Full Description
This book chronicles the journeys of educational researchers and academics who have engaged in research and development to improve teaching and learning at universities. It highlights the research evidence, approaches, and in many cases, the journey of transformation rather than prescribing certain principles of and approaches to effective instruction. In other words, it not only describes the destination, but also various pathways leading toward it. Further, it focuses on mechanisms for improving the approaches discussed, rather than simply determining whether one works better than the other. As such, novice and seasoned academics and teaching staff in higher education will benefit from this book, not just from the teaching and learning approaches it highlights, but also from the insights into the respective journeys. The research and development methods and approaches discussed here will also appeal to researchers working in teaching and learning in higher education.
Contents
1 Introduction.- 2 A Systematic Review of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Research in Higher Education Institutes from 2014-2019.- Neuroscience and Education.- 3 The Impact of Bilingualism on Skills Development and Education.- Psychology and education.- 4 A Preliminary Study on the Impact of a Brief Online Growth Mindset Intervention on University Students.- 5 Negotiating Objects of Activity for Teacher Learning in a Professional Learning Community.- Technology and education.- 6 Applying just manageable differences as a guiding principle for course transformations.- 7 Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Integrate Technology into Language Classrooms.- 8 Computational Framework for Modelling Student Engagement in a University's Team-Based Learning Ecosystem.- 9 Learning Analytics in Online Knowledge Building Discourse.- 10 Features Identification and Classification of Discussion Threads in Coursera MOOC Forums.- Learning environments.- 11 Exploring the Relationships of Factor Measuresin Blended Learning Environments.- 12 The Evaluation of Informal Learning Spaces in a University.- 13 Conclusions.
