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The Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) was the United Kingdom 's largest investment in education research. It was initiated in 2000, ended in 2011 and was managed on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Councils by the Economic and Social Research Council. The programme engaged 700 researchers in some 70 major projects.
The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL or SoTL) is often defined as systematic inquiry into student learning which advances the practice of teaching in higher education by making inquiry findings public. [1] Building on this definition, Peter Felten identified 5 principles for good practice in SOTL: (1) inquiry focused on student ...
The scholarship of teaching and learning that involves the systematic study of teaching and learning processes. It differs from scholarly teaching in that it requires the work be made public, made available for peer review and critique according to accepted standards, and should be reproducible and extensible by other scholars. [4]
Educational research refers to the systematic collection and analysis of evidence and data related to the field of education. Research may involve a variety of methods [1][2][3] and various aspects of education including student learning, interaction, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics. [4]
Evidence-based education is related to evidence-based teaching, [2][3][4] evidence-based learning, [5] and school effectiveness research. [6][7] The evidence-based education movement has its roots in the larger movement towards evidence-based practices, and has been the subject of considerable debate since the late 1990s. [8]
Teaching and learning center. Teaching and learning centers are independent academic units within colleges and universities that exist to provide support services for faculty, to help teaching faculty to improve their teaching and professional development. Teaching centers also routinely provide professional development for graduate students as ...
Open educational resources (OER) [1] are teaching, learning, and research materials intentionally created and licensed to be free for the end user to own, share, and in most cases, modify. [2] [3] The term "OER" describes publicly accessible materials and resources for any user to use, re-mix, improve, and redistribute under some licenses. [4]
Learning styles. Learning styles refer to a range of theories that aim to account for differences in individuals' learning. [1] Although there is ample evidence that individuals express personal preferences on how they prefer to receive information, [2]: 108 few studies have found validity in using learning styles in education. [3]: 267 Many ...