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Equipping Graduates with Future-Ready Capabilities: An Application of Learning Theories to Higher Education
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Susan Geertshuis; Rob Wass; Qian Liu – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Educators are responsible for developing generic graduate capabilities, but the theoretical justification for teaching techniques is infrequently articulated. This conceptual paper aims to provide theory-informed principles to guide teaching practice in developing future-focused generic capabilities. The paper describes future-focused generic…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Employment Potential
From Affirmative to Transformative Approaches to Academic Development
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McKenna, Sioux; Hlengwa, Amanda; Quinn, Lynn; Vorster, Jo-Anne – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
Much academic development work, whether it be student, academic staff, institutional or curriculum development, is undertaken from an affirmative rather than a transformative approach (Luckett, L., and S. Shay. 2020. "Reframing the Curriculum: A Transformative Approach." "Critical Studies in Education" 61 (1): 50-65). To be…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Transformative Learning
"In Most Classes You Sit Around Very Quietly at a Table and Get Lectured at...": Debates, Assessment and Student Learning.
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Walker, Melanie; Warhurst, Chris – Teaching in Higher Education, 2000
Describes a collaborative action research project at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) which utilized class debates in an international management class to develop students' ability to assess their own and each other's learning. Evaluation suggests the debates enabled students to develop a critical view of the topics and acquire…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Critical Thinking, Debate