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Nachatar Singh, Jasvir Kaur; Nagpal, Swati; Inglis, Susan; Jacob-John, Jubin – International Journal of Educational Management, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore undergraduate international students' experiences in a flipped classroom environment in an Australian university. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 32 in-depth interviews were conducted with undergraduate international students at one Australian university by three researchers. Findings: The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Experience, Educational Environment, Blended Learning
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Munro, Paul G.; Bartlett, Anne L.; Dhizaala, James T.; Laloyo, Stella Apecu; Oswin, Sebastian Oguti; Walker, Sarah – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
International fieldschools to developing countries have become an important component of the university curriculum because they provide experiential learning and research skills, while also contributing a range of soft skills such as resilience, empathy, resourcefulness, critical thinking, and cross-cultural communication. Yet, with the increasing…
Descriptors: International Schools, Experiential Learning, Empathy, Resilience (Psychology)
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Zemits, Birut; Hodson, Linda – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
What enables success for students studying in the humanities can be a contested space; dependent not only on the view taken on the content and purpose of specific subjects, but also on the nature of teaching and learning. This paper examines the process of redeveloping an elective unit in a Tertiary Enabling Programme to prepare students for study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Humanities, Student Needs
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Ang, Lawrence; D'Alessandro, Steven; Winzar, Hume – Higher Education Research and Development, 2014
With increasing complexity in the world, universities continue to face pressure to demonstrate that their graduates have acquired skills beyond discipline-based knowledge. These are generic skills like critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, problem-solving and so forth. In order to demonstrate this, universities have to show how their teaching…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking
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Vardi, Iris – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
Just as plagiarism is viewed poorly in the academic community, so is plagiarism viewed poorly in student writing, with a range of sanctions and penalties applying for not displaying academic integrity. Yet learning to cite effectively to progress one's argument, position or understandings is a skill that takes time to develop and hone. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Writing (Composition)
Stanton, John – International Association of School Librarianship, 2010
The Plato Program is an innovative and dynamic subject that was introduced to explore "learning how to learn" in Year 7. In response to observations by staff that students lacked critical thinking and research skills, it has metamorphosed into a vehicle for the delivery of information literacy within the curriculum, with a particular…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Electronic Publishing, Research Methodology, Learning Strategies