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Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 4 OCTOBER 1999
Special Issue: Critical thinking
Editorial 445
Liberation Philosophy Stephen Burwood 447
A Reflection on the Education of the ‘Critical Person’ Phyllis Creme 461
Thinking Critically about Literature Jan Parker 473
The Patchwork Text: a coursework format for education as critical understanding Jane Scoggins & Richard Winter 485
Science Education: consensus versus critique Russell J. Hand 501
Thinking on Your Feet in Undergraduate Computer Science: a constructivist approach to developing and assessing critical thinking Ian Gent, Bill Johnston & Patrick Prosser 511
Critical Thinking and the Art of Making Good Mistakes Robert Lundquist 523
Skill Development and Critical Thinking in Higher Education Paul Walker & Nicholas Finney 531
POINTS FOR DEBATE Using Negotiation in Summative Assessment to Encourage Critical Thinking Tim McMahon 549
REVIEW ESSAY Imagining the University—a critical dialogue with Ronald Barnett Jon Nixon, Stephen Rowland & Melanie Walker 555
Policy Statement 575
Contents of Volume 4, 1999 577
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 3 JULY 1999
A Course-based Approach to the Development of Teaching-scholarship: a case study Carolin Kreber 309
Managing and Participating in Group Discussion: a microtraining approach to the communication skill development of students in Higher Education Dave Martin & Bill Campbell 327
My Reflective Practice as Research Márcia A. Pereira 339
‘Loss of Face’ in Australian Classrooms Desley I. Watson 355
Theoretical and Practical Integration of Literacy and Numeracy in a University Academic Programme Anne Chapman 363
Collaboration Between Schools and Universities in Early Childhood Teacher Education Bob Perry, Sue Dockett, Toni Kember & Kirrily Kuschert 383
Planning and Developing an Interactive Computerised Tutorial for Learning in Higher Education Roisin C. A. L. Donnelly & Michael P. Gorman 397
POINTS FOR DEBATE Turning Academics into Teachers: S. Rowland et al. Peter Carrotte 411
The Challenge of Developing Innovative Teaching Methods in a Russian University Sergei N. Kirpotin 415
Preoccupation with Quality Peter Olmesdahl 419
Book Reviews 425
Policy Statement 433
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 2 APRIL 1999
Argument in Reading: what does it involve and how can students become better critical readers? Doreen du Boulay 147
Action Learning Circles: action learning in theory and practice Sian Wade & Marilyn Hammick 163
Whole Course Work in Higher Education Teaching Tom Phillips 179
Reflections Through the Looking-glass. The story of a Course of Writing as a Reflexive Practitioner Gillie Bolton 193
Assessing the Quality of University Teaching in Croatia Jasminka Ledic´, Branko Rafajac & Vesna Kovacˇ 213
Teaching Engineering at First Degree Level in the UK Peter J. Foster 235
Choreographing Partnerships: modelling the improvement of teaching and learning D. Petersen-Perlman, M. O’Brien, H. Carlson & L. Hilsen 253
Oven-ready and Self-basting: taking stock of employability skills M. J. Atkins 267
POINTS FOR DEBATE Turning Academics into Teachers: a response from a ‘non- academic’ unit Alan Jenkins 281
An open letter to the Research Assessment Exercise Panels Len Barton, Stephen Rowland, Jon Nixon, Richard Winter & Rob Withers 285
Research Assessment Exercise 2001: Research into Teaching John Rogers 285
Book Reviews 287
Policy Statement 301
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 4 NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1999
Transferable Skills Teaching: contextual pressures and personal dilemmas PAUL FOLEY 5
Developing Student-centred Learning in Mathematics through Co-operation, Reflection and Discussion JOHN BERRY & JENNY SHARP 27
Monitoring Attitude Change in Students to Teaching and Learning in a University Setting: a study using Perry’s developmental model MARTHA KATUNG, A. H. JOHNSTONE & J. R. DOWNIE 43
Discipline-related Models for a Structured Program at the Commencement of a PhD MARGARET KILEY & DAVID LILJEGREN 61
Naming the Game: reconstructing graduate supervision BARBARA GRANT & ADELE GRAHAM 77
Educating Tomorrow’s Scientists: IT as a tool, not an educator SHARON P. FRASER & ELIZABETH M. DEANE 91
Making Modularity Work JOHN PRATT & JOHN COCKING 107
POINTS FOR DEBATE Hard Questions—Easy Science? Or Why Do Scientists Not Teach Philosophy? R. J. HAND
121
Book Reviews 125
Policy Statements 139
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 3 OCTOBER 1998
What Does it Mean to be an Academic? A Colloquium JON NIXON, MARY BEATTIE, MAGGIE CHALLIS & MELANIE WALKER 277
Coping with the Contradictions of Reflecting on Praxis: a Spanish case GLORIA BRAGA BLANCO 299
Mentoring, Socialisation and the Mentor/Protégé Relationship STEVE COLWELL 313
An Adventure: from reflective practice to spirituality CHERYL HUNT 325
Enculturation and Understanding: some differences between sixth formers’ and graduates’ conceptions of understanding in History and Science DOUGLAS P. NEWTON & LYNN D. NEWTON 339
Improving Group Satisfaction: making groups work in a first-year undergraduate course HELEN BONANNO, JANET JONES & LINDA ENGLISH 365
English-medium Content Courses in Non-English Higher Education: a study of lecturer experiences and teaching behaviours A. A. VINKE, J. SNIPPE & W. JOCHEMS 383
POINTS FOR DEBATE Reflections in the Tea-room CHRISSIE BOUGHEY 395
Degree Classifications: time to bite the bullet BRUCE MACFARLANE 401
Book Reviews 407
Policy Statements 421
Title-page and Contents, Volume 3 425
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2 JUNE 1998
Turning Academics into Teachers? STEPHEN ROWLAND, CATHERINE BYRON, FRANK FUREDI, NICKY PADFIELD & TERRY SMYTH 133
The End of Expansion and the Consolidation of Differentiation in English Higher Education PATRICK AINLEY 143
Creating a Delicate Balance: the doctoral supervisor’s dilemmas SARA DELAMONT, ODETTE PARRY & PAUL ATKINSON 157
Improving the Possibility of Better Teaching by Investigating the Nature of Student Learning: with reference to procedural understanding in politics in higher education MARTIN CLOONAN & IAN DAVIES 173
Getting the ‘Right Answers’: student evaluation as a reflection of intellectual development? LYNN CLOUDER 185
Students’ Perceptions of their Learning Outcomes SUE DREW 197
Moving Towards Problem-based Learning TONY HARLAND 219
Reflective and Reflexive Practice in Initial Teacher Education: a critical case study BRIAN MATTHEWS &JOHN JESSEL 231
POINTS FOR DEBATE HEFCE, QAA, TQA, IA, SARTOR . . . and (possibly) Dearing ROBERT EDYVEAN 245
Book Reviews 255
Policy Statements 267
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 3 NUMBER 1 MARCH 1998
Knowledge Production and Knowledge Transmission. The interaction between research and teaching at universities JENS-CHRISTIAN SMEBY 5
Facilitating Changes in Lecturers’ Understanding of Learning JOHN HALLIDAY & REBECCA SODEN 21
Developing University Teachers: an account of a scheme designed for postgraduate researchers on a lecturing career path ROY FISHER & BERTRAND TAITHE 37
Quality Improvements of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: a comparison with developments in industrial settings ROBERT LUNDQUIST 51
Interdisciplinary In-service at the University: a participatory case-based model for professional development HELEN L. CARLSON, ELIZABETH QUINTERO & JOAN KARP 63
Peer Assessment in Undergraduate Programmes CLARE BRINDLEY & SUSAN SCOFFIELD 79
In Search of the Expert Teacher: an analysis of the literature in relation to expertise in adult teaching, with reference to a similar work undertaken by nursing SIAN WADE 91
Book Reviews 103
A Policy Statement 125
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3 OCTOBER 1997
Editorial 213
Reflections in Writing on H.E. GILLIE BOLTON 215
A Response RACHEL JOHNSON 217
If on a Winter’s Night an Editor . . . ROB WITHERS 219
Towards a Practice of Critical Teaching about Teachers’ Work ROBERT HATTAM, GEOFFREY SHACKLOCK & JOHN SMYTH 225
Developing Networked Learning within Higher Education: a case study of an electronic forum for university staff MICHAEL HAMMOND 243 Problem-based Learning within a Post-modern Framework: a process for a new generation? BRIGID LIMERICK, JOHN CLARKE & LEONIE DAWS 259
Innovation in Teaching and Assessing Mathematics at University Level LEONE BURTON & CHRIS HAINES 273
Denying Traditional Senses: lessons about programme change MIMI WOLVERTON, JAY Q. BUTLER & KARL L. GUNTERMANN 295
An Exploratory Investigation into Attitudes Towards Different Learning Vehicles SHIV CHAUDHRY & DAVE CRICK 313
Teaching Personal, Professional and Enterprise Skills in Geology J. S. GRIFFITHS, W. L. DIVER & C. L. WILLIAMS 323
POINTS FOR DEBATE Indispensable but Under-valued: the exploitation of contract research staff LAURA SUKHNANDAN 333
Action Research as a Format for Vocational Higher Education RICHARD WINTER 341
Book Reviews 347
Title-page and Contents, Volume 2 371
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 JUNE 1997
Reflexive Teaching, Reflexive Learning
TREVOR WHITTOCK 93
Promoting Reflective Practitioners in Nursing: a review of theoretical models and research into the use of diaries and journals to facilitate reflection HAZEL PLATZER, JANNICE SNELLING & DAVID BLAKE
103
Assessing for Learning in English Studies: some innovative practices GINA WISKER 123
Training Postgraduates for Teaching: considerations for programme planning and development
GEORGE R. LUEDDEKE 141
Postgraduate Distance Education and Libraries: educational principles versus pragmatic course design KATE STEPHENS & LORNA UNWIN 153
Experiencing and Supporting Change: from lecture
to interactive groupwork JENNY STEWART & CORALIE MCCORMACK 167
POINTS FOR DEBATE
Teaching and Ambiguity JAMES J. F. FOREST 181
Book Reviews 187
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1 MARCH 1997
The Role of a Writing Centre in Increasing Access
to Academic Discourse in a Multilingual University BRENDA LEIBOWITZ, KENNETH GOODMAN, PETER
HANNON & ANDREA PARKERSON 5
Defining Quality Teaching in Higher Education:
an Australian perspective WENDY CREBBIN 21
Teaching Your Students to Think Reflectively:
the case for reflective journals IAN BEVERIDGE 33
The Business Studies First Degree: institutional
trends and the pedagogic context BRUCE MACFARLANE 45
The Sheffield Industrial Project Scheme: team
teaching for Engineering students M. F. DIPROSE, P. L. JUDD & A. S. MORRIS 59
POINTS FOR DEBATE Conferences, Conferences, Conferences? ALAN SKELTON 69
Book Reviews 73
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 3 OCTOBER 1996
A POLICY STATEMENT 293
Questioning the Concept of 'Dissemination' in
the Process of University Teaching Innovation SUE JOHNSTON 295
Implementing Problem-based Learning in a Master's Degree Program in Educational Administration CLIVE DIMMOCK & KEITH EDWARDS 305
Students' and Lecturers' Conceptions of Learning in Context: an interdisciplinary study J. FRANZ, L. FERREIRA, H. LOH, D. PENDERGAST, M. SERVICE, D. STORMONT, L. TAYLOR, D. THAMBIRATNAM & B. WILLIAMSON 325
Same-year Paired Peer Tutoring with First Year Undergraduates K. J. TOPPING, G. A. WATSON, R. J. JARVIS
& S. HILL 341
Solutions for Information Overload: document management in a teaching environment ROBERT F. MORGAN 357
In the Field in the Library: methodological analogies
for library- based researchers MEG BOND, CHRISTINE HUGES & KATE OWEN 373
POINTS FOR DEBATE: POLICY STATEMENT 385
Upward Feedback ROGER COCKFIELD 387
REVIEWS: POLICY STATEMENT 391
Book Reviews 393
Title-page and Contents, Volume 1 401
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 2 JUNE 1996
A POLICY STATEMENT 165
The Unholy Division Between Theory and Practice: what does the recent discussion on language and text have to say about reflexivity and teaching? GILLIAN FULCHER 167
Different Angles of Vision: teaching tales from the University of the Western Cape GENEVIEVE HART, LULAMA MAKHUBELA, MIKE SMITH, ISABEL VENTER & MELANIE WALKER 193
What Can We Learn About Teaching From Our Best University Teachers? SUE JOHNSTON 213
Becoming and Being a Specialist: anticipating and experiencing higher education English ROBIN PEEL & FRANCIS CURTIS 227
Reflections on Teaching Physics to Science and Engineering Foundation Students MARY STEWART 245
A Professional Learning Experience for Pre-service and In-service Teachers and One Teacher Educator: reflections and lessons learned
BETH ANN HERRMANN, KRISTY COOK, WENDY ELLIOTT, LEAH LEWIS & JULIE THOMAS 253
POINTS FOR DEBATE: POLICY STATEMENT 263
Instrumentalism and the Measurement of Product: the threat to educational process CHRIS JONES 265
REVIEWS: POLICY STATEMENT 271
Book Reviews 273
Teaching in Higher Education
VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 MARCH 1996
A POLICY STATEMENT 5
Relationships between Teaching and Research STEPHEN ROWLAND 7
The Patience of a Saint and the Cunning of the Devil: teaching Women's Studies in the 1990s FIONA MONTGOMERY & CHRISTINE COLLETTE 21
Doctoral Level Education in the Health Professions JENNIFER BOORE 29
Nursing Education in Universities-a perspective from biological sciences LORETTA JERVIS 49
Designing Group Project Work to Enhance Learning: key elements
DAVE PARSONS & SUE DREW 65
The Teaching and Learning Transaction in Higher
Education: a study of excellent professors and their students JAC ANDREWS, D. GARRISON & K. MAGNUSSON
81
School Teaching and Higher Education: a Papua New Guinea case study DENIS MCLAUGHLIN 105
POINTS FOR DEBATE: POLICY STATEMENT 127
Teaching at a South African University
DAMIAN RUTH 129
REVIEWS: POLICY STATEMENT 135
Book Reviews 137
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