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Ng, Zhi Xiang; Yong, Phaik Har – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The globalisation of higher education has created new challenges for educators to remain dynamic in teaching science undergraduates with diverse cultural backgrounds. The current study explores this challenge by evaluating the different personal factors among biosciences and pharmacy undergraduates that affect their learning approaches as…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Undergraduate Students, Pharmaceutical Education, Biological Sciences
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Mohtar, Lilia Ellany; Halim, Lilia; Rahman, Norshariani Abd; Maat, Siti Mistima; Iksan, Zanaton H.; Osman, Kamisah – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
Studies have shown that various factors (the role of formal education, informal education, and community) contribute to the lack of participation in STEM and STEM careers. This research aimed to understand the multi pathways of factors contributing to the interest in STEM careers (STEM careers in physical sciences and STEM careers in life…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Vocational Interests, Student Interests, Science Careers
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Purchase, Helen; Hamer, John – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Articles discussing and analysing student peer-review activities proliferate the educational literature, typically describing one or more class exercises where students provide feedback on each other's work. These papers usually focus on a peer-review activity designed as a scholarly study, and make conclusions about its success or otherwise.…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Assignments, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Peasland, Emma L.; Henri, Dominic C.; Morrell, Lesley J.; Scott, Graham W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Employability is a key issue for students and Higher Education Institutions and a key component of employability is possessing the skills a role requires. In the environmental sciences, fieldwork provides an opportunity for students to develop employability-enhancing technical and transferable skills. However, students can have difficulty…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Halim, Lilia; Rahman, Norshariani Abd; Wahab, Noorzaila; Mohtar, Lilia Ellany – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
Identifying the factors that contribute to interest in STEM will provide guidance for successful interventions as well as contribute to our understanding of how students learn STEM content and how STEM career trajectories are developed. Thus, this study aimed to develop an instrument of STEM career interest. The process of the instrument…
Descriptors: Student Interests, STEM Education, Career Choice, Science Careers
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Rolfe, Vivien – Open Praxis, 2016
For those receiving funding from the UK HEFCE-funded Open Educational Resource Programme (2009-2012), the sustainability of project outputs was one of a number of essential goals. Our approach for the hosting and distribution of health and life science open educational resources (OER) was based on the utilisation of the WordPress.org blogging…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Units, Computer Uses in Education, Shared Resources and Services