Professor Dai Hounsell
Professor Emeritus
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IECS
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6667
- Email: d.hounsell@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Research summary
Research interests include how and what students learn in higher education (particularly in relation to essay-writing, oral presentations and other forms of coursework assignment), and implications for teaching-learning and assessment strategies.
Methodology: Searching and reviewing the literature qualitative methods (espec. designing, conducting and Analysing semi-structured individual and group interviews), surveying changing practices, research design and project management, dissemination and impact.
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Seamful learning and professional education
(17 pages)
In:
Studies in Continuing Education, vol. 43, pp. 360-376
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0158037x.2021.1920383
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Fostering Dialogue About Practices
(25 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56499-9_7
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Learning Journeys and Master's literacies: Chinese first-degree students' transitions to postgraduate studies in the UK
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Surfacing and sharing advances in assessment: A communities-of-practice approach
(16 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3045-1_3
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Ways of Thinking and Practicing in Biology and History: Disciplinary aspects of Teaching and Learning Environments
(13 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
The quality of guidance and feedback to students
In:
Higher Education Research & Development, vol. 27, pp. 55-67
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360701658765
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Teaching learning environments in contemporary mass higher education
(21 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1348/000709906X170975
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Knowledge Practices: 'doing the subject' in undergraduate courses
(16 pages)
In:
The Curriculum Journal, vol. 18, pp. 463-478
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The end of handwriting? Using computers in traditional essay examinations
(8 pages)
In:
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, vol. 24, pp. 39-46
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Innovative Assessment Across the Disciplines: An analytical review of the literature. Final report
Research output: › Other report (Published)