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Free, Loretta Dianna. "Improving academic literacy at higher education." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/839.
Full textBurns, Heather L. "Education as Sustainability : an Action Research Study of the Burns Model of Sustainability Pedagogy." PDXScholar, 2009. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/942.
Full textSantos, Trigo Luz Manuel. "College students' methods for solving mathematical problems as a result of instruction based on problem solving." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31100.
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VerPlanck, Menchen Katherine. "Investigations of Student Understanding of Sound Propogation and Resonance." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/MenchenKV2005.pdf.
Full textEckersley, Michael D. "Explicit heuristic training as a variable in design problem-solving." Virtual Press, 1985. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/438704.
Full textSze, Pui-shan Carol, and 史佩珊. "An investigation of the effectiveness of three presentation methods onvocabulary retention by post-secondary five diploma students and theiruse of memory strategies in L2 vocabulary acquisition." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31944929.
Full textZheng, Yongyan, and 郑咏滟. "Vocabulary knowledge development of Chinese learners of English in China: a longitudinal multiple-case study ofeight university students." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45548250.
Full textOdell, Jessica L. "Student Understanding of Conservation of Energy and Mass in Introductory University Science Courses." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/OdellJL2005.pdf.
Full textBertz, Michael. "Situated learning methodologies and assessment in civil engineering structures education." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/21484.
Full textStewart, Mary Louise. "Teaching expository writing a process approach /." Thesis, Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1986. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/HKUTO/record/B38627693.
Full textBasadien, Soraya. "Teaching logarithmic inequalities using omnigraph." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2007. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5661_1227103274.
Full textOver the last few years it became clear that the students struggle with the basic concepts of logarithms and inequalities, let alone logarithmic inequalities due to the lack of exposure of these concepts at high school. In order to fully comprehend logarithmic inequalities, a good understanding of the logarithmic graph is important. Thus, the opportunity was seen to change the method of instruction by introducing the graphical method to solve logarithmic inequalities. It was decided to use an mathematical software program, Omnigraph, in this research.
Zender, Fabian. "An IPPD approach providing a modular framework to closing the capability gap and preparing a 21st century workforce." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51822.
Full textJaffer, Faeeqa. "Student and Staff Perceptions of ‘Being a Student’ in the Nature Conservation Foundation Programme." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1865.
Full text‘Underpreparedness’ of students entering higher education is an issue that many academic institutions in South Africa are currently addressing. These students, who are referred to as ‘underprepared’, are more often than not black students. They are seen as disadvantaged, lacking the skills, knowledge and/or language proficiency to navigate their way to success in higher education. This study seeks to identify students’ understanding of the behaviours they should display in higher education and how this clashes with the expectations of academics. It examines how students try to engage with the institutional discourse and how they try to identify a ‘sense of being’. Qualitative research was used through the administration of essays that students were expected to write, as well as individual face-to-face interviews. The essays and interviews tried to gauge how students perceived themselves as Nature Conservation students. Lecturers were also interviewed so that a comparison could be made between what students perceive and the expectations of academics in higher education. Various themes were identified through the analysis of the student essays and interviews, by using an inductive approach. Through the development of these themes, the gap could be identified between students and lecturers.
Wittwer, Kristin. "Teaching computer literacy for visually impaired students in higher education." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/834646.
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Martin, Danielle M. "Student Understanding of Groundwater Concepts in Two Undergraduate Geology Courses." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2008. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/MartinDM2008.pdf.
Full textChan, Suk-ching Clarice, and 陳淑貞. "A sociocultural study of second language tasks in business English contexts: an activity theory perspective ontask processes and outcomes." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45554444.
Full textFowler, Philip A. "The longitudinal treatment and structure of plate tectonics in introductory college-level physical geology textbooks : 1974-2005." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1325992.
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Anker, Amanda. "Die oordrag van leesbegripstrategieë in ‘n ondersteuningsprogram na geografie binne ‘n hoër onderwysinstansie." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2493.
Full textAccording to the White Paper for Post-School Education and Training Act (2013), only 15 percent of students in higher education complete their studies successfully. This is well below the international standard of 25 percent for students within a three-year degree course in contact education (residential education). The challenge facing universities is to ensure a higher throughput rate. This study aims to investigate a potential solution to one of the facets of this challenge. One such an initiative is Leesnet, an academic reading comprehension programme, which was implemented within the CPUT, Wellington campus since 2010. It is a reading comprehension strategy programme which aims to promote general academic performance in all content areas. The purpose of this research study is to explore and describe the nature and extent of transfer of reading comprehension strategies from Leesnet to a content area, Geography. A mixed method methodology was used. The qualitative research approach was used to explore and describe participants' descriptions of the nature of transfer of reading comprehension strategies and the quantitative data to explore and describe the extent of transfer of reading comprehension strategies. The study indicated that a degree of positive transfer occurred. It comments on the nature and purpose of the Leesnet programme, but also provides valuable information on participating students' metacognitive processes, highlights the conscious use of reading comprehension strategies and the context under which reading comprehension strategies were transferred. Conclusions and recommendations were made to identify focus areas for further research, to potentially improve transfer of reading comprehension strategies in the existing programme and to offer possible guidelines for the development of similar programmes.
Robinson, Kirk S. "How Graduate Teaching Assistants Experience Teaching Preparation for Higher Education: A Symbolic Interactionist Study." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami15112773925517.
Full textDuncan, Diane. "Mature women entrants to teaching : a case study." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1995. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/40560/.
Full textAnderson, Erin Lorene. "Developing Key Sustainability Competencies through Real-World Learning Experiences: Evaluating Community Environmental Services." PDXScholar, 2015. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2316.
Full textNagel, Lilian Estelle. "The effect of new teaching methods in chemistry on the foundation certificate learners' results." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/162.
Full textMakhatini, Freedom Nkanyiso. "The development of isiZulu as an academic language for the teaching of fundamental concepts in economics." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002164.
Full textJacobs, Mark Solomon. "A description of entry level tertiary students' mathematical achievement: towards an analysis of student texts." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5279_1190371690.
Full textThis research provided insights into the mathematical achievement of a cohort of tertiary mathematics students. The context for the study was an entry level mathematics course, set in an engineering programme at a tertiary institution, the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). This study investigated the possibilities of providing a bridge between the assessment of students by means of tests scores and a taxonomy of mathematical objectives, on the one hand, and the critical analysis of student produced texts, on the other hand. This research revealed that even in cases of wrong solutions, participant members' responses were reasonable, meaningful, clear and logical.
Maclean, Hector Roderick 1950. "Learning literacies in the law : constructing legal subjectivities." Monash University, School of Literary, Visual and Performance Studies, 2003. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/5792.
Full textDoty, Tamera J. "Microclimates and human comfort : cooling urban setting through design and manipulation of microclimatic factors." Virtual Press, 1992. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/845973.
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Cheung, Wai-fong Margaret, and 章慧芳. "A study of coherence in writing as a basis to identify teaching materials for engineering students." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31944838.
Full textMahomed, Shaheed. "Integrating mathematics into engineering : a case study." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1255.
Full textTwelve years into a democracy, South Africa still faces many developmental challenges. Since 2002 Universities of Technology in South Africa have introduced Foundational Programmes/provisions in their Science and Engineering programmes as a key mechanism for increasing throughput and enhancing quality. The Department of Education has been funding these foundational provisions since 2005. This Case Study evaluates an aspect of a Foundational provision in Mechanical Engineering, from the beginning of 2002 to the end of 2005, at a University of Technology, with a view to contributing to its improvemenl The Cape Peninsula University of Technology {CPUn, the locus for this Case Study, is the only one of its kind in a region that serves in excess of 4.5 million people. Further, underpreparedness in Mathematics for tertiary level study is a national and intemational phenomenon. There is thus a social interest in the evaluation of a Mathematics course that is part of a strategy towards addressing the shortage in Engineering graduates. This Evaluation of integration of the Foundation Mathematics course into Foundation Science, within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at CPUT, falls within the ambit of this social need. An integrated approach to cunriculum conception, design and implementation is a widely accepted strategy in South Africa and internationally; this approach formed the basis of the model used for the Foundation programme that formed part of this Evaluation. A review of the literature of the underpinnings of the model provided a theoretical framework for this Evaluation Study. In essence this involved the use of academic literacy theory together with learning approach theory to provide a lens for this Case Study.
Reynolds, Lisa Marie. "An Empirical Study of Software Debugging Games with Introductory Students." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804874/.
Full textNgan, Kirsten Nadia. "English Language Teaching and Curricula in the People's Republic of China." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4800.
Full textJi, Peijing. "Pragmatics and pedagogy : an examination of college English teaching in China." Phd thesis, Faculty of Education and Social Work, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8121.
Full textRowlands, Jeffrey. "The effects of high school accounting study on first year students' performance in financial accounting at selected South African universities." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001605.
Full textRutledge, Janine E. "The global market and its impact on an Australian university's pathway programs : policies, pragmatics and personal realities." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1877.
Full textStevenson, Charles Blair. "Modern indigenous curriculum : teaching indigenous knowledge of handicraft at Sami colleges in Finland and Norway = Oddaaigasaš eamialbmoga oahppoplanat : arbevealuš diedu oahpaheapmis duoddji oahpaheapmi Sami allaskuvlaiid." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33931.
Full textThis thesis qualitatively examines the processes of curriculum development and implementation for wood handicraft programs at the Sami colleges in Guovdageaidnu, Norway and in Anar, Finland, and details the most significant educational and political factors involved in the transmission and production of indigenous knowledge associated with Sami handicraft. Factors associated with the teaching of Sami handicraft in the form of increasing commercialization, generalization and mechanization in formal duodji education and the stereotyping of Sami cultural imagery pose potential risks to appropriate transfer of Sami cultural knowledge. This thesis will show that the teaching of Sami handicraft (duodji) is an educational and political tool that helps develop and define modern Sami culture. Accordingly, attempts by the Sami colleges to incorporate greater indigenous knowledge have resulted in the implementation of modern indigenous curriculum that promotes cultural knowledge through the teaching of Sami handicraft.
Pardo, Dona. "The culture of clinical teaching." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185472.
Full textLeung, Li Yuen-yee Peggy, and 梁李婉儀. "An evaluation of the standard report writing component of two English courses at the Hong Kong Polytechnic." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1989. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38626615.
Full textChen, Mingjun, and 陈明君. "Strategy to solve cognitive overload in listening comprehension." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B48365622.
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Davidson, Florence Elizabeth. "Using the Delphi technique to define the clinical competencies required by newly qualified diagnostic radiographers in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1557.
Full textThis research was performed to obtain consensus of opinion on the clinical competencies required of newly qualified diagnostic radiographers in South Africa in an attempt to improve alignment between educational practices, assessment practices and workplace requirements. Methods: The Delphi technique, an effective group communication process was employed to recruit a panel of experts representing the radiography profession in South Africa. Three rounds of structured questionnaires together with controlled feedback were sent to the panel members for comment. The same four point Likert scale was employed in all three rounds of the questionnaire. Consensus of opinion was predetermined at >75% agreement for each clinical competency. Results: Response rates for rounds I, 2 and 3 were: 84% (n=49), 78% (n=45) and 69% (n = 40) respectively. Of the 109 clinical competencies listed in the first round questionnaire, 94 (86%) achieved consensus as being necessary clinical competencies required of newly qualified diagnostic radiographers. The remainders were further investigated in terms of whether they should be excluded or included in role extension possibilities. An additional 22 clinical competencies were also suggested by the panel in round I and further developed in subsequent rounds
Rohlwink, Monika. "Extended attribution retraining in the reduction of mathematics anxiety experienced by first-time design students at a South African university of technology." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2270.
Full textMathematical literacy among the citizenry of a nation is considered indispensable to the economic welfare and global competitiveness of that nation (World Economic Forum, 2013a). In a world governed by technology, quantitative literacy is crucial (Colwell cited by Steen, 2002:8) and becomes a “most important professional and life skill” (Maloney et al., 2012:380). It is also seen as an individual’s ability to “manage situations or solve problems in practice” (Frith & Prince, 2006). Lastly, Jansen (2012) believes that sound mathematical literacy leads to an understanding of cause and effect and would guide citizens in their choices of actions. Yet, the belief that mathematical competence (or even just quantitative literacy) is the privilege of a small group of intellectually predisposed individuals is widely accepted in society, further entrenched by erroneous stereotyping (Eccles et al., 1990; Bonnot & Croizet, 2007; Mangels et al., 2011), as well as inadequate teaching methods in the Mathematics classroom/lecture theatre (Artigue, 1999; NSTF, 2009, 2010; Department of Basic Education, 2014). The consequences of this skewed view of Mathematics, and the emotional stress caused by regular failure at the subject, have resulted in wide-spread maths anxiety and maths avoidance among scholars and students. This dissertation examines an intervention programme which was designed to alter students’ negative perceptions of their intellectual ability to grasp mathematical concepts. Instead of attributing their past failures to internal, stable and uncontrollable causes, such as cognitive inability (Weiner, 1985), they were asked to consider factors which were internal or external, but certainly unstable and controllable, and which played a major role in their disappointing history in Mathematics. The interventions were aimed at bringing about a paradigm shift from a fixed mindset (entity theory) to a growth mindset (increment theory) as researched by Dweck since the 1980s. The intervention programme was implemented in the Foundation Course of a South African university of technology. It involved four interventions spread over roughly four months of the first semester and was comprised of the following lecture units and activities: a session of free-writing (Elbow, 1973), lectures on the plasticity of the brain (Hebb, 1949; Diamond 2001, Zull, 2002), the three memory systems (Eysenck & Calvo, 1992), a very basic version of Kolb’s experiential and reflective learning cycle (Atherton, 2009), and the notion of threshold concepts (Meyer & Land, 2003)
Moru, Eunice Kolitsoe. "Epistemological obstacles in coming to understand the limit concept at undergraduate level: a case of the National University of Lesotho." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_2638_1182747979.
Full textThe purpose of this study was to investigate the epistemological obstacles that mathematics students at undergraduate level encounter in coming to understand the limit concept. The role played by language and symbolism in understanding the limit concept was also investigated. A group of mathematics students at undergraduate level at the National University of Lesotho (NUL) was used as the sample for the study. Empirical data were collected by using interviews and questionnaires. These data were analysed using both the APOS framework and a semiotic perspective.
Within the APOS framework, the pieces of knowledge that have to be constructed in coming to understand the limit concept are actions, processes and objects. Actions are interiorised into processes and processes are encapsulated into objects. The conceptual structure is called a schema. In investigating the idea of limit within the context of a function some main epistemological obstacles that were encountered when actions were interiorised into processes are over-generalising and taking the limit value as the function value. For example, in finding the limit value L for f(x) as x tends to 0, 46 subjects out of 251 subjects said that they would calculate f(0) as the limit value. This method is appropriate for calculating the limit values for continuous functions. However, in this case, the method is generalised to all the functions. When these subjects encounter situations in which the functional value is equal to the limit value, they take the two to be the same. However, the two are different entities conceptually.
Chi, Angel. "The journey to teaching online| A case study of faculty preparation and experiences in online teaching." Thesis, University of Denver, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3597952.
Full textWhen Bill Gates published his book "The Road Ahead" (1995), he summarized the transformative implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global information super highway. Almost twenty years later, the tsunami of online programs and the MOOCs (massive online open courses) is impacting the structural integrity of postsecondary institutions and changing the competitive landscape of higher learning at an unprecedented pace. When Allen and Seaman (2013) asked the question of whether faculty acceptance of online education increased in their Sloan Consortium annual report, only 30.2% of chief academic officers believe their faculty accept the value and legitimacy of online education. This rate is even lower than the rate recorded in 2004. With an apparent widening gap between institutional strategy and faculty acceptance, each organization needs to conceptually map its road ahead. However, only an institution as a whole can decide for itself what kind of change is needed and define what constitutes evidence of lasting change. This implies a unique transformation of institutional philosophy, culture, strategy, and reward systems for faculty members.
Complex adoptive system (CAS) theory (Olson & Eoyang, 2001), suggests that the most powerful organizational transformations occur not at the macro level but rather at the micro level where behaviors and changes began to emerge. Thus, instead of trying to measure, evaluate, or categorize which faculty member fits into which stage of online faculty development under which framework, this study asked four tenured faculty members to reconstruct their experiences on why they teach online, how they learn to teach online, and what factors influences their journeys to teaching online. Their narratives painted a landscape of faculty acceptance in institutions and the online learning phenomena in our society. Ultimately, their stories are really about change. By studying the "change agents" in a changing organization in a changing industry, this study is not an exercise to identify the best practices. Rather, this study hopes to inspire new ideas for new ways to conceptually frame the problem facing the faculty, the institution, and the industry in their road ahead in teaching online.
The researcher hopes that this study may be used by institution leaders, faculty developers, and other faculty members to: (1) assess the level of progress of their current and future distance learning program, (2) determine how distance learning programs should be established, (3) evaluate faculty development efforts, (4) improve strategies and implementations for institutionalization of their distance education programs, including academic programming and faculty reward structure, and (5) improve online student retention and learning outcomes.
Hutyra, Jerry Emil. "Analysis of Perceptional Differences Among Department Chairs, Faculty, and Instructors Toward the Barrier to Using Multiple Teaching Strategies in Two-Year Technical and Community College Electronics Courses." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4509/.
Full textCselenszky, Mila P. "Phenomenological Study of Empowering Women Senior Leaders in Higher Education." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/995.
Full textCheung, Wai-kwan Anna. "Incorporating genre analysis into the teaching of ESP : a pedagogical study." HKBU Institutional Repository, 1996. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/83.
Full textBelgarde, Penny D. "Teaching First-Year College Students| Case Study of Faculty Perceptions and Intentions." Thesis, Minot State University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10274606.
Full textThe purpose of this research is to better understand curricular and pedagogical strategies that can play a role in college retention rates and the first-year academic experience for new students. This research aims to contribute to a larger effort to create a learning environment in which first-year students would be engaged, learn, adapt, and accomplish learning outcomes needed to be successful in university level course work. The two research questions are; how do college faculty prepare to help first-year students’ transition in to university level coursework and how do college faculty view their role in teaching first-year college students? The method of this qualitative case study included one survey taken by Cadence State University (CSU) faculty who teach first-year college students and two interviews with one staff member and one administrative staff whom both work closely with faculty teaching first-year students. The results showed professional development/training and university support for faculty from CSU is needed to educate and keep faculty informed on first-year students. It was also found that transformed pedagogy with utilization of active learning and various teaching strategies plays a significant role in helping first-year students adjust to university coursework, as well as, faculty understanding the impact they have on first-year students. The conclusion to this study reveals there needs to be a teaching culture shift where faculty take action, learn what is needed, and implement transitional pedagogy to help first-year students’ transition into university coursework. Faculty must understand their impact on new students and that they set the foundation of university coursework in their first couple of days of class. Additionally, faculty using communication and being approachable, yet not compromising their higher education standards will help faculty view their role with first-year students as important and necessary.
Dumville, Stuart Lloyd. "An investigation into the alignment of illustration in higher education practices and the visual communications industry." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2282.
Full textUniversity graduates entering the graphic design, advertising and publishing industries do so with the hand and digital illustration knowledge and skills that they acquired during their time of study. As a result of the ever-changing developments in technology, the parameters of hand-generated illustration within the visual communications industry have increasingly progressed toward digitally generated artwork. This thesis investigates the alignment or nonalignment between illustration teaching and learning practices in higher education and professional practice in the visual communications industry, with a view to identifying the gaps, and their causes, in the knowledge and skills of graduates entering the workplace. The study uses the lens of Activity Theory (Enqestrorn, 1987) to investigate practices in higher education and industry sites. Both the higher education and workplace investigation was guided by the research questions: 1) What comprises an activity system in the training of illustrators in higher education? 2) What comprises an activity system in professional illustrators' practice? and 3) How can the higher education and professional activity systems be aligned for their mutual benefit? The comparative study uses both quantitative questionnaire data and qualitative data derived from interviews conducted in both higher education and workplace sites, including the analysis of samples of illustration at both sites. The research reveals areas where there is both alignment and non-alignment and recommendations are made with a view to ensuring that illustration programmes in higher education are aligned as closely as possible to the needs of the workplace. The contribution made by this research is both theoretical and practical. The theoretical knowledge framework that has been developed outlines academics' and practitioners' of illustration theorising of current trends in both hand and digital illustration curricula in higher education and current trends and needs of digital and hand illustration in the visual communication industry. In broad terms, there is alignment with regard to technical skills and the tools used across both sites, while there is non-alignment with regard to knowledge of and preparation for the workplace and self employment, for example, time management, interpersonal skills and the acceptance of critique. The practical contribution is in the form of recommendations to curricula, which when applied should better prepare graduates with the practical and skills required of illustrators in the unpredictable, demanding world of work, which they encounter on leaving their academic institutions.
Lin, Baysan. "An Assessment of Undergraduate Course Syllabi in the Departments of English at Universities in Taiwan." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28451/.
Full textOlivier-Shaw, Amanda. "Lecturer and student perceptions of an academic writing task." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003548.
Full textHuang, Jing, and 黃景. "Autonomy, agency and identity in foreign language learning and teaching." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41757981.
Full textOgude, Nthabiseng Audrey. "Teaching and learning difficulties in electrochemistry." Thesis, 1991. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/27846.
Full textStudent and pupil difficulties relating to the qualitative interpretation of microscopic processes which take place in operating electrochemical cells were determined. The subjects were studying electrochemistry at either high school, college of education or University. The investigation followed a stage process which involved the identification of misconceptions, further inquiry into the nature and possible causes of these as well as the development and evaluation of a teaching method aimed at alleviating the identified problems. The interview and the pencil and paper methods were employed to elicit the misunderstandings and simple experiments provided the focus of discussion. From the relatively broad base of the initial stages in which open-ended questions were used, the problem areas narrowed progressively as the stud difficulties became clarified. The tape recorded interviews as well as the responses from the pencil and paper test were analysed for apparent misconceptions. Four areas emerged as problematic among the majority of the subjects. (Abbreviation abstract)
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