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Conversations about Research Supervision--Enabling and Accrediting a Community of Practice Model for Research Degree Supervisor Development
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Hill, Geof; Vaughan, Sian – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
The authors' lived experience of devising a professional development programme for research supervisors and securing SEDA (Staff and Educational Development Association) accreditation informs this paper. Our first purpose is to outline the programme and discuss its uniqueness in using a community of practice model in conjunction with practitioner…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Accreditation (Institutions), Supervisory Training, Program Development
The Impact of Teacher Beliefs on Flexible Learning Innovation: Some Practices and Possibilities for Academic Developers
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Errington, Edward – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2004
It has long been acknowledged that the beliefs of university teachers can have a significant impact on the success of flexible learning innovations in tertiary settings (Errington, 1985, 2001; McDiarmid, 1990; Pajares, 1992; Calderhead, 1996; Richardson, 1996; Hofer & Pintrich, 1997; Tatto, 1998). The infrastructure for the adoption or rejection…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs, Instructional Innovation, Higher Education
Development of a Thinking Programme for Engineering Students
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Tan, Oon-Seng – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2006
The challenge of preparing engineering graduates for a fast-changing work environment calls for the development of thinking programmes. A psychological basis was used to develop the tenets of the approach. The Cognitive Modifiability Intervention (CMI) was rationalized and conceived as a corollary of observations of learning scenarios and an…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Students, Program Development, Learning Experience
Restructuring a Master's Degree Dissertation as a Patchwork Text.
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Maisch, Maire – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2003
Describes the introduction of the Patchwork Text format into the dissertation on a Master's degree in Social Work. Discusses the rationale for rethinking the conventional dissertation and the "patches" making up the revised dissertation format. Draws upon completed dissertations of two students on the program to illustrate how the characteristics…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Innovation, Learning Experience