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Volume 4 number 2

Investigations

in university teaching & learning

volume 4 number 2 summer 2007

Learning & Teaching Conference Edition

CONTENTS

Editorial

4_2_Editorial

1

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Attendance in Higher Education: does it matter?

N. Halpern

4_2_Halpern

7

The Educational Experience of ‘African’ Students at

London Metropolitan University - a Case Study

M. Kanu (with A. Marr)

4_2_Kanu

14

Evaluating Personal Academic Advisers’ Support Strategies

for First-year Events Management Students

F. Morady

4_2_Morady

18

LEARNING DEVELOPMENT

Writing Mentors and the Writing Centre: producing

integrated disciplinary writers

K. Harrington, P. O’Neill and S. Bakhshi

4_2_Harrington et al

26

Does Reflective Writing in the PDP Improve Science

and Engineering Students’ Learning?

P. Chalk and D. Hardbattle

4_2_Chalk & Hardbattle

33

The Benefits of a Peer Facilitation Programme

42

C. Adams and I. Cormack

4_2_Adams & Cormack

Research Supervision - promoting research achievements by connecting with students and creating a relational experience

48

N. Richter

4_2_Richter

Teacher narratives: career trajectories and approaches

to teaching

56

J. Willis

4_2_Willis

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

From Macro to Micro-Level Constructions in Course Design and Development in Higher Education: the case of a ‘principled’ framework for a new Masters in Public Health’
L. Musoro

4_2_Musoro

64

Critical Thinking through Problem-based Learning in

an Applied Ethics Module

82

C. Duckworth

4_2_Duckworth

Integrating Volunteering with the Curriculum:

present initiatives and future possibilities

89

I. Cormack and S. Konidari

4_2_Cormack & Konidari

Teaching Research Methods: a pragmatic approach

98

R. Carty

4_2_Carty

Teaching and Learning Economics through Cinema

106

G. Girardi

4_2_Girardi

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

Promoting the Individual Learning Styles of Masters Students Studying Marketing-related Modules through the Use of Youtube Video-Clips

111

J. Lance and P. Kitchin

4_2_Lance & Kitchin

Reflective Writing and Reusable Learning Objects

126

H. Pokorny

4_2_Pokorny

The Use of Technology and e-learning among Academic

Staff: a case study

132

L. Kaye and S. Pratt-Adams

4_2_Kaye & Pratt-Adams

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