The growing literature on undergraduate teaching and learning currently lacks an
organising framework. This article sets out to provide one, distinguishing between hard pure …

Interdisciplinarity, a favorite buzzword of faculty and administrators, has been appropriated
to describe so many academic pursuits that it is virtually meaningless. With a writing style …

In the past decade the importance and quality of teaching have received increased attention
from policy makers as well as from higher educationalists. However, studies of university …

Drawing on many years of research, this book shows how knowledge is structured and how
professors and students perceive learning in their fields. It also offers strategies for …

Assessment in Higher Education-Student Learning, Teaching, Programmes and Institutions
is John Heywood's latest contribution to the assessment debate. Building on his previous …

Early in my experiences as a university instructor I had the responsibility for leading a micro-
teaching course. As the prospective secondary math and science teachers taught 20 minute …

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This study examined the differences in the epistemological beliefs of college students across
major fields of study. Beliefs in fixed ability, simple knowledge, quick learning, and certain …

Reports of flipped classrooms across areas in the field of ESL are rare, and those that
address the complexities of ESL teacher education, particularly the methods course in which …

The purpose of this study was to examine students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge
and learning, epistemological beliefs, across domains that vary according to Biglan's …