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Practitioner Action Research for Studying Higher Education and Improving the Quality of Teaching

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: There is increasing interest in the quality of university teaching and how academics learn to be teachers. This paper examines the idea of empowering academics as researchers of their own teaching practices so they not only learn about that practice, but also make a commitment to knowledge for the wider teaching community and contribute to the theories of higher education. The arguments draw on the historical context of influences on professional learning and what can be understood from the changing conceptions of working practices in our universities. The paper concludes with some reflections on the current Malaysian situation where the idea of practitioner research for university lecturers is currently being explored.

Source: Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction

DOI: 10.32890/mjli.7.2010.7617

Author: Tony Harland

Institution: University of Otago

Language: English

Topic: Evaluation of Teaching Practices

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $225