Gillian Byrne

University of Huddersfield · Department of Accountancy

This chapter focuses on the transition to masters level teaching and learning. Prior learning cultures are addressed in order to inform pedagogical interventions and curriculum development. The chapter offers a model for embedded skills provision and reflexive teaching practice within a cross-disciplinary framework. Particular attention is paid to...

Helping students to engage in sessions focussing on plagiarism and therefore learn about the concept can be challenging. The advent of new technologies used in educational contexts may help in facilitating such engagement. This study details a small project which sought to use three technologies in an attempt to help students learn about plagiarism...

In this article, the author argues that the exploration of alternative forms of research representation can result in new possibilities for making meaning in educational research. Narrative inquiry as a methodology has become established as an approach in education but remains contested in many ways. How we come to an understanding of such research...

Use of the web today, particularly amongst young people, is now more social and participative. Collectively known as Web 2.0, freely available tools have emerged that facilitate communication, user-generated content and social connectivity. Facebook and MySpace have become the most popular forms of this kind of online activity and networks are form...