Browsing Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences by subject "1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy"
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Balancing Technology, Pedagogy and the New Normal: Post-pandemic Challenges for Higher Education
Published 2021The Covid-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity for rethinking assumptions about education in general and higher education in particular. In the light of the general crisis the pandemic caused, especially when it comes ...Article -
Computational scientific inquiry with virtual worlds and agent-based models: new ways of doing science to learn science
Published 2015In this paper, we propose computational scientific inquiry (CSI) as an innovative model for learning important scientific knowledge and new practices for “doing” science. This approach involves the use of a “game-like” ...Preprint -
Designs for learning about climate change as a complex system
Published 2017This paper reports on a study in which students used agent-based computer models to learn about complex systems ideas of relevance to understanding climate change. The experimental condition used a Productive Failure (PF) ...Preprint -
EAP or genre-based? A comparison of two curricular approaches to the preparation of international students for university
Published 2016-01-01In research on onshore English Language (EL) Centres, there is ongoing debate regarding the academic and linguistic (including written) outcomes of international students for whom English is an Additional Language (EAL). ...Article -
Education as a Complex System: Conceptual and Methodological Implications
Published 2019Education is a complex system, which has conceptual and methodological implications for education research and policy. In this article, an overview is first provided of the Complex Systems Conceptual Framework for Learning ...Article -
Learning to Listen: Listening to Learn
Published 2003-01-01A resource for teacher researchers jointly published by MLC School, Burwood and the Centre for Practitioner Research, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney. This resource material has been designed ...Other -
Schema abstraction with productive failure and analogical comparison: Learning designs for far across domain transfer
Published 2020Although there has been considerable research into knowledge transfer for over a century, there remains a need for specific, validated techniques for teaching for transfer. This article reports on classroom-based research ...Article -
Understanding trajectories of academic literacy: How could this improve diagnostic assessment?
Published 2009-01-01Given the rising interest in the English language development of international students in Australian universities, this paper considers the value of a developmental approach to the assessment of academic literacy. It ...Article -
Visible pedagogic work: Parenting, private tutoring and educational advantage in Australia.
Published 2016-01-01This article explores parents’ use of private tutoring services for their primary school children in Sydney, Australia’s largest city. Using Bernstein’s theories of invisible and visible pedagogies, we look, through the ...Article