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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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What Motivates an Ever Increasing Number of Students to Enroll in Part-Time Taught Postgraduate Awards?
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Ho, Amaly; Kember, David; Hong, Celina – Studies in Continuing Education, 2012
There has been a substantial rise in the number of students enrolling in part-time taught postgraduate awards. This study investigates the reasons or motivation for students to spend significant amounts on tutorial fees and find time alongside work, family and social commitments to take a taught postgraduate award. Data were gathered through…
Descriptors: Motivation, Awards, Foreign Countries, Social Networks
Adult Students' Perceptions of Good Teaching as a Function of Their Conceptions of Learning--Part 2. Implications for the Evaluation of Teaching
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Kember, David; Jenkins, Winnie; Ng, Kwok Chi – Studies in Continuing Education, 2004
Students in part-time courses were interviewed about their perceptions of good teaching and tutoring. The perceptions differed markedly between those with reproductive conceptions of learning and students holding self-determining ones. The former preferred didactic teaching but disliked interaction, whereas the latter had almost diametrically…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teaching Methods, Adult Students
Adult Students' Perceptions of Good Teaching as a Function of Their Conceptions of Leanring--Part 1. Influencing the Development of Self-Determination.
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Kember, David; Jenkins, Winnie; Ng, Kwok Chi – Studies in Continuing Education, 2003
Interviews with 53 part-time adult students in Hong Kong showed no consensus on what constitutes good teaching. Their perceptions of teaching were framed by conceptions of learning on a continuum from reproduction to self-determination. Position on this continuum was correlated with preference for didactic or facilitative teaching. (Contains 22…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Self Determination