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Goodbye To All This: The Ordinary Rhythm Of Loss, Alyn Euritt Dec 2021

Goodbye To All This: The Ordinary Rhythm Of Loss, Alyn Euritt

RadioDoc Review

Sophie Townsend’s Goodbye to All This from BBC World Service is an audio documentary about Townsend’s experience of losing her husband, Russell, to cancer. Beginning with Russell’s diagnosis in the first episode, listeners follow Townsend through his treatment and death, then through the years as she adapts to life without him. The carefully constructed series focuses on Townsend’s personal narrative while situating her within her community. At the same time, the memoir’s precise storytelling and gentle, rhythmic sound design give structure to the podcast’s poignant expression of loss.

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The Mental Wellbeing Of Optometry And Pharmacy Students In New Zealand During Covid-19, Philip R. K. Turnbull, Lynne Petersen, Andrew V. Collins Dec 2021

The Mental Wellbeing Of Optometry And Pharmacy Students In New Zealand During Covid-19, Philip R. K. Turnbull, Lynne Petersen, Andrew V. Collins

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

At a time of transition into adulthood, tertiary study places additional stresses on the mental wellbeing of students. The continual assessment, long teaching hours, and expectation of professionalism that is expected from students within clinical programmes places even more burden on these students. Then in 2020, with the COVID-19 lockdown, there were significant changes to how these programs were delivered. We surveyed the mental wellbeing of our undergraduate students in the Bachelor of Optometry and Bachelor of Pharmacy programmes at the University of Auckland in 2019 and 2020. Using validated screening questionnaires, we found a high level of anxiety and …

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Student Engagement And Learning Outcomes In The Model United Nations, David K. Jesuit, J. Cherie Strachan Dec 2021

Student Engagement And Learning Outcomes In The Model United Nations, David K. Jesuit, J. Cherie Strachan

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article explores the effect of student engagement on learning outcomes associated with students’ participation in Model United Nations. We developed an objective assessment of learning outcomes by fielding a survey to conference participants and measuring their general knowledge of the United Nations. We follow-up the survey by asking faculty advisors to report on student outcomes and on the level of activity of Model UN student groups. As predicted by previous research, expectations established by a supportive peer group provide a powerful incentive for student learning, even exceeding the influence of formal instruction in a dedicated credit-bearing course.

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Embedding Online Activities During Lecture Time: Roll Call Or Enhancement Of Student Participation?, Muhammad Nadeem, Marion Blumenstein Dec 2021

Embedding Online Activities During Lecture Time: Roll Call Or Enhancement Of Student Participation?, Muhammad Nadeem, Marion Blumenstein

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Student attendance has long polarized the higher education sector with reports of no to little effect on student success to positive relationships between attendance frequency at face to face and synchronous online lectures and better student engagement and achievement. This study investigates the impact of embedded online activities during lecture time on student learning by utilizing students’ portable devices to divert undesirable study behaviors such as gaming and social media activity during class. The aim of the learning intervention is to improve attendance at undergraduate engineering lectures as well as providing better connection to the subject content. Study participants were …

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‘Bittersweet’ And ‘Alienating’: An Extreme Comparison Of Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspectives From Higher Education Students, Non-Teaching Staff And Faculty During The Pandemic In The Uk And Singapore, Jürgen Rudolph, Lena Itangata, Shannon Tan, Michelle Kane, Irving Thairo, Tammy Tan Dec 2021

‘Bittersweet’ And ‘Alienating’: An Extreme Comparison Of Collaborative Autoethnographic Perspectives From Higher Education Students, Non-Teaching Staff And Faculty During The Pandemic In The Uk And Singapore, Jürgen Rudolph, Lena Itangata, Shannon Tan, Michelle Kane, Irving Thairo, Tammy Tan

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This article, via collaborative autoethnographic reflections, provides an extreme comparison of intra-period responses in two countries (the UK and Singapore) to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in higher education. Taking autoethnographic examples from these countries from three pairs of stakeholders of higher education (HE) – students, non-teaching academic staff, and lecturers – we discuss contrasting experiences in pursuit of answering the research question: What were our experiences working/studying in HE during the COVID-19 global pandemic? Despite the pronounced differences of the higher education landscapes in the UK and in Singapore and the heterogeneous experiences of them, five common themes emerged …

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Factors Affecting Effective Online Teaching Transition In Asian Universities During Covid-19, Rajib Das, David P. Meredith Dec 2021

Factors Affecting Effective Online Teaching Transition In Asian Universities During Covid-19, Rajib Das, David P. Meredith

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Educational institutions, especially the higher education institutions in Asian countries such as Bangladesh and Thailand, have had to stop face-to-face educational activities during the period of COVID-19 pandemic. Online classes have been the only alternative to carry on academic activities. Teachers were suddenly compelled to transition their teaching and learning methodology from a face-to-face to an online model. Employing a quantitative research method, this study identifies factors in teacher’s effective transition for successful online teaching. A total of 68 teachers experienced in higher education in Bangladesh, Thailand, India and Indonesia were interviewed by a structured questionnaire. The instrument was scrutinized …

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General And Unique Predictors Of Student Success In Online Courses: A Systematic Review And Focus Group, Lilani Arulkadacham, Stephen Mckenzie, Zahra Aziz, Jennifer Chung, Kyle Dyer, Christopher Holt, Filia Garivaldis, Matthew Mundy Dec 2021

General And Unique Predictors Of Student Success In Online Courses: A Systematic Review And Focus Group, Lilani Arulkadacham, Stephen Mckenzie, Zahra Aziz, Jennifer Chung, Kyle Dyer, Christopher Holt, Filia Garivaldis, Matthew Mundy

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Despite the increase in the availability and popularity of online educational programs, there is a lack of understanding of non-academic as well as academic predictors of online student success. In this study, we have investigated predictors of tertiary level student success via the Psychology discipline, a popular online subject. A systematic literature review, followed by focus groups with students and instructors from online Psychology courses, revealed several important findings including a profile of general predictors of online student success and the existence of discipline-specific online student success predictors which can be extended to a variety of health care courses. Understanding …

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Online Teaching Effectiveness In Higher Education: Faculty Perspectives In India, Lokanath Mishra, Roshan Lal Raina Dec 2021

Online Teaching Effectiveness In Higher Education: Faculty Perspectives In India, Lokanath Mishra, Roshan Lal Raina

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic demanded the closure of education institutions abruptly in the middle of the academic term, disrupting regular teaching and learning activities throughout the world. The teaching fraternity immediately moved to online teaching to minimize learning damage and continue academic activities. With the sudden shift from traditional practices to online teaching, the key question arises about effectiveness of online teaching in higher education and how the teaching fraternity pursues academic activities, grouped under pre, during and post online teaching. This study aimed at examining the faculty perspective of online teaching in higher education without much experience and preparation. Data …

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An Assessment Of Tutoring Performance, Challenges And Support During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study In A South African University, Chioma S. Okoro, Oliver Takawira, Peter Baur Dec 2021

An Assessment Of Tutoring Performance, Challenges And Support During Covid-19: A Qualitative Study In A South African University, Chioma S. Okoro, Oliver Takawira, Peter Baur

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes to the teaching and learning arena and posed challenges to efforts to support student performance. The study aims to identify challenges faced during online tutoring and ways to continue to support the tutoring function to teach and disseminate knowledge to students during lockdown. The study was conducted within a faculty in a higher education institution in South Africa using interviews of lecturers and tutors who were purposively selected. Thematic analysis was used to draw out themes on the challenges faced, support provided and suggestions to improve tutoring in online/blended learning. The study exposed several challenges, …

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What Student Evaluations Are Not: Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning Using Student Evaluations, Ameera Ali, Joseph Crawford, Leela Cejnar, Kristyn Harman, Kwong Nui Sim Dec 2021

What Student Evaluations Are Not: Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning Using Student Evaluations, Ameera Ali, Joseph Crawford, Leela Cejnar, Kristyn Harman, Kwong Nui Sim

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

In this Editorial, we stay committed to the objective of the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice regarding sharing, evaluating, and developing stronger evidence-based practice papers by focusing on the topic of national and institutional student evaluations. We create an important theoretical and practical foundation for authors considering publishing with our Journal on studies that utilise student surveys as their primary method of data collection. The editorial begins by providing a comprehensive overview of the history and emergence of student evaluations dating back to medieval times, we trace the evolution of student evaluations to present day looking at the …

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Editorial: The Cross-Cultural Effects Of Covid-19 On Higher Education Learning And Teaching Practice, Joseph Crawford, Martin Andrew, Jürgen Rudolph, Karima Lalani, Kerryn Butler-Henderson Dec 2021

Editorial: The Cross-Cultural Effects Of Covid-19 On Higher Education Learning And Teaching Practice, Joseph Crawford, Martin Andrew, Jürgen Rudolph, Karima Lalani, Kerryn Butler-Henderson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) that began in the late part of 2019 in Wuhan, China has created significant challenges for higher education. Since the inception of COVID-19 research and practice in the higher education discipline, there has continued to be a focus on exploring its effects in localised contexts. The place-based context, while useful in enhancing individual practice, limits the potential to examine the pandemic from a broader lens. There are for many of us, shared examples of good practice that can serve to collectively improve the higher education sector during and beyond the pandemic. This Special Issue came …

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De-Territorialisations For Pedagogical Co-Creation: Challenging Traditionalistic Pedagogies With Students In Higher Education, Jessie Bustillos Morales Dec 2021

De-Territorialisations For Pedagogical Co-Creation: Challenging Traditionalistic Pedagogies With Students In Higher Education, Jessie Bustillos Morales

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The notion of pedagogy tends to be understood as the domain of teachers, this is a reductive way of thinking about pedagogy. Instead, in this paper I explore the heteroglossia of pedagogy through the Deleuzian-Guattarian notion of assemblage. Through this approach, pedagogy is an open debate which needs to involve students to co-create the learning environment in Higher Education (HE). Drawing on data collected with first year undergraduate students and through an action research methodological approach, I will argue that collaborative and progressive pedagogies in HE must go beyond the authority of the teacher and offer students in-class opportunities to …

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Searching For The Yet Unknown: Writing And Dancing As Incantatory Practices, Kate Mattingly, Kristin Marrs Dec 2021

Searching For The Yet Unknown: Writing And Dancing As Incantatory Practices, Kate Mattingly, Kristin Marrs

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

As two ballet dancers and university educators, we began this collaborative research with a shared belief in ballet and writing as liberatory practices and a desire to confront pedagogies that rely on intimidation. Both we and our students have experienced ballet and writing classes that rely on audit-and-surveillance, and we sought to foster individuality, value differences, and cultivate agency through multimodal approaches in our ballet technique, history, and dance studies courses. During the spring semester of 2021, the history and dance studies courses were online and asynchronous; the ballet classes met in a ‘hybrid’ model: classes were held in person, …

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Ensemble Mentorship As A Decolonising And Relational Practice In Canada, Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Sulyn Bodnaresko, Michelle Scott Dec 2021

Ensemble Mentorship As A Decolonising And Relational Practice In Canada, Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Sulyn Bodnaresko, Michelle Scott

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Inspired by collaborating on a shared vision of reconciliation, three authors explore ethical relationality and the practical ways in which their heterarchical ensemble mentorship serves to decolonise and advance a shared vision of reconciliation for university teaching and learning. As Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators, we are buoyed by those developing decolonising and Indigenising strategies in formerly colonised regions. Seen as a promising interruption to a neoliberal approach to education, the authors embrace the possibilities of imagining and creating an ethical space in universities where relationality is prioritised in service of social justice. While the complex nature of reconciliation within …

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Learning How To Engage With Another's Point Of View By Intercultural, Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Collaborations, Sandra Buchmüller, Sugandh Malhotra, Corinna Bath Dec 2021

Learning How To Engage With Another's Point Of View By Intercultural, Interdisciplinary And Transdisciplinary Collaborations, Sandra Buchmüller, Sugandh Malhotra, Corinna Bath

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The paper argues that the different dimensions of collaboration - intercultural, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary - contribute to mutual understanding and empathy. Their intersection fosters self-reflection and reveals shortcomings, blind spots, and prejudices about other cultures, disciplines, and social groups. The course aimed to overcome technology-driven design practices that tend to (re)produce stereotypes or social exclusions - often unconsciously. To make students aware of such problems, we introduced them to Feminist Science and Technology Studies, which show how dimensions such as age, class, and gender affect socio-technological participation. Moreover, we introduced user-centered and participatory design methods (contextual interviews, scenario-based design, design …

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Demystifying Emerging Bulk Rna-Seq Applications: The Application And Utility Of Bioinformatic Methodology, Amarinder Singh Thind, Isha Monga, Prasoon Kumar Thakur, Pallawi Kumari, Kiran Dindhoria, Monika Krzak, Marie Ranson, Bruce G. Ashford Nov 2021

Demystifying Emerging Bulk Rna-Seq Applications: The Application And Utility Of Bioinformatic Methodology, Amarinder Singh Thind, Isha Monga, Prasoon Kumar Thakur, Pallawi Kumari, Kiran Dindhoria, Monika Krzak, Marie Ranson, Bruce G. Ashford

Scopus Harvesting Series

Significant innovations in next-generation sequencing techniques and bioinformatics tools have impacted our appreciation and understanding of RNA. Practical RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) applications have evolved in conjunction with sequence technology and bioinformatic tools advances. In most projects, bulk RNA-Seq data is used to measure gene expression patterns, isoform expression, alternative splicing and single-nucleotide polymorphisms. However, RNA-Seq holds far more hidden biological information including details of copy number alteration, microbial contamination, transposable elements, cell type (deconvolution) and the presence of neoantigens. Recent novel and advanced bioinformatic algorithms developed the capacity to retrieve this information from bulk RNA-Seq data, thus broadening its scope. …

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Their Control Will Make Or Break The Sustainable Clothing Deal-A Study Of The Moderating Impact Of Actual Behavioural Control On The Purchase Intention-Behaviour Gap For Sustainable Clothing In India, Jaspreet Kaur, Neha Bhardwaj Nov 2021

Their Control Will Make Or Break The Sustainable Clothing Deal-A Study Of The Moderating Impact Of Actual Behavioural Control On The Purchase Intention-Behaviour Gap For Sustainable Clothing In India, Jaspreet Kaur, Neha Bhardwaj

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

The area of the purchase intention and purchase behaviour gap for consumers buying environmentally sustainable products with respect to the Theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework has been studied extensively in past literature. But literature is scant when one studies the impact of ‘Actual behavioural control’ on the Purchase intention (PI) and purchase behaviour (PB) gap for the consumption of environmentally sustainable clothing. The TPB theory formulated by Ajzen in 1991 assumes that the actual behavioural control (ABC) will impact the purchase intention in the TPB. As there was no validated scale on the ABC in the past literature. Sheeran …

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Incorporating Sdg 8 For Decent Work Practices: A Study Of Mnc Subsidiaries In India, Fehmina Khalique, Poornima Madan, Geetika Puri, Daleep Parimoo Nov 2021

Incorporating Sdg 8 For Decent Work Practices: A Study Of Mnc Subsidiaries In India, Fehmina Khalique, Poornima Madan, Geetika Puri, Daleep Parimoo

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

The objective of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 8) in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development is to attain economic prosperity through Decent Work across the member nations of the United Nations. In order to achieve this goal in the next 10 years it is the responsibility of the Governments across the globe to work for its attainment by leveraging through its business houses and corporates at large. The target for decent work for all includes equal opportunities and equal pay for all that leads to economic development. India has already started working on the target by implementing various schemes attached …

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Does Gender Diversity On Board Promote Corporate Social Responsibility? An Empirical Analysis Of Sustainable Development Goals, Amit Kumar Singh, Hima Bindu Kota, Varda Sardana, Shubham Singhania Oct 2021

Does Gender Diversity On Board Promote Corporate Social Responsibility? An Empirical Analysis Of Sustainable Development Goals, Amit Kumar Singh, Hima Bindu Kota, Varda Sardana, Shubham Singhania

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Recent regulatory changes in India require the firms to improve the appointment of female directors on corporate boards, and it is believed that such a regulation would prove to be a boon in terms of strategic decision making. The Board Capital Theory advocates that the appointment of women directors on board shall enhance various dimensions of the board capital breadth and help in better decision making. With growing consciousness for sustainable practices throughout the globe, it is pertinent to see whether the gender diverse boards can promote corporate social responsibility and create a business case for their upsurge, as it …

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Scaling Impact Investment For Sustainable Development Goals: An Empirical Analysis, Seema Tewari, Harjit Singh, Shobhit Wadhwa, Deepak Tandon Oct 2021

Scaling Impact Investment For Sustainable Development Goals: An Empirical Analysis, Seema Tewari, Harjit Singh, Shobhit Wadhwa, Deepak Tandon

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Impact Investing is a community of investors willing to create social and environmental impact along with financial returns by investing either directly with Base of Pyramid[1] (BoP) enterprises or indirectly through enterprises that help in creating impact by investing in BoP organizations. Adoption of SDGs[2] quantified the expectation paradigm of the global community for social, environmental and economic achievable and projected/targeted achievement of SDGs by 2030 made the governments, businesses, institutions daunted with the task in hand hence, it is imperative for investing community to contribute its share as well. With high social need and underserved population India …

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Sustainable Development Goals And Businesses, Hima Bindu Kota, Gurinder Singh, Monir Mir, Ciorstan Smark, Bhawna Kumar Oct 2021

Sustainable Development Goals And Businesses, Hima Bindu Kota, Gurinder Singh, Monir Mir, Ciorstan Smark, Bhawna Kumar

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Editorial, Sustainable Development Goals, Business, India, COVID 19,

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Introducing Design Thinking Online To Large Business Education Courses For Twenty-First Century Learning, Carmen Vallis, Petrea Redmond Oct 2021

Introducing Design Thinking Online To Large Business Education Courses For Twenty-First Century Learning, Carmen Vallis, Petrea Redmond

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Design thinking can be broadly defined as a set of creative skills to understand and problem-solve ambiguous and complex problems, and a practice that places humans at the heart of the design process. Such collaborative ways of design thinking and design-doing are much needed to address twenty-first century challenges such as climate change. Design thinking methodology is well known for teaching and learning in design disciplines, and to a lesser extent, as an innovative problem-solving framework for business education. Typically design thinking has been taught and practised in physical settings and to a lesser extent online. While design thinking is …

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Using Deliberate Mistakes To Heighten Student Attention, Abey P. Philip, Dawn Bennett Oct 2021

Using Deliberate Mistakes To Heighten Student Attention, Abey P. Philip, Dawn Bennett

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Attracting and retaining students’ attention is a concern for educators at every level of education, including those in higher education. Despite compelling evidence that student-centred pedagogies enhance attention, motivation and learning gain, exposition-centred delivery in forms such as lectures persists across higher education. Contemporary research on student attention suggests that student concentration in class begins to wane within 10 minutes; that neither tutorials or lectures tend to engage students effectively; and that the optimum length of a lecture is as little as 30 minutes. Where previous studies of student attention have focussed on the impacts of active listening, flipped classrooms …

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Describing Pre-Professional Identity In Higher Education: A Case Study Of Exercise Science Students, Kelly Clanchy, Clare Minahan, Elizabeth Cardell, Andrea Bialocerkowski Oct 2021

Describing Pre-Professional Identity In Higher Education: A Case Study Of Exercise Science Students, Kelly Clanchy, Clare Minahan, Elizabeth Cardell, Andrea Bialocerkowski

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Pre-professional identity (PPI) is an understanding of the skills, qualities, conduct, culture and ideology of a students’ intended profession. Understanding PPI is valuable for students and higher-education providers to provide insight into motivation for- and to promote engagement in- learning. Describing PPI is challenging, particularly for evolving health professions. This paper describes a process undertaken to understand PPI, using exercise science (ES), a new and evolving health profession, as a case study. Mixed methods were used to describe three aspects of PPI: 1) student cohort characteristics; 2) personal factors influencing PPI; and 3) perceived career direction. Final year ES students …

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Who Is A Tired Student? Fatigue And Its Predictors From A Gender Perspective., Agata Zdun-Ryżewska, Natalia Nadrowska, Krzysztof Basiński, Maciej Walkiewicz, Magdalena Błażek Oct 2021

Who Is A Tired Student? Fatigue And Its Predictors From A Gender Perspective., Agata Zdun-Ryżewska, Natalia Nadrowska, Krzysztof Basiński, Maciej Walkiewicz, Magdalena Błażek

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The level of fatigue among medical students is increasing. Exhaustion is an essential symptom of burnout, which may occur even while a student. Our exploratory study sought to identify the characteristics of tired students and to describe factors determining fatigue among medical students. The studied group consisted of second-year medical students (N=193) from a Polish medical university. Statistically significant differences in fatigue appeared between male and female students. We obtained positive correlations between intensity of fatigue and sleepiness, pain intensity, stress, anxiety, depression and negative health conditions, life satisfaction, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and self-efficacy. Predictors relevant for female fatigue were …

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Departmental Leadership And Peer Pressure On Academic Research Performance At Universities In Emerging Countries: An Empirical Study In Vietnam, Ngoc Nguyen, Long Pham, Susie Cox, Nhuong Bui Oct 2021

Departmental Leadership And Peer Pressure On Academic Research Performance At Universities In Emerging Countries: An Empirical Study In Vietnam, Ngoc Nguyen, Long Pham, Susie Cox, Nhuong Bui

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Research performance of lecturers in higher education institutions has become an important topic but many variables are still largely unexplored in current literature. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of four leadership behaviors of department heads and coworkers on the lecturers’ research performance and the moderating effects of achievement value. A survey was conducted with a sample of 408 Vietnamese lecturers at economics and business management focused universities. Our findings contribute to the literature of job performance in higher education from an organizational behavior perspective by explaining the mid-level impacts of departmental factors affecting research …

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Co-Teaching-Based Professional Development: Self-Efficacy, Attitudes Toward The Profession, And Pedagogical Practices, Irit Sasson, Noam Malkinson Oct 2021

Co-Teaching-Based Professional Development: Self-Efficacy, Attitudes Toward The Profession, And Pedagogical Practices, Irit Sasson, Noam Malkinson

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The design of university training programs affects academic outcomes therefore, exploring the various design components in the academic program is important. The study explored how participating in a co-teaching-based professional development program (PDP) affects novice teachers' self-efficacy, their attitudes toward the profession, and their application of pedagogical practices; and measured the correlation between self-efficacy and attitudes and how it is influenced by the application of pedagogical practices. We used a questionnaire answered by 300 novice teachers and interviews with 15 teachers who participated during their academic studies in the co-teaching-based PDP. The results indicated a higher sense of self-efficacy and …

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Facilitating A Supportive Learning Experience: The Lecturer's Role In Addressing Mental Health Issues Of University Students During Covid-19, Caroline Heim, Christian Heim Oct 2021

Facilitating A Supportive Learning Experience: The Lecturer's Role In Addressing Mental Health Issues Of University Students During Covid-19, Caroline Heim, Christian Heim

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

During Covid-19, rates of mental health issues, particularly anxiety, rose significantly in university students. In the scramble to adapt to online learning, university professors were overwhelmed with material aimed at facilitating a supportive learning experience and preserving student academic performance in online contexts yet were ill-equipped to cope with the increased volume of mental health issues encountered. Many studies attest to the association between poor mental health and academic performance. It has been shown that students often report their mental health issues to university professors who are called upon to cope with these issues as best they can. This paper …

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Online Assessment In Higher Education During Spanish Confinement By Covid-19: The View Of Students, Enrique Díez-Gutiérrez, Katherine Gajardo Espinoza Aug 2021

Online Assessment In Higher Education During Spanish Confinement By Covid-19: The View Of Students, Enrique Díez-Gutiérrez, Katherine Gajardo Espinoza

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

The purpose of this study is to describe how university students rate the evaluation systems and strategies that have been proposed for use in Higher Education during the period of COVID-19 confinement and online teaching as a result of the coronavirus crisis in Spain. For this purpose, we prepared a descriptive study by means of an online questionnaire, specifically designed on the basis of evaluation and qualification proposals made by REACU (Spain), ANECA (Spain), UNESCO, and the Spanish Ministry of Universities. The results obtained, after applying them to a sample of 1008 students from different universities in Spain, and covering …

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Fostering Learners’ Involvement In The Assessment Process During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives Of University Language And Communication Teachers Across The Globe, Rita Koris, Ágnes Pál Aug 2021

Fostering Learners’ Involvement In The Assessment Process During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Perspectives Of University Language And Communication Teachers Across The Globe, Rita Koris, Ágnes Pál

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

With the transition to online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for identifying effective methods of assessment has become paramount. The methods of traditional summative in-person, paper-and-pencil exams could not be adapted to the online environment. In case of unsupervised (non-proctored) exams it was impossible to ensure students’ academic honesty. Some universities have offered remotely supervised (proctored) examinations, which has been a rare exception. The pandemic prompted teachers to innovate their assessment practice and apply formative assessment methods as an alternative to traditional summative assessment. They have started using tasks such as e-portfolios, online learning journals, blogs, online …

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