1st Edition

The Routledge International Handbook of Learning and Instruction in University Education

624 Pages 65 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This handbook provides a foundational, comprehensive, and systemic overview of the current research on learning and instruction in university education. Offering a synthesis of current essential empirical research on university education, this volume provides a starting point for an intentional transformation of university education anchored firmly in empirical evidence. The chapters are... Read more

INTRODUCTION

Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhältö, Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

SECTION I: CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

Section introduction

Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhältö, Lynn McAlpine & Jan van Tartwijk

1. Framing the global higher education learning landscape

Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

2. Research-informed university education: Research-teaching relationships and their impacts on university teaching and learning

Auli Toom, Liyuan E, Milla Käyhty and Kirsi Pyhältö

3. Teaching and learning integrity and research ethics

Erika Löfström and Sarah Elaine Eaton

 

SECTION II: STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMIC DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

Section introduction

Kirsi Pyhältö and Auli Toom

4. Governmentality and field transformations in neoliberal higher education: A systematic review of rankings, research collaborations, student mobility, and policy convergence

Juliette E. Torabian

5. The evolution and trends of higher education curriculum research: A decades-long scientometric analysis of peer reviewed literature

Sarah Barradell and Clara Zwack

6. The emergence of academic leadership in higher education: A bibliometric review, 1960-2023

Philip Hallinger and Xing Li

7. Developing university teaching through the scholarship of teaching and learning

Johan Geertsema and Katarina Mårtensson

8. Towards a better understanding of teacher learning and development in the context of innovations in higher education

Indira N.Z. Day, Frans J. Prins, Tim M. Stevens, Perry den Brok, Hanneke Assen, Petra H.M. Cremers, Christel Lutz, Jan Riezebos, Margje W.J. van de Wiel, Petrie J.A.C. van der Zanden, Mayke W. C. Vereijken and Jan D. Vermunt

 

SECTION III: SKILLFUL STUDENT LEARNING IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

Section introduction

Kirsi Pyhältö and Auli Toom

9. A systematic literature review on university students’ expectancy-value-cost profiles

Henriikka Juntunen, Anna Widlund, Jaana Viljaranta, Pinja Tähti and Heta Tuominen

10. Generic skills in relation to students’ academic achievement in university studies

Tarja Tuononen, Heidi Hyytinen, Katri Kleemola and Auli Toom

11. Argument mapping improves critical thinking skills: A systematic review

Martin Davies and Angelito Calma

12. Emotions in higher education: A review of theoretical foundations and empirical evidence

Lisa Stempfer, Thomas Goetz and Reinhard Pekrun

13. Student burnout, student engagement and learning outcomes in university education: A systematic review

Toon W. Taris and Wilmar B. Schaufeli

14. Learning disabilities in the university

Rauno Parrila, Dalia Martinez Cano and George K. Georgiou

15. The landscape of research on identity and inclusion/exclusion in higher education: A systematic scoping review of the first quarter of the 21st century

Sercan Erer and Andreas Hadjar

 

SECTION IV: QUALITY INSTRUCTION AND PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

 

Section introduction

Jan van Tartwijk and Auli Toom

16. Conceptualising what it is that university teachers need to have: Knowledge, expertise, skills and competence

Jan van Tartwijk, Marieke van der Schaaf, Esther van Dijk, Manon Kluijtmans & Martine van Rijswijk

17. How effective are inclusive pedagogies in higher education? A meta-review

Juuso Henrik Nieminen and Anabel Moriña

18. Systematic insights for fostering achievement emotions in online learning

Natalia Edisherashvili, Katrin Saks, Külli Kallas, Margus Pedaste and Äli Leijen

19. Designing for problem- and project based learning in a resource constrained university context

Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Ann Bygholm, Geoffrey Olok Tabo and David Pakono

20. Work-integrated learning in higher education

Päivi Tynjälä, Maarit Virolainen and Anne Virtanen

21. Student guidance in higher education – towards the holistic support of students’ learning, study, and career

Sanna Vehviläinen and Leena Penttinen

22. A systematic review on assessment methods in university instruction

Abir Bousaid and Anastasiya A. Lipnevich

23. Generative AI and chatbots in university education

Maja Hojer Bruun and Jakob Krause Jensen

 

SECTION V: DOCTORAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCHER CAREERS

 

Section introduction

Lynn McAlpine, Karri A. Holley and Kirsi Pyhältö

24. Doctoral education: Influences of global drivers and structural frameworks

Sónia Cardoso and Sandra Santos

25. Cultivating PhD development: A systematic meta-review of research themes, practical implications and needs for future research

Kirsi Pyhältö, Lotta Tikkanen, Laura Sundström, Sara Rönkkönen and Henrika Anttila

26. Research writing and communication

Natalia Ávila Reyes, Lina Calle-Arango and Montserrat Castelló

27. Proactive strategies for doctoral students to enhance their well-being: A systematic literature review

Yusuke Sakurai, Wenjuan Cheng, Shizuki Saruta, Ruonan Zheng, Shannon Mason, Jasvir Nachatar Singh, Huan Li, Monique Dai, Hanyu Qin and Dely Elliot

28. The learning trajectories of doctoral supervisors: A systematic literature review

Isabel Huet, Teresa Cardoso and Paulo Chálo

29. Learning environments for PhD students: The significance of academic disciplines as research communities

Karri A. Holley

30. PhD careers in and beyond academia: A comparison of evidence across developed and emerging economies

Sally Hancock, Wei Li and Alice Dias Lopes

  

SECTION VI: RESEARCH ON LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN THE FUTURE

 

Section introduction

Auli Toom, Kirsi Pyhältö, Lynn McAlpine and Jan van Tartwijk

31. Future research scenarios in research on learning and instruction in university education

Bjørn Stensaker

32. Synthesising the landscape of research on university learning and instruction (as represented in the Handbook)

Jan van Tartwijk, Lynn McAlpine, Kirsi Pyhältö and Auli Toom

33. How research on university education can inform practice. Towards a systemic research-informed pedagogical development of university education

Kirsi Pyhältö, Auli Toom, Jan van Tartwijk and Lynn McAlpine

 

 

Biography

Auli Toom is Professor of Higher Education at the Centre for University Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Kirsi Pyhältö is Professor of Higher Education at the Centre for University Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Lynn McAlpine is Professor Emerita of Higher Education Development at the University of Oxford, UK and Professor Emerita, McGill University, Canada.

Jan van Tartwijk is Professor of Education at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.