Worcester Journal of Learning & Teaching

Editorial: Barbara Mitra and Mehreen Mirza

Academic Articles

Early childhood practitioners developing an academic voice within a community of practice: making sense of the research process: Rosie Walker and Michael Reed

How should universities be responding to the fast-changing professional and vocational worlds?: David James

Personal Perspective

Perspectives on Teacher Education: Risk Taking in the workplace; challenging trainee teachers to develop their practice: Paul Clarke, Sue Howarth, Kerry Whitehouse, and Sue Wood-Griffiths

Cross-Curricular Learning in the Secondary School: Phil Collins

Editorial: John Colvin 

Academic Articles:

Learning Environment in relation to asynchronous discussion and student assignments: Anthony Barnett 

Mentoring and Coaching stories – the learning journeys of lecturers undertaking Post Graduate study in Mentoring and Coaching: Shaun Hughes, Branwen Bingle, Heather Crabtree, Sue Irving, Alan Perrigo, Catriona Robinson, Joy Stanton, Rose Watson, & Jane Whittenbury

Project Reports:

Integration of Trainee Teachers (who speak English as an additional language) into the Student Community: Isabelle Schafer

To what extent do Personal Response Systems benefit learning and teaching within a Higher Education environment?: Pete Thornton

A model for enhancing and embedding employability and supporting progression in the curricula for the humanities: Rose Watson & Dr Jill Terry

Why Bother? Can Theatre in Education help promote a University Education?: Alison Reeves

Implementation of online submission and marking in Worcester Business School: Joanne Kuzma, Warren Wright & Richard Henson

Using Multiple Choice Tests via Blackboard for Accounting Students: Stephen Hicks & Simon Quigley

Online Testing in Blackboard: Joanne Kuzma & Sue Barnes

Personal Perspectives: 

The Cycle of Physics Pedagogy: Phil Collins

Editorial: John Colvin  

Academic Articles

Comparisons between Undergraduate Sport Management Programmes in the United Kingdom and the United States: Donna de Hann  

Project Reports

Project Reports Using Online Technology to Enhance Student Presentation Skills: Jo Kuzma  

Division of English & Cultural Studies: Attendance & Retention Monitoring Report Semester 2, 2010: Lucy Fraser  

Partner Colleges Learning and Teaching Project (Summary Report): Louise Martin  

CULT Project (Creatively Using Learning Technologies): John Colvin  

Personal Perspectives

The Learning Outcome in Higher Education: Time to think again? : Ian Scott  

Museum Studies - Using a Mock Auction as a Teaching Device: Kevin Flude  

City Campus: Your space: Chris Garratt  

Personal Reflections on the Teaching Facilities offered at the City Campus: Stephen Hicks

Editorial: John Colvin

Academic Articles
Discussing the importance of ontology and epistemology awareness in practitioner research: Seán Bracken

Avatar Supported Learning in a Virtual University: Klaus Oestreicher, Dr Joanne Kuzma & Dr Dorothy Yen

Project Reports
Learning and Teaching Repositories – the Personal Touch (Report from the Worcester symposium: Learning and teaching repositories – is this the last chance?): Andrew Rothery (Editor)

Undergraduate Non-Submission in Worcester Business School - 101 reasons and no single solution: Roger Sanders and Marilyn Hunt

Formal Learning in an Informal Setting – the first semester student learning experience outside the classroom: Elizabeth Symonds and Sarah Kennedy

Personal Perspectives
Supporting and Improving Retention in Initial Teacher Education in Shortage Secondary Subjects: The Starting Out Scheme: Phil Collins

Why digitise? (Some of the benefits of digitising chapters/articles for your modules) : Stephanie Allen and Marilyn Hunt

Learning and Teaching Conference: Extended Abstracts
Are We Delivering What Students Want And Need To Succeed? : Alison Reeves

Offering Electronic Assignment Feedback: John Colvin, Stephen Hicks and Simon Quigley

Using a story boarding approach to develop critical thinking based on students lived experiences: Sue Lillyman and Clare Bennett

Understanding the Mentoring Experience - Learning and Developing Together: Mandy Andrews

Editorial: John Colvin

Academic Articles

• Higher IELTS score, higher academic performance? The validity of IELTS in predicting the academic performance of Chinese students: Dr. Dorothy A. Yen & Dr. Joanne Kuzma
• Enhancing Team Dynamics in an Online Learning Environment: Joanne M. Kuzma

Project Reports

• Psychology in Action: An innovative approach to induction: Dr Penney Upton, Charlotte Taylor & Professor Dominic Upton
• ‘Reflect’.  Is This a Reasonable Request?: Karen Hanson
• The Independent Study: A Review of Content and Purpose: Ann Bicknell
• Teaching about Christianity in the new RE Syllabus for Worcestershire: Alan Brown
• An Integrated Early Year Professional Status Pathway: A. Popova, C. Solvason, M. Andrews, J. Murray and L. Tyler
• Introducing Secondary Professional/PGCE Student Teachers in Modern Languages to Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL): Isabelle Schäfer
• The STEM Project: Phil Collins
• The extent to which the use of Accounting Software and Excel is incorporated in HE Accountancy Courses: Stephen Hicks and Sue Barnes
• Blended Learning as a Means to an End: Paul Snookes & Judy Barker

Personal Perspectives

• Blended Learning from a student’s perspective: Jenny Lewin-Jones

 

Editorial: John Colvin

Extended Abstracts from the Supporting Student Learning Conference, June 2009

• Induction in the Institute of Sport and Exercise Science: Enhancing the Student Experience
  Gareth Jones and Nick Breeze
• Evaluating the role of part-time work for full-time undergraduate business students, and its implications for teaching, learning and curriculum development
  Mark Richardson, Gbolahan Gbadamosi & Carl Evans
• An evaluation of student and staff perceptions of the use of audio files for feedback on student assessments: Project report of work in progress
  Dr. Derek Peters, Dr. Grant Adamson, Christian Edwards, Dr. Gyozo Molnar, Dr. Clare Rhoden, Dr. Nick Breeze
• Taster Days – a positive intervention to help prepare students for the realities of professional courses.
  Sarah Snow
• Evaluating the use of video in learning and teaching: the blended learning research project
  Heather Barrett, Jenny Lewin-Jones, Barbara Mitra, and Stella Williamson
• Welcome the Experts: Using Guest Speakers to Support the Lecture Programme
  Carl Evans and David Marsden
• Establishing Blended Learning Provision in Your Department: Reflections on the Blended Language Learning Consortium Project
  Paul Snookes & Judy Barker
• Student Attendance Monitoring, Retention and Achievement: Some Preliminary Results
  Dr. John Fagg
• Using Game Shows for Effective Teaching
  Dr Joanne Kuzma
• The ‘Media Production Triangle’: A practical tool for supporting students learning in applied media at degree level.
  Paul Hazell
• The Influence of Cognitive Skills on how Information Literacy Programmes are Delivered and Supported
  Dr Judith Keene, John Colvin and Justine Sissons
• Blended learning, blended teaching: Collaborative course development and delivery for Work Based Learning
  Libby Symonds and Huw Richards

Editorial: John Colvin

Academic Articles

• The Value of Learning Groups to the 1st year Undergraduate experience for Students of Early Childhood: Janet Murray
• The Potential of Blogs for Higher Degree Supervision: Dr Stephen Bigger
• "Having Your Say" - Reflection on a Training Course for Older People Volunteering to become Peer Visitors in Care Homes: Peter Unwin & Stephen Leverett

Project Reports

• Developing Repositories at Worcester: Dr Andrew Rothery
• Making Online Streaming Video & Multimedia Content Available 24/7: Paul Snookes & Judy Barker
• The Provision of Subject Knowledge Enhancement in Shortage Subject Areas in Secondary PGCE at the University of Worcester: Phil Collins
• SMILE Project: Katy Wrathall

Personal Perspectives

• Forget About Cheating, What About Learning?: Jane Roberts
• Five A Day: Stephen Hicks