Academic growth in higher education : questions and answers

Academic growth in higher education : questions and answers / edited by Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Mike Watts.

Many changes in higher education have derived from Europe-wide initiatives such as the Bologna process, and have given increasing attention to student-centred learning and teaching approaches, allied to growth in teachers' scholarship and academic development. Academic Growth in Higher Educatio...

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Other Authors: Pedrosa de Jesus, Helena (Editor), Watts, Mike (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill Sense, [2019]
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > Europe.
Learning and scholarship > Europe.
Student-centered learning > Europe.
Inquiry-based learning > Europe.
Academic achievement > Europe.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Academic achievement
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Inquiry-based learning
Learning and scholarship
Student-centered learning
Europe
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : debates and dilemmas / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Julio Pedrosa and Mike Watts
  • Developments and challenges in widening participation in HE : a reflection from Portugal / Julio Pedrosa
  • Teaching, learning and research : an analysis of the academic and political agenda / Carlinda Leite
  • The advent and implications of SoTL : overview of the initiation and development of SoTL internationally / Vaneeta D'Andrea
  • A university learning and teaching unit, work in practice / Fiona Denney
  • Challenging physics lectures through questioning and collaborative work : research developed in Portuguese higher education institutions / Nilza Costa
  • Using an understanding of cognitive styles to enhance pedagogy / Carol Evans
  • The effects of collaborative learning on students' achievements and skills according to their learning styles within an E-learning environment : Qatar University / Aisha Fadl A.A. Al-Kaabi and Sarmin Hossain
  • Promoting university students' inquiry-based learning through use of questioning : review of previous research and description of new research in Japan / Yoshinori Oyama and Emmanuel Manalo
  • Student-centred inquiry and the awareness of one's own lack of knowledge building unknowns about objects / Jose Otero and Cleci T. Werner da Rosa
  • Can 'feed-forward' work? : university students' perceptions of their preflective practice / Richard Malthouse and Jodi Roffey-Barentsen
  • Research, design, approaches and methods / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Mike Watts and Betina Da Silva Lopes
  • Approaches to student inquiry-led learning / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Aurora Moreira and Mike Watts
  • Academics' conceptions about teaching and its implication towards pedagogical innovation / Betina da Silva Lopes
  • Models of teachers' SoTL / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus Cecilia Guerra and Mike Watts
  • Assessment and feedback / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Aurora Moreira, Betina da Silva Lopes, Cecilia Guerra and Mike Watts
  • Teacher reflections / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus and Mike Watts
  • Summary / Helena Pedrosa-de-Jesus, Julio Pedrosa and Mike Watts.

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