision of essential social …
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What works in academic email: A genre analysis with teacher and student perspectives
Writing email requests to teachers is a necessary part of academic life for most students at Western universities, however it is a difficult undertaking as such email is an occluded genre (Swales, 1990). Students are therefore often unfamiliar with the expectations of academic email, particularly …
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The doctor-patient relationship: an exploration of trainee doctors’ views
… relationship could inform future developments in educational provision. A qualitative study was conducted, using a case study approach to explore the perceptions of postgraduate trainees in two medical specialties, general practice (GP) and otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat surgery, ENT), in …
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The journey to leadership: a study of how leader-academics in higher education learn to lead
… increase in interest in the development of Educational Leadership in recent years, not least in the school sector. However, little research exists on how leaders in higher education have learnt to lead, particularly those in ‘middle-leadership’ positions such as heads of faculties and …
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Higher education in Lebanon : management cultures and their impact on performance outcomes
This research study takes a close look at the higher education system in Lebanon. It attempts to identify the principal management cultures in seven institutes of higher education each adopting a different educational system – American, French, Egyptian and Lebanese. McNay’s quartet of collegium, …
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A study into the teaching and learning of English speaking skills at Al Jabal Al Gharbi University from the teachers’ and students’ perspectives
case study provides insight into the teaching and learning of English speaking skills at the Libyan Al Jabal Al Gharbi University as a research context, investigating the teachers’ and students’ perceptions in terms of the level of adoption of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach in …
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN LIBYAN UNIVERSITIES
… Zawia University and other Vocational Higher Educational Institutions. It began with an explanation of the related literature focusing on theories of second language learning and grammar teaching methodology, students' motivation in second language learning and its grammar and other …
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