http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1539 2026-04-29T08:47:35Z http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1178 Philosophy and philosophers: an introduction to western philosophy Shand, John Whether John Shand is discussing the slow separation of philosophy and theology in Augustine, Aquinas and Ockham, the rise of rationalism, British empiricism, German idealism, or the new approaches opened up by Russell, Sartre, and Wittgenstein, he combines succinct but insightful exposition with crisp critical comment. This new edition will continue to provide students with a valuable work of initial reference 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/890 Doing your research project : a guide for first- time researchers in education, health and social science Bell, Judith Doing Your Research Project is a confidence builder, a starter book to provide new researchers with the necessary skills and techniques which would enable them to move on to more complex tasks and reading. This book was written as a result of the accumulated experience of teaching research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students in British and overseas universities. It provides everything that need to know to prepare for research, draft and finalise a methodologically sound and well-written report or thesis, plus it warns of potential pitfalls to prevent a student wasting time on false trails. It is an essential resource to help establish good practice for beginner researchers embarking on undergraduate or postgraduate study, and for professionals in such fields as social science, education, and health. 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/859 Teaching for quality learning at university Biggs, John; Tang, Catherine The book is an exceptional introduction to some difficult ideas. It is full of downright good advice for every academic who wants to do something practical to improve his or her students’ learning. So much of what we read on this subject is either a recycling of sensible advice topped by a thin layer of second-hand theory, or a dense treatise suitable for graduate students with a taste for the tougher courses. Not many writers are able to take the reader along the middle road, where theory applied with a delicate touch enables us to transform our practice. What is unique about Biggs is his way with words, his outspoken fluency, his precision, his depth of knowledge, his inventiveness, or rather how he blends all these things together. Like all good teachers, he engages us from the start, and he never talks down to us. He achieves unity between his objectives, his teaching methods and his assessment; and thus, to adapt his own phrase, he entraps the reader in a web of consistency that optimizes his or her own learning. Perhaps not everyone will agree with Biggs’s treatment of the academic differences between phenomenography and constructivism. I’m not sure I do myself. But does it matter? The author himself takes a pragmatic approach. In the daunting task that faces lecturers in responding to the pressures of mass higher education, reduced public funding, and students who are paying more for their education, the bottom line of engineering better learning outcomes matters more than nice theoretical distinctions. Readers of the present book will especially enjoy its marvellous treatment of student assessment (particularly Chapters 3, 8 and 9).* Biggs’s most outstanding single contribution to education has been the creation of the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) taxonomy. Rather than read about the extraordinary practical utility of this device in secondary sources, get it from the original here. From assessing clinical decision making by medical students to classifying the outcomes of essays in history, SOLO remains the assessment apparatus of choice. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/661 From a micro-macro framework to a micro-meso-macro framework Li, Bocong In particular, some social scientists pay significant attention to the relationship between micro (at the level of individuals) and macro (at the level of institutions or the social whole) issues, and as a result, a variety of micro–macro frameworks have advanced. 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://182.160.97.198:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/279 A general guide to writing reports about scientific research UNC College of Arts and Sciences, The Writing Center The scientific method, involves developing a hypothesis, testing it, and deciding whether your findings support the hypothesis. In essence, the format for a research report in the sciences mirrors the scientific method but fleshes out the process a little. 2014-09-08T00:00:00Z