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le Roux, Kate; Taylor, Dale L.; Kloot, Bruce; Allie, Saalih – Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
This paper offers a perspective on the relationship between communities that conduct research on teaching and learning in higher education, focusing on Higher Education Studies (HES) and science Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER). The paper responds to HES debates about the strength of its epistemological base and who belongs to that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
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Buyl, Ernst – Teaching in Higher Education, 2017
As an emerging field within higher education, academic development remains fragmented, both as a field of theory and practice. In the vibrant, on-going debate about the theoretical foundations and directions of academic development as a nascent field, some relatively wide-ranging claims which have been made seem to be lacking in supporting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Epistemology, Educational Development, Semi Structured Interviews
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Millar, Victoria – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
In response to the current demands and trends within education, the disciplines as one of the core long-standing organizing structures within knowledge production and transmission are questioning and shifting what and how they teach. Universities are increasingly offering interdisciplinary subjects and programmes as an alternative to or alongside…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
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Harland, Janice – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
When the author writes, her intention is to inform readers and to invite debate and discussion (or at least individual reflection) that continues after the work has been read and put aside. As a scientist with an interest in education, the author now feels able to submit some writings to a non-science educational journal, such as "Teaching in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, Researchers, Scientists
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Ozay, Samuray B. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2012
Most Australian Universities offer a selection of research-intensive pathways at the graduate level, which provides opportunities for independent inquiry and intellectual autonomy. Undergraduate students, however, are somewhat short-changed in their experience in research. They are exposed to a variety of areas and disciplines, which forms a…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study
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Walker, Melanie; Warhurst, Chris – Teaching in Higher Education, 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…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Critical Thinking, Debate