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The benefits of peer observation of teaching for tutor development
Published 2008-06-01Peer observation partnerships can help teachers improve their teaching practice, transform their educational perspectives and develop collegiality (Bell 2005). This paper describes the peer observation model used in the ...Article -
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 ...Article -
Challenges and barriers to implementing research-based experiences for undergraduates at Macquarie University
Published 2016Executive Summary In a university that aspires to offer transformative experiences that change the lives of students, and that desires to promote enquiry-driven learning (Framing of Futures), it is important that ...Report, Research -
A Comparative Analysis of Coordination, Participation, and Training in Post-Disaster Shelter Projects
Published 2018-11-01The delivery of post-disaster shelter assistance continues to be fraught with challenges derived from the coordination of resources, involvement of project stakeholders, and training of households and builders. There is a ...Article -
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 ...Article -
Empowering Teachers to Personalize Learning Support
Published 2019From its inception, learning analytics (LA) offered the potential to be a game changer for higher education. However, accounts of its widespread implementation, especially by teachers, within institutions are rare which ...Book chapter -
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 ...Article -
Further Plan for the Development of Research-led Teaching and Research-based Learning at The University of Sydney
Published 2005See report scanReport, Research -
Green Guide: Enhancing the learning experiences of students from equity backgrounds
Published 2024-06-03This book is a practical guide for educators who want to better support students from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds through teaching and learning. It offers evidence-based strategies and actionable steps for ...Book -
How tutors understand and engage with reflective practices
Published 2013-01-01Interviews with six tutors revealed the ways in which they thought about reflection, and what forms of reflective practice were part of their teaching. The tutors saw a variety of benefits of reflection, including improving ...Article -
Looking for Professor Right: mentee selection of mentors in a formal mentoring program
Published 2011-01-01Finding a suitable mentor is crucial to the success of mentoring relationships. In the mentoring literature, however, there is conflicting evidence about the best ways to support the pairing process in organisational ...Article -
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 ...Article -
The Research Higher Degree Supervision Development Program. Report to The University of Sydney Research and Research Training Committee of Academic Board
Published 2007EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The Research Higher Degree Supervision Development Program underwent a major revision in 2006 to take account of the changed policy context and the University’s requirements for supervisor registration. 2. ...Report, Research -
Research-Enhanced Learning and Teaching Project Final Report to The University of Sydney Learning and Teaching Committee.
Published 2008EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. From 2000-2007 a strategic project on research-led teaching and the scholarship of teaching was carried out led by the Institute for Teaching and Learning. This report provides an overview of the ...Report, Research -
Research-led Teaching and Scholarship of Teaching Project : Report to Teaching and Learning Committee of Academic Board
Published 2003Executive Summary There is a demonstrated need at all levels to improve students’ perceptions of research and its relationship to their courses. The findings of this report suggest that faculties could better articulate ...Report, Research -
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 ...Article -
Teaching-Research Nexus Benchmarking Project: the University of Sydney and Monash University.
Published 2004Executive summary A benchmarking partnership was established between Monash University and the University of Sydney and a Memorandum of Understanding was formalised early in 2004. The aim of the Benchmarking project was ...Report, Research -
University of Sydney – Student Partnership Charter
Published 2024-06-26Student partnership is diverse in practice; this charter provides the definitions, values, principles and actions that inform and share practice across diverse teaching and learning contexts at the University of Sydney. ...Book -
学霸 Academic Hero: An Investigation of an Informal Bilingual Volunteer Peer Teaching Model in Supporting Chinese International Students’ Learning
Published 2022The growth in the number of Chinese students in Western universities has prompted academics to explore different pedagogical practices suitable for diverse classrooms. Some persisting contradictions between Western and ...Article