University of Plymouth Pedagogic Research and Development Database
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Risk Management in Research-informed Teaching
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The nature of the relationship between teaching and research is of crucial importance and it continues to be a source of controversy and concern in current literature. Interestingly, associated risks of the relationship ... -
Writing retreat: The scholarship of teaching and learning and placement learning: impact and evidence
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The aim of the writing retreat was for three previous members of the Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning (Ceppl) to collaborate on three research papers which were initiated in November 2010 before ... -
Values-led education for sustainability: crossing boundaries
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The drive to embed sustainability within higher education programmes has received increasing attention following the UN Declaration of 2005-2014 as the Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This project ... -
Producing multimedia resources for teaching medical students about the social context of medicine: a partnership approach
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The UK General Medical Council (GMC) requires medical school graduates to be able to apply social science principles to medical practice (1993, 2009). At the policy level it is recognised that understanding of the social ... -
Undergraduate Background as a Critical Factor in the Learning Capacity and Skills of Chinese Master's Degree Students
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The project, a pilot study, was based on Chinese MSc students in the Plymouth Business School (PBS), with the aim of identifying learning differences and support needs between groups of Chinese master’s students with ... -
Becoming a university lecturer in the UK: Negotiating knowledge, experience and learning
(University of Plymouth, 2012)The aim of this research was to investigate the knowledge new lecturers draw upon in their first year of teaching, the influence of differing cultural backgrounds, and the contribution this makes to their professional ... -
Pedagogies Across Borders
(University of Plymouth, 2012)Aims of project: to explore some of the issues around the preparation, design, transfer and delivery of programmes from one educational environment to another. During the past decade, the scale of transnational education ... -
Enhancing intercultural participation in group work – towards a working model
(University of Plymouth, 2011)The study reported here aims to contribute to the existing body of research by observing three instances of multicultural group work within an academic setting and analysing interactions in terms of quantitative and ... -
Creating paths to confidence, enterprise and employability
(University of Plymouth, 2011)To develop a ‘Boost Your Confidence' programme that is innovative and collaborative, using both existing practice, re-framed and to develop new areas of work capable of cultural change amongst practitioners and confidence ... -
Evaluating the use of enterprise to create synergies between graduate skills development, career management and successful induction
(University of Plymouth, 2011)We planned an evaluative study into the use of the entrepreneurial visual planning tool ‘XING’ in the ‘FLUX’ competition format (Working Knowledge, 2011) during induction week at a University of Plymouth Colleges (UPC) ...
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