This overview examines the evolving approaches to teaching research methods in the social sciences, highlighting the integration of both traditional and innovative pedagogical practices. Modern ...

“Feminist methodologies, as I teach them, have three main components. They start by making the everyday world problematic, and they do so in order to demystify structures of domination.” ( start 9:16 ...

This essay argues against traditional topic-oriented research methods courses and focuses instead on one of our most important goals: the outcomes desired in public administrators' on-the-job behavior ...

Many academics bring their valuable research into the classroom. The challenge is for them to frame and communicate their findings, ideas or even professional practices in a format that is accessible ...

Starting a new job brings with it a roller coaster of emotions. When I took my first steps into academia at the University of the West of Scotland as an early-career researcher and lecturer, I was ...

After Carl Wieman won the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001 for, as he puts it, “shining lasers on atoms” in a new way that gave experimental proof to a theory by Albert Einstein, Wieman decided to ...

The aim of this session is to provide an overview of the foundational concepts in qualitative research methods as they apply to the design of teaching and learning research. We will explore the ...

As a graduate student, I always felt a bit guilty about admitting it. As a postdoctoral fellow, I was increasingly sure it was true. And now, with the safety net of tenure, I can wholeheartedly admit: ...

Twenty-first century maths lessons in English secondary schools are generally much like those of decades ago, with the teacher standing at the front of the class asking questions and opportunities for ...