Promoting Human Capital: The Importance of Dialogic Teaching in Higher Education
Over the last 30 years, university education has undergone major changes due to the growing numbers of home and international students, the introduction of information and communication technology and an increasingly managerial approach that evaluates education in terms of cost, efficiency and me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UiTM Publisher
2008-06-01
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| Series: | Asian Journal of University Education |
| Online Access: | https://www.rmc.uitm.edu.my/images/stories/AJUE/vol4-no1/bab%203.pdf |
| Summary: | Over the last 30 years, university education has undergone major changes due to the growing
numbers of home and international students, the introduction of information and
communication technology and an increasingly managerial approach that evaluates education
in terms of cost, efficiency and measurable outcomes. In the face of these changes, universities
are charged with the responsibility of providing students with a rich learning environment in
which they are taught to reason and think critically, and to develop a range of attributes
needed by employers such as team working and enterprise so they can fully participate in the
workplace. In addressing these challenges, this paper explores current approaches to learning
and teaching in higher education and the role that a dialogic pedagogy can play in shaping
thinking and to secure engagement, learning and understanding in university study. It
concludes by arguing for more powerful professional development programmes in higher
education so as to enhance the pedagogic knowledge of the university teaching community in
order to promote higher levels of joint lecturer-student activity in both face-to-face and online
interactions. |
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| ISSN: | 1823-7797 1823-7797 |