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ERIC Number: EJ613197
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1356-2517
"In Most Classes You Sit Around Very Quietly at a Table and Get Lectured at...": Debates, Assessment and Student Learning.
Walker, Melanie; Warhurst, Chris
Teaching in Higher Education, v5 n1 p33-49 Jan 2000
Describes a collaborative action research project at the University of Glasgow (Scotland) which utilized class debates in an international management class to develop students' ability to assess their own and each other's learning. Evaluation suggests the debates enabled students to develop a critical view of the topics and acquire "transferable skills" such as teamwork. Students were ambivalent on peer grading. (DB)
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Critical Thinking, Debate, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach, Management Development, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Development, Student Participation, Teacher Collaboration, Teaching Methods, Teamwork
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: University of Glasgow (Scotland)