Education Portfolio: Recent submissions
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Exploring tutors’ conceptions of excellent tutoring
Published 2007-01-01With high numbers of new casual tutors in the Faculty of Economics and Business each semester, a program that addresses tutors’ preparation for teaching is essential. The tutor development program described here is underpinned ...Open AccessArticle -
Building Community In Academic Settings: The Importance Of Flexibility In A Structured Mentoring Program
Published 2008-01-01Academic mentoring is increasingly being used by many universities as a tool to enhance the quality of research-led teaching, promote cross-faculty collaboration and encourage a mentoring culture and community. This article ...Open AccessArticle -
Referencing as evidence of student scholarliness and academic readiness
Published 2008-01-01This exploratory study investigates the student experience of referencing a law essay in a first-year undergraduate business degree. Over two hundred students took part in the study which identifies qualitatively different ...Open AccessArticle -
Supporting the reflective practice of tutors: what do tutors reflect on?
Published 2010-01-01Effective self-reflection is a key component of excellent teaching. We describe the types of self-reflection identified in tutors’ reflective statements following a peer observation of teaching exercise. We used an adapted ...Open AccessArticle -
A critical evaluation of the usefulness of a coding scheme to categorise levels of reflective thinking
Published 2011-01-01The use of reflective learning journals to encourage higher order learning outcomes is a growing area in higher education research and practice. However, without a unified and clear definition of reflection, identifying ...Open AccessArticle