The ideas that individuals hold about knowledge and knowing have been the target of
research programs with disparate names, such as epistemological beliefs, reflective …

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

Abstract The Community of Inquiry framework has been used in numerous studies, yet these
studies rarely examine disciplinary differences as a potential factor in student outcomes. To …

There have been a number of research programs that have investigated students' thinking
and beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing, including definitions of knowledge …

This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday
challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for …

A growing body of work addresses the nature of epistemological development and
epistemological beliefs: how individuals come to know, the theories and beliefs they hold …

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 …

This book offers a unique view of multilingualism in higher education from a global
perspective. It presents a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes …

The basic question this book addresses is: what is the significance of disciplines in
contemporary higher education across the world? This is an important question because of …

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 …