DocumentCode
2590708
Title
Work In progress - Who benefits from teaching incorporating a balance of thinking styles in higher education teaching & learning?
Author
Reid, Juliet M V ; Jones, Karl O.
Author_Institution
Liverpool John Moores Univ., Liverpool
fYear
2007
fDate
10-13 Oct. 2007
Abstract
The work aims to evaluate the efficacy of teaching incorporating a balance of thinking styles. The intention of the work is to enable academic staff to formally evaluate their practice and promote flexible approaches to learning based upon pedagogic research. Furthermore, the work aims to contribute more broadly to the commitment within Higher Education Institutions of promoting diversity by seeking to address and expand the thinking styles of all students.
Keywords
continuing education; educational institutions; teaching; Higher Education Institutions; higher education learning; higher education teaching; pedagogic research; thinking styles balance; Building materials; Computer science; Concrete; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Education; Equal opportunities; Industrial psychology; Legislation; Programming; Thinking styles; assessment; learning; teaching;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual
Conference_Location
Milwaukee, WI
ISSN
0190-5848
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1083-5
Electronic_ISBN
0190-5848
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FIE.2007.4417946
Filename
4417946
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