Pedagogy in higher education

enhancing academic practice

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/2237-5864.2020.15837

Keywords:

Higher education, Teaching and learning, Study approaches, Learning conceptions, Quality of teaching

Abstract

This article is a theoretical review that highlights several pedagogical issues related to the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. The objectives of this article are, on the one hand, to analyze the relationship between conceptions of the learning process and students’ approaches with teaching methods and, on the other hand, to show the attitudes that professors and students can adopt to develop a meaningful learning and a noteworthy teaching. It is intended to contribute to a critical and constructive reading in the development of a quality higher education. To this end, we emphasize the influence of evaluation in the learning and teaching processes, presenting some of the fundamental determinants for the promotion of a quality higher education. We consider innovation, technology and globalization as complementary factors for the improvement of educational practices in higher education nowadays.

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  • Marco Paulo Maia Ferreira, Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências, ISEC Lisboa. Portugal.

    Marco Ferreira tiene un doctorado y una maestría en psicología, en la especialidad de psicología pedagógica, ambos de la Universidad de Coimbra, y un título en educación especial y rehabilitación de la Facultad de Motricidad Humana de la Universidad de Lisboa. Actualmente es profesor coordinador en ISEC Lisboa y profesor visitante en la Universidad de Lisboa/Facultad de Motricidad Humana. Es revisor de la Revista Europea de Psicología de la Educación y participa en varios proyectos de investigación internacionales.

  • Gustau Olcina-Sempere, Universidad Jaume I (UJI), Castellón de la Plana, España.

    Gustau Olcina-Sempere es Doctor en Educación. Actualmente es Profesor de Universidad del Departamento de Educación de la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón. Su investigación principal se centra en el análisis de los procesos que se llevan a cabo en la escuela para desarrollar una ciudadanía crítica, y una participación democrática en los procesos de enseñanza aprendizaje, así como en el estudio, a través de técnicas de Resonancia Magnética Funcional (RMF), de las estructuras cerebrales que se ven involucradas en las enseñanzas musicales.

     

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2020-05-21

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FERREIRA, Marco Paulo Maia; OLCINA-SEMPERE, Gustau. Pedagogy in higher education: enhancing academic practice. Revista Docência do Ensino Superior, Belo Horizonte, v. 10, p. 1–18, 2020. DOI: 10.35699/2237-5864.2020.15837. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/15837. Acesso em: 11 mar. 2025.