this study reports on the findings of a genre teaching course for developing academic writing of a class of efl students in iran. the information report genre was taught in a cyclical way of teaching and learning, which was started from ‘setting the context’ and ‘deconstruction’ of prototype information report genre, and continued with ‘joint construction’, ‘independent construction’, and final...

nowadays, the world is faced with diverse challenging issues which lead to the development of communities to discuss about the matter and provide solutions for them. academic research centers are then established to puzzle out the raised questions with reliance on expert opinions and studies in response to the current prevailing needs. islamic republic of iran blessed with knowledgeable academi...

purpose: the aim of the current study was to predict the high school students' academic burnout based on social adjustment, academic procrastination and academic hope. materials and method: current research method was descriptive and correlational. the study population included all high school students of the state female high schools of bojnourd. 350 students were selected as a sample emp...

Publisher's copyright statement: This is an electronic version of an article published in Smith, J. (2011) 'Beyond evaluative studies : perceptions of teaching quali cations from probationary lecturers in the UK.', International journal for academic development., 16 (1). pp. 71-81. International journal for academic development is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=ar...

The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to determine if there is a relationship between middle school students’ epistemological beliefs and Piagetian stages of cognitive development and (b) if there is a relationship between epistemological beliefs and academic performance. Epistemological beliefs were defined as how individuals come to know and the beliefs they hold about this knowledge. A ...

Effective academic staff development in teaching can be difficult to achieve. One reason is that there are often limited funds available. Another is that the diverse skills and knowledge required for effective university teaching are not formally described. Griffith University's Academic Development and Professional Training (adapt) program attempts to provide academic staff development for tea...