LINKING INDUSTRY TO ACADEMIA: THE ART OF MASTERING TEACHING AND LEARNING METHODS IN HIGHER EDUCATION TO SUSTAIN EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG BUSINESS DEPARTMENT� STUDENTS AT THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN EGYPT

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-124
Author(s):  
Zeinab Younis
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Learning Methods

Developing teaching and learning methods to innovate the Italian context of Higher Education. The case of University of Padua

2016 ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Monica Fedeli ◽  
Anna Serbati ◽  
Edward W. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Development ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Academic Center ◽  
The University

This article looks at theories and practices related to faculty development and innovation in teaching and learning methods in Higher Education, in order to respond to the European 2020 Strategy, in which the High level group on the modernisation of higher education has been established, whose aim focuses on improving the quality of teaching and learning in Europe's higher education institutions (2013). The paper is framed within the context of the project PRODID (Preparazione alla professionalitŕ docente e innovazione didattica), funded by the University of Padova, Italy with the major goal of creating a permanent and effective academic center for research on learning and teaching and faculty development. The theoretical framework of PRODID is informed by constructivism and social constructivism, and the student centered approach, encouraging student-teacher partnerships as a dimension for faculty development and teaching and learning innovations. The University of Helsinki and Michigan State University are mentioned as relevant examples of organizational settings integrated in higher education institutions that offer a great variety of practices consistent with the chosen theoretical framework. They also offer the Italian program of University of Padova models for critical reflection in how their teaching strategies can be created and developed on the basis of this international experience. The final discussion aims to highlight the strategies adopted during the first year of the project, characterized by the Italian culture and revealing new insights and ideas to create an Italian model of teaching and learning center.

Leadership and Innovative Approaches in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Olusegun Atiku ◽  
Richmond Anane-simon
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Leadership Support ◽  
Higher Institution

The place of leadership support for technological innovation in advancing quality management in higher education cannot be underrated in the fourth industrial revolution. This chapter examines the role of leadership in higher education and innovative teaching and learning methods for quality assurance in higher education system. The literature review approach and author observation were adopted to cross-examine the influence of leadership on innovative teaching/learning methods and quality assurance in higher education. This chapter shows that leadership support for innovative teaching and learning methods is a benchmark for quality assurance in higher education in recent times. Therefore, no meaningful change will happen in any higher institution without a strong leadership support for innovation and quality management. Policymakers in higher education should create a climate that promotes creativity and innovation by ensuring that transformational leaders are at the helm of affairs for quality management.

Exploration of Employability Skills in Business Management Studies Within Higher Education Levels

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-69
Author(s):  
Husam Helmi Alharahsheh ◽  
Abraham Pius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Way

Higher education in the United Kingdom is becoming more responsible to focus beyond teaching and learning process; this is evolving to further reflect the needs of the marketplace, engagement with firms within the industry, responsibility to enhance talent, and to close the skills gap to prepare students for employment opportunities during studies and after graduation. The purpose of this study is to provide the key employability skills in business management studies within higher education with further focus on the UK as one of the leading Western and knowledge-based economies through a systematic literature review process. The study also aims to highlight employability skills reported in the selected studies by categorising them into three main categories: very common employability skills required, common employability skills required, and uncommon employability skills required. However, throughout the studies included in the review, focus on specific skills varied due to the way researchers assessed as well as external factors taken into consideration such as cultural differences, external environment changes, the type of educational institutions, and the way curriculum was delivered, as well as the variations of specific interests of employers from a sector to another. The review is organised in six key sections: Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results and Analysis, Discussion, and lastly, Conclusion and Implications. The reported employability skills resulted in the review can be taken into consideration to further enhance understanding of how employability skills can be embedded into curriculum within business management schools in the UK and other organisations that are responsible for articulation of employment related policies for students and recent graduates. The review can also establish that enhancement of employability skills should be a collective responsibility including universities, employers, policymakers, and students to ensure that educational outcomes are meeting the needs of the market. Higher education providers should aim to close the gap of employability by the point of graduation stage and to be ready to compete in the overcrowded labour market.

scholarly journals Exploring the pandemic through language learning and multicultural studies

2021 ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Stephan Caspar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Cultural Understanding ◽  
Social Community ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This piece offers a reflection on how language learning and multicultural studies during the pandemic have highlighted the potential to help communities draw parallels with, and face wider issues concerning, minorities within a challenged society. Through storytelling, a novel approach to teaching and learning helps students find their voice and become active agents of change. A review of teaching and learning methods may bring about improvements both in academia and individual circumstances to help bridge the gap between loneliness and the need to be part of a wider social community. This article reiterates the importance of language learning, cultural understanding, and identity as useful employability skills for the new global graduates to support, rebuild, and unite communities especially in challenging times.

scholarly journals Incorporating the Tuning Approach in Higher Education curricular reforms and course design in Tanzania for enhancing graduates’ competencies: stakeholders’ views

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnson Muchunguzi Ishengoma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Curriculum Reform ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Higher Education Reforms ◽  
Graduate Unemployment ◽  
Curriculum Reforms

Available documentary and researchevidencesreveal that the majority of Tanzania universities’ graduates (public and private universities) lack competencies or technical skills (employability skills) required for the job market and by potential employers, despite massive curricular reforms implemented in the public higher education sector since the early 1990s. Lack of employability skills which consequently leads to graduate unemployment or un-employability is attributable to the fact that curricular reforms and design in Tanzania public universities undertaken by lecturers and professors do not incorporate basic Tuning principles of competence-based teaching and learning which puts emphasis on competencies and skills by identifying generic and specific competencies during course design or curriculum reform. This study using the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)’s School of Education sought to: (1) explore faculty and students’ views on the application of the Tuning approach in curricular reforms and degree/course design as a mitigation of university graduates’ unemployment and un-employability, (2) solicit stakeholders’(academic staff and students) perceptions of Tuning approach and its relevance in higher education curriculum reforms and design to make higher education more competence-based, and (3) find out students perceived causes of graduate unemployment and un-employability and whether the application of Tuning approach in curriculum reforms and design in universities can be a solution to graduate unemployment. Findings from the study reveal that both faculty and students concur that application of Tuning approach in higher education reforms and curricular design could enhance graduates competences and skills and reduce graduate unemployment.Published online: 30 November 2017

scholarly journals The Design of Work-Related Teaching & Learning Methods: Case Studies and Methodological Recommendations

2018 ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Daniela Frison
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Teaching Learning

What kind of Work-Related activities/programmes do Italian teachers propose to their students? What are common elements considered in the designing of Work-Related activities by those proposing them? A multiple case study research programme was chosen as a method to explore the current Italian situation regarding Work-Related teaching and learning methods in Higher Education (Coll et al. 2008; Dirkx 2011) and to define some possible methodological recommendations to encourage the design of Work-Related Learning activities/programmes

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shobhana Puranik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Interactive Teaching ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning

21st Century is the age of cataclysmic change and creativity. India needs educated man power in huge numbers. Traditional teaching learning methodology is outdated and best methods are to be identified to improve the required skills of the teachers and students. There exists a strong need to change pedagogy from fact-based traditional lecturing to interactive teaching with the aim of fostering durable and employability skills. To address this problem, innovation in teaching and learning has become essential. Adoption of various methods and strategies as mentioned in the paper will help in getting the desired outcome. The present paper describes innovative teaching methods being adopted by higher educational institutes in the country.

scholarly journals The Relevance of Integration of Modern Digital Technologies in Teaching Mathematics

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 438-443
Author(s):  
N. Parpieva ◽  
U. Yakubova ◽  
N. Mirkhodjaeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
The World

Mathematics acts as the basic subject of higher education. Most students around the world, particularly in this study, in Uzbekistan, sometimes lack motivation to be good at mathematical disciplines. The work presented in this article is aimed to promote the development of new teaching and learning methods by using modern digital technologies, in order to encourage studying mathematics.

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