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Emma Brooks – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2025
Researching in heterogeneous communities can present challenges for the most experienced of researchers, especially in the context of ethnographic work, where the dynamism and unpredictability of a research setting can make it difficult to anticipate the languages spoken. Drawing on data from multilingual health consultations, I reflect on…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Ethnography, Second Language Learning, Health Services
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Haigh, Martin – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2020
Teaching learners with different disciplinary backgrounds, aptitudes, worldviews and cultures is an abiding problem in Higher Education. Special measures are needed to ensure that course design, teaching methods and, especially, assessment does not exclude, alienate or disinvite learners simply because they have different capabilities and ways of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Diversity, Curriculum Design, World Views
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Correia, Catarina F.; Harrison, Chris – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: Inquiry pedagogy has been advocated as means to engage and motivate students to learn science. The development of teacher formative assessment practice in inquiry is key for a successful implementation of student-centred inquiry pedagogy in the classroom. Purpose: This study explores secondary science teachers' espoused beliefs about…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Martin, Keith; Cupples, Andrew; Taherzadeh, Shahram – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
This paper reviews an Open University module for distance learning of finite element analysis (FEA) in MEng degree qualifications recognised for Chartered status. Presentation has evolved from physical hard copy study packs to fully online. The emphasis is on understanding limits and assumptions behind all aspects of FEA for safe and effective…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Lakey, George – Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2020
The Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) programme is an initiative of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). Managed by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the programme is a response to the shortage of local scientists contributing to knowledge on the impacts of climate change…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Scientific Research, Scientists
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Nutbrown, Stephen; Higgins, Colin; Beesley, Su – Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 2016
This paper examines the impact of a novel assessment technique that has been used to improve the feedback given to second year Computer Science students at the University of Nottingham. Criteria for effective, high quality feedback are discussed. An automated marking system (The Marker's Apprentice--TMA) produces instant feedback in synergy with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, College Students, Computer Science Education
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Norton, Lin; Floyd, Sarah; Norton, Bill – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2019
Research on professional assessment practice in higher education does not always take account of lecturers' perceptions and experiences, or their disciplinary context. This questionnaire study was designed to explore lecturers' views about three inter-related elements of professional assessment practice: assessment design, marking and feedback. It…
Descriptors: Professionalism, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Test Construction
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Chadwick, Darren; Buell, Susan; Goldbart, Juliet – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Communication assessment of people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) has seldom been investigated. Here, we explore approaches and decision making in undertaking communication assessments in this group of people. A questionnaire was sent to UK practitioners. The questionnaire elicited information about assessment…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Communication Strategies, Speech Language Pathology
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Green, Rachael; Birch, Susan – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2019
Dynamic Assessment (DA) is an interactive form of cognitive assessment used by some educational psychologists (EPs) to assess the learning potential of children and young people, through a focus on cognitive and affective aspects of learning. In terms of UK EP practice, this approach has the potential to complement the focus on 'person-centred…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Cognitive Measurement, Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods
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Turner, Rebecca; Morrison, David; Cotton, Debby; Child, Samantha; Stevens, Sebastian; Nash, Patricia; Kneale, Pauline – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
Entry into higher education (HE) is recognised as a challenging time for undergraduates as they negotiate the norms and practices of new academic communities and foster relationships with peers and academics. Given the significance of this time period, our University has piloted a new four-week module that immerses students in their discipline and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Immersion Programs, Pilot Projects
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Nixon, Sarah; Brooman, Simon; Murphy, Becky; Fearon, Damien – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
This article examines the outcomes of a study across four discipline areas in order to develop course-based assessment strategies in closer cooperation with students. Second-year students (n = 48) from different disciplines were engaged in two phases of activity-orientated workshops. Phase 1 sought their perceptions of feedback. Phase 2 saw…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Course Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Jerome, Lee – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2018
Contemporary citizenship education tends to focus on the development of skills through real experiences, which has led to a relative neglect or simplification of knowledge and understanding. This article outlines a framework for analysing citizenship curricula drawing on Young's notion of 'powerful knowledge' and 'knowledge of the powerful' and on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Comparative Analysis
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Teelken, Christine – European Journal of Higher Education, 2018
European institutions of higher education have increasingly sought to improve the accountability and transparency of teaching and research with formal procedures and performance criteria. In a longitudinal analysis conducted in faculties of social sciences and economics at universities in the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom, we examined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty
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French, Amanda; Hobbs, Dinah – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2017
This paper reports on a productive partnership between a University's research unit and one local primary school, which is part of a bigger project, 'Pupils as Research Partners in Primary' (PARPP), which generally seeks to actively involve children as researchers in child-led research in a variety of school-based research initiatives. The paper…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Program Evaluation, Participatory Research, Foreign Countries
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Conroy, James C.; Smith, Richard – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2017
We here analyse the ethical dimensions of the UK's "Research Excellence Framework" (REF), the latest (2014) version of an exercise which assesses the quality of university research in the UK every seven or so years. We find many of the common objections to this exercise unfounded, such as that it is excessively expensive by comparison…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Research, Quality Control
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