Browsing 01 University of Plymouth Research Outputs by Author "Faculty of Arts & Humanities"
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‘Becoming Student’- partnerships and voices. Developing a ‘relationships for academic success and transformation’ model
(University of Plymouth, 2016)Aims of project: - To understand the experiences of ‘becoming’ and ‘being’ a student in Higher Education - To understand and assess pedagogic practices that lead to student transformation - To research student’s changing ... -
Building student resilience: a self-leadership approach
(University of Plymouth, 2018)This is a pilot project evaluating the potential of a programme of resilience-building techniques to support student wellbeing by enhancing their personal competency levels. The research targets the general student ... -
Complications and disturbance in university teaching: researching dangerous and troublesome knowledge.
(University of Plymouth, 2012)1. Research and develop current conceptualisations of teaching troublesome, difficult and dangerous knowledge in universities, through a comprehensive literature review and further dialogue within the UoP research group. 2 ... -
Connecting Across Borders: Exploring the potential of handheld technologies to connect student teachers overseas
(University of Plymouth, 2010)Aims of project To diversify the opportunities for students to learn from international experiences; To strengthen links between colleagues and students working in overseas partner institutions through a collaborative ... -
Developing Sustainable Student Communities: Informal Learning and Becoming Peer
(University of Plymouth, 2012)We aimed to exploit opportunities arising from the merging of the faculties of Health and Education to explore ways of supporting students in the development of a network of sustainable communities. While there is a ... -
Employability and transferable skills: Investigating work placements for Humanities Students
(University of Plymouth, 2013)This project aims to enhance the employability of our graduates through an evaluative case study investigating subject-specific work placement and work experience opportunities in the local and regional community. The ... -
Enhancing Project-Based Learning in Sustainable Building by Incorporating Learning Technology
(University of Plymouth, 2011)This project aimed to enhance the learning experience of undergraduates in sustainable building by incorporating learning technology. Four objectives guided the research: Identify the most appropriate areas for improvement ... -
Exploring the epistemological and practical experiences of Arts practitioners engaging with an Educational Development programme
(University of Plymouth, 2015)The aim of the project was to develop an understanding of the epistemological and practical experiences of Arts practitioners when engaging with an ED programme. Specifically the aims were threefold: • To explore the ... -
iPads for Illustration
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The aim of this pedagogic research project is to aid student’s reflective practice in an environment that is not suited to written critical reflection. To this end we have used technology to capture the students working ... -
Key Attitudinal Competences for Early Childhood Practitioners: Exploring European Approaches to Teaching and Learning
(University of Plymouth, 2014)The European Key Competences for Lifelong Learning provide a European-level reference tool for education providers, including Higher Education institutions, to focus national- and European-level efforts to support students ... -
Language and Cultural Meaning: Establishing dialogical learning in a internationalised teaching and learning environment
(University of Plymouth, 2013)We live in an increasingly interconnected world, in which not only goods but also ideas and people are exchanged ever more extensively and rapidly. That this condition extends into educational settings is no surprise. (As ... -
Learning as participation in the development and enactment of professional knowledge
(University of Plymouth, 2010)The award was used to fund a study set in the context of a new Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme and was aimed at: identifying significant relationships between people and contexts that impact upon ... -
Mature women and the EdD: changing identity and family relationships
(University of Plymouth, 2017)This project investigated the impact of postgraduate study on mature women students and their families. It built on my previous EdD thesis research with Foundation Degree (FD) students regarding HE study for mature women, ... -
Online and Local Television Networks: A new pedagogy for a changing media.
(University of Plymouth, 2013)To investigate campus-based and local TV focused on innovative opportunities for students, employers and community groups to contribute to the design of learning pedagogies and course structures. To utilize the strong ... -
Participatory Partnerships in Education
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The focus of this proposal is student voice and participation as well as the promotion of partnership between staff and students. The overarching aim of PIE therefore, is to provide guidance about how to facilitate effective ... -
The Professional Doctorate: Developing and enacting professional learning across multiple sites of learning
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The research aimed to: - investigate the way in which EdD participants engage with, construct and enact new professional knowledge across a range of contexts; - better understand the significant relationships involved in ... -
Public arts as extra-curricular learning: A research based investigation into the potential of a contemporary art gallery to enhance the student learning experience
(University of Plymouth, 2013)This report summarises a Plymouth University -based research project which investigated in what ways the university contemporary arts gallery (Peninsula Arts) could potentially enhance the student learning experience. ... -
Situated learning in Architecture and Planning: The pedagogic benefits to practitioners and the improvement of place.
(University of Plymouth, 2013)Situated learning in Architecture and Planning: The pedagogic benefits to practitioners and the improvement of place. -
A study of the experience of Education Masters dissertation students; could different models of working offer further support other than the usual student – tutor dyad?
(University of Plymouth, 2014)My research question and aim of the work was to explore whether ways of working on dissertations other than the usual face to face supervisor–student dyad may be beneficial for our students? Other ways of working are used ...
