scholarly journals From Policy to Pedagogy: The Implications of Sustainability Policy for Sustainability Pedagogy in Higher Education

1969 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Timmerman ◽  
Amy Scott Metcalfe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
Sustainability Policy ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

In response to the growing number of sustainability policies being enacted at higher education institutions, this article examines the relationship between policy and pedagogy, asking how policy texts can both enable and impede the implementation of sustainability pedagogy in higher education. To explore this question, we have undertaken a case study at the University of British Columbia, analyzing two campus-wide visionary policies that call for sustainability education: Trek 2010: A Global Journey and Inspirations and Aspirations: The Sustainability Strategy. We analyze these documents to show how the goals and strategies within them have the potential to affect the teaching and learning of sustainability across the university, directly and indirectly. Our analysis is coupled with a series of suggestions on how the policy process might be better executed in the future for more pedagogically effective sustainability policy.  

scholarly journals 11. Peer Review: Structured, Informal, Confidential, Helpful!

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Cassidy ◽  
Jack Lee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Peer Teaching ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Peer Reviewers ◽  
The University

This paper 1 describes an introductory workshop, Preparing to be a Peer Reviewer, presented at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to give hands-on practice to faculty members and others in order to provide formative peer review upon request. This workshop, which was designed at the request of a faculty member, is complemented by an Advanced Workshop for peer reviewers. We show the ways in which we actively involved Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) conference participants in a session to learn about the introductory workshop, and talk about peer review more generally. We briefly describe the Peer Teaching Network, created in the Faculty of Science, as an adaptation of the initial introductory workshop.

scholarly journals The Whole-Institution Approach at the University of Tübingen: Sustainable Development Set in Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 861 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerstin Schopp ◽  
Matthias Bornemann ◽  
Thomas Potthast
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Sustainability Strategy ◽  
The University ◽  
Competence Centre ◽  
Brundtland Report

In the following paper, we scrutinize understandings and values behind Sustainable Development (SD) in a case study of the University of Tübingen, Germany. In so doing, we adopt the perspective of the whole-institution approach of SD. We do not only analyze documents, but combine our investigations with empirical research on key actors’ understandings and values of SD, as well as the competencies and the knowledge to set SD in practice. First, we demonstrate that actors’ understandings and the values behind them at the University of Tübingen are in accord with the United Nations’ understanding of SD (‘Brundtland Report’). Second, we show that at the University of Tübingen, many actors already work in line with the whole-institution approach; this shall be further fostered and strengthened by the Competence Centre for SD. Finally, we demonstrate that both knowledge and competencies are fundamental to act for SD. It is suggested that the University of Tübingen should explicitly adopt the general understanding of SD in the above-mentioned sense, and develop a sustainability strategy, not least in order to support the actors to acquire specific knowledge to reach SD for the whole university. Finally, we discuss the potential and limits of transferring the findings to other Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and the challenges of necessary global perspectives.

scholarly journals “I Teach Character in My Class”: Integrating Character Education in EFL Reading Classroom at Islamic Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-102
Author(s):  
Siti Nuraeni Muhtar ◽  
Dahlya Indra Nurwanti ◽  
R. Nadia R. P. Dalimunthe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Values Education ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University

This article explores teacher's experiences and students' perceptions of character and values education at the university level. This is a case study of how teacher integrates character education in EFL Reading Comprehension subject at Islamic higher education context. The data from ten students and a teacher are collected through an online interview and questionnaires. The result showed the characters implied in EFL Reading Comprehension Subject are eleven characters include learning method, critical thinking, independence, creativity, courage/self-confidence, communicativeness, responsibility, honesty, religiousness, cooperation, tolerance. Those characters are positively responded by the students in their learning process in the classroom. Besides, the teacher also integrated those values in the teaching and learning process to instill students' character education.

scholarly journals Instructional Leadership and Role of Module Leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 105678792110423
Author(s):  
Afzal Sayed Munna
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Relationship

Leadership plays an important role in an educational establishment as they help to manage the day-to-day activities. Instructional leadership has always played a distinct role in higher education as the role of instructional leadership was always to influence on effective teaching and learning processes. The purpose of this research is intended to identify the role of instructional leadership, including the relationship between instructional leadership and the role of module leaders in higher education using their own institution as a case study. The author conducted a small scall semistructured interview where two programme leaders were selected from the School of Business and Health and Social Care and were approached directly by sending formal email and also over the phone and asked if they were willing to participate. Research findings suggest that instructional leadership enables the programme/module leaders to establish a shared belief around the learning and can improve the learner’s achievement.

Students’ Questioning and Creativity

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrícia Albergaria Almeida ◽  
José Joaquim Teixeira-Dias ◽  
Jorge Medina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

University students must develop several higher-order skills along their higher education route. One of these fundamental skills is creativity. The practice of questioning is one of the modes to enhance creativity. In this paper, the authors illustrate how students’ approaches to creativity can be linked to the types of questions they ask in Higher Education. Several teaching and learning strategies were implemented in a geology course and a chemistry course, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, as a way of promoting students’ questioning competence. The relationship between the kinds of questions asked and the students’ approaches to creativity is analysed and discussed.

Racial Politics and Racial Self-Identification: A Case Study of Arizona, 2010-2011

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-149
Author(s):  
Nolan L. Cabrera ◽  
Matthew R. Holliday
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Racial Politics ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
University Of Arizona ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

This study examines the relationship between Arizona’s anti-Latina/o policies and changing patterns of racial self-identification for students at the University of Arizona. Using institutional data and the university’s Entering Student Survey, we explored trends in racial/ethnic self-identification between two cohorts of students: one before and one after the summer of 2010 (passage of SB1070, HB2281, and Proposition 107). Descriptive analyses revealed that both White and Latina/o students declined to state a racial/ethnic background at substantially higher rates after the passages of the bills. After the passage of the legislation, Latina/os used “Mexican” identifiers at substantially lower rates and “White” identifiers at substantially higher rates. Implications are discussed for racial/ethnic self-identification and higher education practice.

My Campus Administration, Faculty Association, Senate, and Me

2020 ◽  
pp. 187-210
Author(s):  
Peter Wylie
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
University Administration ◽  
University Of British Columbia ◽  
Academic Bullying ◽  
Faculty Association ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter recounts recent experiences of the author with the University of British Columbia (UBC), its Faculty Association (FA), this association's relationship with the author's campus administration at UBC Okanagan campus (UBCO), and the relationship of the campus administration with the senate of the campus. The chapter is a case study of academic mobbing. The author's targeting, exclusion, and ostracism is fully documented in the chapter and fully explained by the concepts of academic bullying, harassment, and mobbing. It is a case study of where an elected union representative of faculty members and an elected senator was targeted, excluded, and ostracized by the powers that be in the union and university administration, working in collusion and complicity.

Students’ Questioning and Creativity

2013 ◽  
pp. 140-152
Author(s):  
Patrícia Albergaria Almeida ◽  
José Joaquim Teixeira-Dias ◽  
Jorge Medina
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

University students must develop several higher-order skills along their higher education route. One of these fundamental skills is creativity. The practice of questioning is one of the modes to enhance creativity. In this paper, the authors illustrate how students’ approaches to creativity can be linked to the types of questions they ask in Higher Education. Several teaching and learning strategies were implemented in a geology course and a chemistry course, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, as a way of promoting students’ questioning competence. The relationship between the kinds of questions asked and the students’ approaches to creativity is analysed and discussed.

scholarly journals Hubungan Intensitas Pemanfaatan Perpustakaan Terhadap Hasil Belajar Mahasiswa: Study Kasus pada UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Bengkulu

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Meri Susanti
Keyword(s):  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
The University ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Teaching and learning activities take place both in either a classroom with a lecturer or outside of classroom such as at home and library to achieving educational goals. In the process of teaching and learning in the campus lecturers are required to perform optimally the curriculum that has been set in the form of syllabus. One of the components contained in the syllabus is teaching methods as well as the means and resources of the lessons that will be given to the students, who have an important role in implementing the learning process to achieve the set goals. Library has an important role in supporting the learning materials required by students and support the smooth teaching and learning process so that the goals set can be achieved. The attainment of this goal for the personal development of students educates themselves on an ongoing basis to solve problems and enhance social attitudes. The existence of UPT Library at the University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu is very important because teaching and learning activities are generally limited and incomplete and often is a new supporter for the development of student lessons. So clearly the essence of UPT UMB library is the center of learning resources and information sources. From the observation, many students of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu were still very rarely visit the library, and they had lack of interest in reading. Based on these problems, the writer was interested in raising the title "Intensity of Library Exposure to Students Learning Outcomes (Case Study of Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu). The formulation of the problem was how the Intensity Relationship Utilization UPT Library University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu and how the results of student learning University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu. The purpose of this study to determine the relationship of Intensity Utilization of UPT Library University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu and to know the results of student learning University of Muhammadiyah Bengkulu

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