This article focuses on the surprising lack of critique in the pedagogical literatures of higher
education in relation to the use of ideas surrounding deep and surface approaches to …

As a result of China's growing participation and importance in the process of
internationalization and globalization a continuously rising number of Chinese students has …

Assessment in higher education is an area of intense current interest, not least due to its
central role in student learning processes. Excellence in University Assessment is a …

Exploring Intercultural Communication investigates the role of language in intercultural
communication, paying particular attention to the interplay between cultural diversity and …

This book is about how language is used in the context of schooling. It demonstrates that the
variety of English expected at school differs from the interactional language that students …

Western and East Asian people hold fundamentally different beliefs about learning that
influence how they approach child rearing and education. Reviewing decades of research …

Feedback is central to the development of effective learning, yet is comparatively
underresearched. This article seeks to examine the notion of written feedback on …

This article examines the language-related challenges that first-year students face when
adjusting to the demands of English-medium higher education in Hong Kong. The article is …

" The first edition of Researching Higher Education has been a very helpful resource for
those trying to make sense of the field of higher education. Malcolm Tight has accomplished …

Colin Griffin is Visiting Senior Fellow in the Department of Educational Studies, University of
Surrey. He is involved in research projects and publications in the field of curriculum and …