Classrooms as Sacred Space: Structures for Holistic Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education

Effective Distance Teaching and learning in Higher Education

Nowadays, Universities have come across a main transformation. Lack of budget, an increase in the number of university students, a change in the student population, up-to-date and various educational needs of each society require fundamental changes that are coordinated with recent needs. This study aimed to evaluate the features of effective distance education in higher education. Findings of ...

team teaching in english for academic purpose classrooms

تحقیق حاضر به منظور بررسی کارآیی بین دو روش تدریس زبان انگلیسی با اهداف دانشگاهی به نامهای تدریس گروهی و تدریس انفرادی انجام شد. بدین منظور، سه کلاس انگلیسی با اهداف دانشگاهی مربوط به دانشجویان رشته جغرافیا، کامپیوتر و فقه و حقوق به روش گروهی توسط یک مدرس زبان انگلیسی و یک مدرس درس تخصصی در استان یزد در طول ترم پاییز سال تحصیلی 1390-1389 تدریس گردید. همزمان، سه کلاس زبان انگلیسی دیگر با اهداف د...

Teaching leadership as exploring sacred space

Exploring Teachers’ Perception of Intercultural Communicative Competence and their Practices for Teaching Culture in EFL Classrooms

This study aimed to examine the effect of EFL teachers’ level of instruction, education, and experience on their perceptions of Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) on the one hand and the effect of teachers’ ICC perceptions on their practices of teaching culture on the other. The participants of this study were 111 EFL teachers (59 males, 52 females), selected through purposive samplin...

A Staff Development Program for Promoting Change in Higher Education Teaching and Learning Practices

This paper presents and discusses a faculty development program being carried out at the University of Aveiro, aiming at providing academics with essential skills in areas such as teaching best practices, student-centered curriculum design, collaborative learning and the adoption of ICT/Internet