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McEntee, Marie; Mortimer, Claire – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2013
This article examines two large-scale public communication campaigns to explore the appropriateness and effectiveness of using one-way communication in contentious environmental issues. The findings show while one-way communication can be successfully employed in contentious issues, it is not appropriate for all contexts and may contribute to…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Communication Strategies, Public Relations
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Kandlbinder, Peter – Higher Education Research and Development, 2012
"Higher Education Research & Development" ("HERD") was established to address a perceived gap in higher education publishing: research of interest to practitioners that was engagingly written. After 30 years of contributing to the field, "HERD" has constructed a unique position for itself among higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Periodicals, Theory Practice Relationship
Coxhead, Averil – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2012
This article focuses on vocabulary and writing at university level from the perspectives of 14 English as an additional language students studying at a New Zealand university. The students individually carried out an integrated reading and writing task and then participated in an interview which focused on their language learning background and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)
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Bray, Belinda; France, Bev; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2012
Experts in science communication were asked to identify the essential elements of a science communication course for post-graduate students. A Delphi methodology provided a framework for a research design that accessed their opinions and allowed them to contribute to, reflect on and identify 10 essential elements. There was a high level of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Technical Writing, Scientific and Technical Information
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Knewstubb, Bernadette; Bond, Carol – Higher Education Research and Development, 2009
Despite considerable research on teaching and learning in higher education, the relationship between university teachers' and students' understandings of the same teaching-learning events has not been a focus. This exploratory qualitative study used individual interviews to investigate the role of conceptions of teaching, learning and knowledge in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Alignment (Education), Teacher Expectations of Students