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Patterson, Thomas F., Jr. – Innovative Higher Education, 2007
From 1980 to 1995, the University of Western Sydney at Hawkesbury (formerly Hawkesbury Agricultural College) in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, pioneered an innovative undergraduate degree in Systems Agriculture based on experiential education, systems thinking, and adult learning theory. Today this program is in trouble and has reverted…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Agricultural Colleges
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Scott, Denise C.; Weeks, Patricia A. – Innovative Higher Education, 1996
At Queensland University of Technology (Australia), a cross-disciplinary faculty development network involves 13 teaching and learning interest groups representing 25 disciplines across 3 campuses. Groups meet monthly, using peer facilitators, to identify individual and collective areas of interest, reflect critically on teaching processes and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Cooperative Learning, Educational Strategies
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Asmar, Christine – Innovative Higher Education, 2004
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning movement is now truly international although national and contextual differences affect its implementation. Institutional capacities for and openness to innovation vary widely and cannot be readily predicted. The research university referred to in this article has a conservative reputation in Australia, yet…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Research Universities, Educational Innovation