Higher Education Teaching and Learning Support Areas Differences in England and Brazil: A Case Study / Áreas de Apoio ao Ensino e Aprendizagem no Ensino Superior Diferenças na Inglaterra e no Brasil: um estudo de caso

Authors

  • José Carlos Redaelli Brazilian Journals Publicações de Periódicos, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná
  • Juliana Ferreira de Vales
  • Orlando Fontes Lima Jr
  • Júlio Cesar Ferreira dos Passos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv6n2-271

Keywords:

learning and teaching development, higher education teaching, learning support areas, center for teaching and learning, faculty development

Abstract

Teaching and Learning processes have been relevant in higher education institutions. There have been a wide range of skills provided by the universities teaching and learning support areas. This paper shows a comparative analysis of these areas from University of Bath and the State University of Campinas-Unicamp. To show the strengths and weaknesses of each university, this paper shows their ranking data used within The Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Data gathered from both universities websites show their support areas with specific skills. While the University of Bath has high scores in international outlook and citations, Unicamp has its strength in teaching, research, and industry income. Unicamp has more than the double of students. Similar teaching and learning support areas in both universities are shown. Most skills listed for the University of Bath are present in the State university of Campinas-Unicamp. Three support areas under the School of Civil Engineering from Unicamp are shown. Data from other league tables were not considered. These support areas exist to help academic and professional staff when teaching, and planning to teach, and students when learning to learn. It might be relevant to run some scales, questionnaires, surveys among the undergraduate and graduate students, concerning motivation, procrastination, learning strategies, learning styles, and feedback from them about their needs and solutions they believe could help. These might lead to reinforcement or upgrade of these teaching and learning support areas bringing a more appropriate range of skills needed by the students and staff.

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2020-02-26

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Redaelli, J. C., Vales, J. F. de, Jr, O. F. L., & Passos, J. C. F. dos. (2020). Higher Education Teaching and Learning Support Areas Differences in England and Brazil: A Case Study / Áreas de Apoio ao Ensino e Aprendizagem no Ensino Superior Diferenças na Inglaterra e no Brasil: um estudo de caso. Brazilian Journal of Development, 6(2), 8960–8981. https://doi.org/10.34117/bjdv6n2-271

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