Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The University’s commitment towards ensuring equality and inclusion in the classroom has resulted in the publication of the innovative and successful ‘recipe’-style book, EqualBITE: Gender equality in higher education , edited by Judy Robertson, Alison Williams, Derek Jones, Lara Isbel and Daphne Loads. Dec 20, 2018

Marketing and Communication Services 52

Marketing and Communication Services Student Engagement Higher Education Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Carol also spoke about the importance of educational development and change processes being owned by the subject area and supported by recognition and reward processes. I agree very much with these sentiments. Jen and Amy emphasise the value of embracing mess and complexity in working with emerging technologies in education.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Education Professional Development Research 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If it’s for the students, then we need to return to the drawing board and devise new methods that cater to a variety of different learning modes. A lecture hall is not the only place where material can be learned, and books, pencils, and laptops are not the only tools students need to be successful.

Food 52

Food Media Research Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

While one may have asked too many questions to the students on topics they should instead have been simply informed about, perhaps making the lectures ‘too easy’, another would cover vast amounts of academic literature in a single lecture, citing dozens of books and articles, and making some students feel a bit lost.

Management 52

Management Curriculum Development IT Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

For starters, it involves a lot of admin: sending invitations, settling dates, booking hotels and cafes, and bugging guests to book their travel and send in papers on time. To add to the workload, we organised further events – seminars, lectures and, in one case, a book launch – around the visits.

Research 52

Research Media International Studies Medical 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 30, 2018

. – Anne Richie (Co-founder, the Cheyne Gang Choir) The project teams shared their learning journeys with an invited audience of patient and community groups, students, academics and the wider public at a special reception hosted by The Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Research 52

Research Medical Healthcare Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Outside of study, he spends his time buying too many books and not reading enough. Thomas Gant Thomas Gant is a fourth year Mathematics student who grew up in Fife, Scotland. He is interested in science education and early universe cosmology, and hopes to continue into postgraduate education and research after graduation.

Development and Fund Raising 52

Development and Fund Raising Research Media Education 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

.” This class employs a flipped learning approach, meaning students are expected to be familiar with handling picture scrolls before the session. During this hands-on activity, students carefully unroll replicas of picture scrolls from the late Heian period in the Main Librarys rare book section.

Media 59

Media Libraries Engineering Education 59

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The way in which textbooks cement a particular kind of curriculum came to mind in the context of developing my own textbook, Dead White Men and Other Important People , with Ralph Fevre, which had its second edition published this year. The book introduces students to sociological ideas.

Research 52

Research Student Development IT Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 16, 2025

Key to developing a sustainability mindset is deep learning and student-produced podcasts are argued to encourage deep learning. Not only that, research shows that student podcasting is very successful at encouraging active learning and knowledge creation , enhancing student engagement, and developing transferrable skills.

Social Justice 64

Social Justice Education Research Industry 64