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Conveying the Learning Self to Others: Doctoral Candidates Conceptualising and Communicating the Complexion of Development
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Allyson Holbrook; Erika Spray; Rachel Burke; Kylie M. Shaw; Jayne Carruthers – Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 2024
Purpose: Highly developed and agile learners who can clearly convey and call on their skills are sought in all walks of life. Diverse demand for these capacities has called attention to how the skills and knowledge gained during doctoral study can be conveyed, translated and leveraged in non-academic settings; however, the complex learning reality…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Learning Processes, Transfer of Training, Student Development
Using Student Drawings to Understand the First-Year Experience
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Everett, Michele C. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2019
This article reports on an exploratory study that investigated the use of student drawings as a visual research method to understand the first-year experience. A total of 31 undeclared students enrolled in a first-year seminar participated in the study. Data generated from pre- and postdrawings of students' first semester paths were analyzed to…
Descriptors: Freehand Drawing, Student Experience, College Freshmen, First Year Seminars
Why Children Need Experiences Tailored to Their Uniqueness
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Brazelton, T. Berry; Greenspan, Stanley I. – Early Childhood Today, 2007
This article focuses on the need of meaningful experiences to children's individual differences. The degree to which one can tailor experiences to each child's unique qualities increases the likelihood that the child will grow up physically, intellectually, and emotionally healthy and thus able to meet the expectations of family and society. This…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Psychologists, Individual Characteristics, Family School Relationship
Students' Epistemologies and Academic Experiences: Implications for Pedagogy.
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Magolda, Marcia B. Baxter – Review of Higher Education, 1992
Yearly interviews investigated 101 college students' perceptions of their experiences throughout the 4 years of college as they related to 3 different epistemologies ranging from unquestioned acceptance of knowledge to self-authored knowledge and to gender differences within these epistemologies. Results suggest teaching strategies and evaluation…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Educational Strategies, Epistemology
The Influence of Prior Experiences on Pedagogical Constructs of Traditional and Nontraditional Preservice Teachers.
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Powell, Richard R. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1992
Reports a study of the influence of prior experiences on traditional and nontraditional preservice teachers' personal constructs of teaching and pedagogical development. Results of anthropological, stimulated recall, and concept map think-aloud interviews revealed many categories of prior experiences that significantly influenced preservice…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Nontraditional Students
The Collegiate Ideal in the Twenty-First Century.
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Chickering, Arthur W.; Kytle, Jackson – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
Whatever forms they take, colleges of the 21st century must incorporate the educational fundamentals that underlie traditional residential institutions. Key ingredients of these educationally powerful environments include clear purposes, maximization of human interaction, pedagogies for active learning, recognition of individual differences,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Active Learning, College Environment, College Role