Linking research and teaching to benefit student learning
HERDSA Seminar
Professor Mick Healey
University of Gloucester
Tuesday, 12th July 2005
5.00pm
Room 17.103
Mt Lawley Campus, Edith Cowan University
2 Bradford Street, Mt. Lawley
Map: http://www.ecu.edu.au/fas/campus_maps/pdf_maps/Mt_Lawley_Campus.pdf
Linking research and teaching is a contentious topic of international interest. The
links may take many different forms and vary by the nature of the discipline. The
main aim of this talk is to explore the complexity and contested nature of
the research-teaching nexus. It is argued that the relationship depends
on how the terms 'research' and 'teaching and learning' are conceptualised. It
is suggested that undergraduate students are likely to gain most benefit from
research in terms of depth of learning and understanding when they are involved
actively, particularly through various forms of inquiry-based learning. The
development of such research-based curricula provides challenges to staff across
the sector, not least because they may lead to finding new ways for staff and
students to work together.
Biography
Mick Healey is Professor of Geography at the University of Gloucestershire,
UK. He is the Director of the Geography Discipline Network and the Centre
for Active Learning in Geography, Environment and Related Disciplines, a HEFCE
funded Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. He is an experienced
presenter. In the last 10 years he has given over 150 educational workshops,
seminars, keynotes and conference presentations in Australia, Canada, Singapore,
South Korea, New Zealand, UK, and United States. He has over 100 publications
on various aspects of teaching and learning in higher education. His
main current interests include developing the scholarship of learning and teaching,
linking research and teaching, active learning, and disabled students' learning. He
has acted as an advisor to the Higher Education Funding Council for England,
the UK Higher Education Academy, the Higher Education Authority for Ireland,
and several higher education institutions and projects in the UK and overseas. In
2000 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and in 2004, he was awarded
the Taylor and Francis Royal Geographic Society Award for 'contributions to
the promotion of learning and teaching in Higher Education.'
Everyone welcome (including non-members). Refreshments will be provided.
Please register online (for catering purposes). http://www.ecu.edu.au/lds/pd/courses/enrol/
Please type in the workshop title, date and your name only.
For further information: contact Tania Behr, Teaching and Learning Development t.behr@ecu.edu.au.
9370 6762
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