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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers In Education Conference - Global Engineering: Knowledge Without Borders, Opportunities Without Passports, 2007. FIE '07. 37th Annual
Conference_Location :
Milwaukee, WI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1083-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2007.4417946