Jenny Hill Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning
Interdisciplinary enquiry into learning and teaching: Lessons from geography
Hill, Jennifer; Walkington, Helen; King, Helen
Authors
Helen Walkington
Dr Helen King Helen5.King@uwe.ac.uk
Professor and Associate Director of Academic Practice
Contributors
Elizabeth Cleaver Elizabeth.Cleaver@uwe.ac.uk
Editor
Maxine Lintern
Editor
Mike MClinden
Editor
Abstract
In this chapter we explore how research in the discipline of geography can help you to undertake productive enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education. We outline the characteristics that geographers in higher education possess and highlight how these relate to the broad and synthetic nature of research in the discipline. Rooted within its interdisciplinary imperative, educational enquiry in geography spans subject matter and approaches found across the spectrum of the humanities, and the social and natural sciences. We present four case studies of enquiry into teaching and learning carried out by geographers, selected to demonstrate analogies between disciplinary and educational enquiry across the research process. These examples highlight the range of questions that have been posed, the types of concepts in learning and teaching that geographers have engaged with, and the breadth of methodological approaches they have employed. We define the steps you might take if you wish to adopt new ways of researching your teaching and student learning. We finish by reflecting on some of the benefits of adopting a geography-specific approach to higher education enquiry.
Citation
Hill, J., Walkington, H., & King, H. Interdisciplinary enquiry into learning and teaching: Lessons from geography. In E. Cleaver, M. Lintern, & M. MClinden (Eds.), Researching Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry. London: Sage Publishers
Deposit Date | Feb 23, 2018 |
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Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Book Title | Researching Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry |
Keywords | interdisciplinary enquiry, signature pedagogy, threshold concepts, students as researchers, partnership learning |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/874420 |
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