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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

Faculty Focus

Within academia, the most common feedback approaches, whether summative or formative, are often guided by criticism because assessment traditionally focuses on what is missing or incorrect. For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. Journal of Response to Writing, 2 (2): 88–105. link] Yaylali, A.

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ALTO marks 25 years and looks to the future

The PIE News

Christopher Thebing, managing partner of College of English Language in California said, “I joined ALTO around 2011 because it was recommended to me by a colleague. The association also revealed a new logo and website to enhance its growing community of professional development events, members and sector wide initiatives it is pursuing.

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Presidents corner: How can courage breathe new life into a classic liberal arts education?

University Business

In his 2011 The New Yorker essay , Harvard professor Louis Menand conceptualized the function of higher education in three ways: to develop life skills, enhance career prospects and improve social status.

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Writer-Professor Explores the Voyage of ‘Becoming'

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

On the Other Side of Heaven – 1957 , a fiction piece, received recognition and praise and was later reprinted in the journal Reverie: Midwest African American Literature , in 2011. Entering higher ed and academia, she went on to earn a B.A. The prose was in English, and the dialogue was in Spanish. It just made sense to me.

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My Marking Life: The Role of Emotional Labour in delivering Audio Feedback to HE Students

SRHE

Whilst the affectual impact of feedback on students has been well documented in the literature ( eg McFarlane and Wakeman, 2011 ), there is little in the academic literature on the affectual impact of the feedback process on markers ( Henderson-Brooks, 2021 ). Twitter handle:@samanthawilko

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

SRHE

2011 ), were often introduced to non-STEM students through stand-alone lectures, workshops, or pilot studies involving new cross-disciplinary curricula. As a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary researcher, Rania is passionate about advancing academia and promoting knowledge exchange in higher education.

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‘Disposable City’ and ‘Universities on Fire’

Inside Higher Ed

If academia is in for any of the heat, weather, and ocean level rises that Miami will face in this century, we need to start preparing now. Will Smith never talks about a coming climate catastrophe in his 2011 hit song. Before reading Disposable City , climate change was not the first thing I'd think of when thinking about Miami.