2011, Vol. 1, núm. 1

 

Summary

  • Teaching innovation and its role crafting the classroom of today and the future 

    Amante García, Beatriz; Martínez Martínez, María del Rosario (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    The Journal of Technology and Science Education (JOTSE) has been created as a contribution to the development and improvement of scientific and technological education by constituting a common space to share experiences ...

  • Lessons learned from the implementation and assessment of student-centered methodologies 

    Maria Teresa, Oliver Hoyo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    The cAcL2 approach (“concept Advancement through chemistry Lab-Lecture”) incorporates three major educational methodologies into one: a student-centered approach, the full integration of lecture and laboratory formats, and ...

  • Follow-up and feedback processes in the EHEA 

    Canto, Pablo, del; Gallego Fernández, María Isabel; López, Jose Manuel; Medina Medina, Esunly; Mochón Morcillo, Francisco; Mora Serrano, Javier; Reyes Muñoz, María Angélica; Rodríguez, Eva; Salamí San Juan, Esther; Santamaría, Eduard; Valero García, Miguel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    In the present paper, we describe the work being carried out by a group of professors so as to implement the follow-up and feedback processes of the activities students do throughout the first academic years in their ...

  • Using the IGCRA (Individual, Group, Classroom Reflective Action) technique to enhance teaching and learning in large accountancy classes 

    Poyatos, Cristina; Muurlink, Olav; Ng, Chew (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    First year accounting has generally been perceived as one of the more challenging first year business courses for university students. Various Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) have been proposed to attempt to enrich ...

  • Positive effect of increasing feedback for student self-adjustment of learning habits 

    Vilanova Arbós, Ramon; Ponsa Asensio, Pere (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    The university is currently living a great amount of changes of conceptual and methodological nature, on the basis of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This new scenario promotes new learning and teaching methodologies ...

  • On-line role-play as a teaching method in engineering studies 

    Cobo, Adolfo; Conde Campos, Olga; Quintela, Mª Ángeles; Mirapeix, Jesús Mª; López Higuera, José MIguel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2011-03)
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    Open Access
    We propose to adapt the role-play teaching methodology to engineering studies, trying to overcome obstacles like its exclusive association with fantasy games or its demand of social skills. We have chosen the role of a ...