• 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