Key concepts in postgraduate certificates in higher education teaching and learning in Australasia and the United Kingdom

Abstract

In the late 1970s, Australia introduced the first postgraduate degree in higher education teaching and learning. Since then, institutions in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand have included comparable courses into their curriculum. Findings from a poll that sought to identify the most important ideas in higher education teaching and learning, suggested readings, and obstacles to learning were detailed in this article. In 147 different institutions throughout the UK, AU, and NZ, coordinators of higher education teaching and learning certificate programs were sent an email survey with four free-form questions. This article presents the survey results on the emerging concepts of teaching and learning in higher education, the scholarly readings linked to each concept according to the coordinators, and the difficulties that course participants had while trying to grasp these important ideas. The survey was administered to 46 programs. Similar programs have gained prestigious status among university development initiatives in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom since the first secondary certificate in education from the Australian Institute of Advanced Education was established in the late 1970s. This article describes the results of a survey that aimed to determine the key ideas related to the pedagogy of higher education that are developed in such certificates, the recommended readings, and the learning challenges that participants face. across order to gather information, 147 institutions across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom sent out a survey by email. The survey consisted of four open-ended questions. Based on responses from 46 programs, this article presents a report on the findings regarding the pedagogical concepts of higher education that emerged from the research, the scientific readings that were associated with these concepts by the program coordinators, and the challenges that the program participants faced when they learnt these concepts.