Developing learning and teaching practices for adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-140
Author(s):  
Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann ◽  
Tuike Iiskala
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Co creating by degrees – exploring experiences of co design

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Becker ◽  
Daniel Hopps ◽  
Gill Owens ◽  
Jana Runze ◽  
Sarah Morris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This is a video article. To play the video, please click on the link at the bottom of this page.Co-creation of learning and student engagement in shaping their curricula are becoming more widespread as pedagogic practice in Higher Education. The literature surrounding co-creating the learning experience has focussed primarily on the benefits for staff and students involved in terms of increased student engagement (Cook-Slather et al, 2014). The barriers to co-creation, which include perceived threats to ‘academic as expert’ and role-blurring, in part derive from a lack of transparency about the strategies for embedding co-creation of learning in established learning and teaching practices (Allin, 2014).  The procedure and mechanics of co-creating curricula appear obfuscated by theoretical and academic discussions about the intersection of partnership, co-creation and student engagement. The current project seeks to throw light on and explore two different approaches to co-creating the curricula on level 6 option modules run by Psychology and Business programmes.

Four L2 Learning Objectives to Guide Podcast Design

2011 ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Claudia Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
L2 Acquisition ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Comprehension Skills ◽  
L2 Learning ◽  
Target Culture

This chapter addresses the production of podcasts as second language (L2) instructional materials developed by language instructors. The author discusses the importance of having clear language learning objectives when creating podcasts. The clarity of the objectives will depend on the particular nature of these materials and will influence podcast design and outcomes. In an effort to contribute to the understanding of podcast design that effectively promotes L2 acquisition and development, the author proposes that podcasts - when used by students as listening tools - can help the L2 learner accomplish four main learning objectives: (1) language acquisition, (2) development of listening comprehension skills, (3) learning of explicit information about the L2 and (4) awareness of the target culture. As with any L2 learning materials (Mobile Assisted or not), podcast development should be based on what is known about L2 acquisition and best teaching practices (Rosell-Aguilar, 2007; 2009). Therefore, the author addresses some of the aspects of language learning and teaching that should be considered in order to create well-informed podcasts that aim at the four proposed learning objectives.

scholarly journals Rote learning: the ugly duckling of student paramedic education?

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Nicholas Long ◽  
Lisa Hobbs ◽  
Scott Devenish
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Rote Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Inherent Value ◽  
Ugly Duckling ◽  
Paramedic Education

The intent of this commentary is to ask questions and stimulate discussion amongst academics and paramedic educators as to whether the inherent value of rote learning has simply been lost in the shadow of more recent learning and teaching practices.

scholarly journals Towards an integral pedagogy in the age of ‘digital Gestell’: Moving between embodied co-presence and telepresence in learning and teaching practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050762110538
Author(s):  
Jeremy Aroles ◽  
Wendelin Küpers
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Digitalisation offers a wide array of opportunities, but also challenges, for universities and business schools alike, regarding the provision and delivery of their teaching and learning activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some of these challenges, as it forced educational institutions to move their pedagogic activities online in line with new governmental regulations. In this article, we identify and discuss critically the following three interconnected challenges: (1) shifting from direct embodied co-presence to technologically mediated telepresence, (2) re-embodying teaching and learning activities and (3) rethinking the purpose and relevance of teachings in business schools. We explore these challenges through a phenomenological lens, informed by the Heideggerian concepts of enframing ( Gestell) and releasement ( Gelassenheit), with a focus on (re-)embodiment. Finally, we discuss the need, for teachers and learners, to be able to reflectively move between embodied and digital(ised) forms of learning and teaching and outline some implications and perspectives regarding the development of an integral pedagogy.

Best Practices for Teaching ESL in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Bryan Christiansen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Second Language ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Performance ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
British Council ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

This chapter examines three realities in the typical higher education English as a second language (ESL) classroom in non-English speaking countries and how they can be resolved to enhance student learning and teaching performance by native- and non-native English-speaking instructors alike. The British Council in 2018 estimated approximately 1.7 billion people were learning and using the English language worldwide in 2015, and the number is only expected to grow in the coming years. Therefore, the importance of this chapter in examining best ESL teaching practices should be obvious. The chapter is based on the author's extensive ESL background in seven nations since 1982 at higher education institutions as well as an integrated literature review related to the practice of teaching ESL.

SLA Classroom Research and EFL Teaching Practices of Oral Skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 2061
Author(s):  
Sami Al-wossabi
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Esl Teachers ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Second Language Development ◽  
Oral Development ◽  
Oral Skills

Second language acquisition studies have been significantly impacting the field of language learning and teaching and constantly informing EFL/ESL teachers with the best practices and implications for their language classes. The present study, therefore, examines issues on teaching practices of oral skills that are addressed in SLA studies and their relevance and applicability to the Saudi EFL situation in higher education. It highlights issues such as, the importance and limitations of the negotiation of meaning in group-work and pairs, the effect of training of interaction strategies on learners’ oral development, the importance of predicting intonational prominence, providing appropriate, feedback and the use of authentic materials. The present paper will further provide some recommendations on how EFL teachers may initiate interactive speaking activities in the EFL classroom and how that would aid leaners' second language development.

Connecting Learning and Teaching Through Assessment

1993 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Author(s):  
C. Jean Moon
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Mathematical Connections ◽  
Promising Strategy ◽  
Teacher As Researcher ◽  
Researcher Role ◽  
The Way

We are beginning to understand that the teacher-as-researcher role encourages a teacher to reflect on teaching practices and students' learning, which is a promising strategy for changing the way mathematics is taught, learned, and assessed (Tobin 1989). When teachers actively participate in evaluating classroom lessons, they can begin to create new, more effective frameworks in which to help their students make mathematical connections.

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