The purpose of the study was to explore what project-based learning is, what are the
pedagogical or psychological motives supporting it, how it has been implemented and what …

The transdisciplinary field of agroecology provides a platform for experiential learning based
on an expanded vision of research on sustainable farming and food systems and the …

This book asks how universities can develop the relationship between research and
teaching so that research is enhanced and teaching is improved. Using examples …

Linking research and teaching is a topic of international interest. The links may take many
different forms and may be found in all types of higher education institution. The main aim of …

The major responsibilities of academics in the modern university are teaching and research
as well as, to lesser extents, administration and community service. Indeed, some …

Discussion about the nexus between research and teaching in higher education has so far
tended to take place at a generic level, with comparatively little attention paid to the …

In order to bring teaching and research together, a fuller understanding of how academics
conceptualise research and scholarship is needed. The paper discusses different ways in …

2 A critical matrix of learning and teaching 45 The academic weave 45 Learning gaps 48 1.
The gap between recall and understanding 51 2. The gap between understanding and …

Using a round-robin data set assembled from over 60 teams of more than 500 scientists and
engineers across a variety of science and engineering disciplines, as well as longitudinal …

Providing undergraduate students with research experience has been asserted as a way of
reinventing university education. This assertion lacks both substantial empirical evidence …