...Jovan F. Groen Purpose This paper aims to examine graduate student learning experiences and perceptions of quality and the extent to which these learners were living the intended experiences that academic programs are seeking to foster. Design/methodology/approach Using a multiple case-study...

...Darwish Abdulrahman Yousef Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the use of Honey and Mumford’s (1986) learning styles questionnaire (LSQ) in the context of United Arab Emirates (UAE) higher education. In particular, it aims at exploring the learning style preferences of United Arab...

... Teaching” week and outlines its initial impact on staff. Design/methodology/approach – This is a descriptive case study which highlights how an immersive staff development event can be used to enable HE teaching practitioners to utilise more inspiring approaches to teaching and learning. The paper...

... of the outcomes-based approach to quality assessment and curriculum improvement in higher education. The outcomes-based approach is completely student-centred, which focuses on what students know and can actually do. Sharpening the focus onto student learning outcomes goes beyond mere tinkering with traditional...

...Susan Warring Purpose This paper aims to analyse how learning levels differ within and between degrees and diplomas with specific application to the Bachelor of Applied Business Studies degree and the New Zealand Diploma of Business, which are delivered at a New Zealand polytechnic. Design...

...Dennis C.S. Law; Jan H.F. Meyer Purpose The purpose of the present study is to report the initial analyses of relationships between various components of the learning patterns exhibited by a group of 1,572 post‐secondary students in Hong Kong as operationalized via the Inventory of Learning Styles...

...Mwangi Ndirangu; Maurice O. Udoto Purpose The purpose of this article is to report findings on the perceptions of quality of educational facilities in Kenyan public universities, and the implications for teaching/learning, and the learning environment. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... concentrated on task specific rubrics, this study focuses on development of curriculum wide rubrics that can be employed for assessment of students' learning at both course and program level. Originality/value To date there has not been any published work on issues of assessment of student learning through...

...Trang T.M. Nguyen; Tho D. Nguyen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impacts of instructor capability and learning motivation on learning performance of business students in Vietnam. It also explores the moderating effect of personal development competitiveness on the roles...

...Lola C. Duque; John R. Weeks Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to introduce a conceptual model for assessing undergraduate student learning outcomes and satisfaction that involves concepts drawn from the services marketing and assessment literatures; second, to illustrate...

...Alistair Inglis; Ulf Daniel Ehlers Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the changes taking place when learning moves from a transmissive learning model to a collaborative and reflective learning model and proposes consequences for quality development. Design/methodology/approach...

... aims to contend that learning communities represent a viable alternative in the quest for quality. By restructuring the curriculum and promoting creative collaboration, learning communities have become a major reform effort in US colleges. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides an overview...

...Matthew H. Sauber; Hugh B. McSurely; V.M. Rao Tummala Purpose This paper aims to show the process of designing and measuring learning competencies in program development. Design/methodology/approach The paper includes cross‐sectoral comparisons to draw on programmatic and pedagogical...

..., 2000 ; Midgley, 2000) to rethink issues of quality, improvement and learning. An illustrative case is presented. In most higher education systems from the early 1990s, pressure was applied towards shifting “into a regime which is progressively moving towards the administrative and market...

...Mathew Joseph; George W. Stone; Kimberly Grantham; Nukhet Harmancioglu; Essam Ibrahim Purpose This exploratory study attempts to capture some of the principal benefits/factors attributable to service learning/community service projects, from a student perspective. Design/methodology/approach...

...Anne Stevenson; Sarah Harper Purpose To investigate the possible effects of workplace stress in academics on the student learning experience. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were designed and distributed to all academic staff at a Scottish Higher Education Institute. This measured...

...Rod Gapp; Ron Fisher Purpose The paper presents a new paradigm for implementing action learning in a key subject area in a program. Design/methodology/approach An action research‐based course evaluation methodology was linked to course design and development at undergraduate and postgraduate...

...Cheryl Henderson‐Smart; Tracey Winning; Tania Gerzina; Shalinie King; Sarah Hyde Purpose To develop a method for benchmarking teaching and learning in response to an institutional need to validate a new program in Dentistry at the University of Sydney, Australia. Design/methodology/approach...

... a degree pathway may subsequently be summarised (mapped). The tool provides valuable summary data for institutional quality assurance purposes and facilitates reflection on how to enhance students' learning experiences. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 This enables a module coordinator...

... on the second of these objectives and concentrated on analysing whether this lecturer's current teaching delivery could be improved so as to further develop student centred teaching and learning opportunities. In the business school, peer observation of teaching is used as and when appropriate...