salaries and legal protection against a vice chancellor ‘buying out’ and privatising his or her university seems very weak. Indeed the U.K. has witnessed the first purchase by a financial asset company of a university originally set up with a charter from
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Susan Wright and Davydd J. Greenwood
Active learning in criminal justice
The benefits of student investigation of wrongful convictions in a higher education setting
Jill Dealey
processes and procedures through an analysis of materials such as court transcripts, forensic reports and witness statements will be an important way of gaining this awareness. The assessment will also need to explicitly refer to critical analysis to draw
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Jun 2020
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It's time to (climate) change the way we teach
Addressing anthropogenic climate change in social science classrooms
Eleanor Shoreman-Ouimet
understanding of the causes and impacts of climate change? Did they have access to related material in high school? Did they grow up with exposure to the outdoors or witness the devastation of natural disasters first-hand? These trends are frequently topics for
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Jun 2021
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Editorial
Walking on the edge: Educational praxis in higher education
Lill Langelotz, Kathleen Mahon, and Giulia Messina Dahlberg
before and at a speed never witnessed in history. It is in such moments of deep crisis and astonishment that praxis, in terms of ‘taking action’ that is morally driven to change history, becomes important. To be more concrete, let us consider some issues
Sintayehu Kassaye Alemu, Mei Qu, and Zulfa Sakhiyya
with those of foreign and especially Western countries. The first half of the twentieth century witnessed a series of experiments in university building guided by the mainstream thought ‘Chinese learning as the essence, and Western learning for its
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Catherine N. Butcher
have to accept isolation as part of that entire project. So I don’t really have a problem dealing with it right now simply because I know what I will get from being isolated. Students are clearly highly intelligent as witnessed by the depth of
Enacting inclusivity in the preparation of emerging scholars
A response to programme reform in higher education
Saran Stewart, Chayla Haynes, and Kristin Deal
days but with the hope for brighter ones to follow. It is thus a time of anticipation, of living in the paradox of ‘now and not yet’. Of learning to find joy in the realized justices, mercies, and changes that we have witnessed and can look back on to
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Mar 2020
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Riding alone on the elevator
A class experiment in interdisciplinary education
Anna M. Frank, Rebecca Froese, Barbara C. Hof, Maike I. E. Scheffold, Felix Schreyer, Mathias Zeller, and Simone Rödder
not to talk to strangers’ (Maike Scheffold). The unusual situation established a collective, similar to witnesses of a car accident or fire. This collective usually included the observer. After overcoming an initial hesitation, the observers mostly
In Learning and Teaching
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Anxiety and learning
Cultural polarisation in social science courses
Jose Leonardo Santos
and discuss difficult social topics creates negative responses. Both the student who dares to speak and all those who witness the resulting silencing form toxic associations. School becomes a place where inquiry, curiosity and expression get you in
In Learning and Teaching
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Alienating students
Marxist theory in action
Megan Thiele, Yung-Yi Diana Pan, and Devin Molina
experiencing alienation from the labour process. Walking around the classroom, we witness changes in the students’ demeanour. Some students will say aloud to themselves, ‘I am so stressed!’ and others appear visibly upset, while others, recognising an
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- 01 Mar 2016
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