Contextual Teaching

Teaching and Learning: Mapping the Contextual Influences

This paper outlines a conceptual map that allows new academic staff in universities to see the relationship of teaching and learning within a context wider than their individual specialisations. These wider contexts include the institutional context and its sub-contexts, as well as local, national and international contexts. Examples are given to illustrate how the conceptual map has been appli...

the effect of contextual factors on results of teaching evaluation in

background:     purpose:       methods:       results:     conclusion:     eywords : faculty evaluation , student ' s survey the finding of this study showed there were no statistically differences between the dependent and independents variables. however the weak negative correlation was found between age and teaching experience. it means young and less experienced faculty gets better score in...

Contextual Constructivism: The Impact of Culture on the Learning and Teaching of Science

‘Best practice’ and ‘challenges’ in university teaching and learning: An editorial introduction and a contextual framework

This paper presents an editorial introduction to the refereed and edited papers arising from the Central Queensland University 2 annual Teaching and Learning Showcase in February 2004. In doing so, the paper depicts some of the principal landmarks in the national and institutional policy landscapes that influence the contributing authors’ several engagements with ‘best practice’ in university t...

Mobile and contextual learning: a case study on mobile didactics in teaching and education

Smartphones, as ubiquitous companions in all activities of daily living (ADLs), have also been adopted in educational contexts. Mobile applications go along with novel interfaces and ways of interaction, converging towards the vision of Ubiquitous Computing (Weiser, 1998). In this article, we provide an up-to-date overview of the demand on mobile services in higher education and learning enviro...