– is research and/or practice concerned with understanding the learners’ experiences, e.g., conceptual understanding of learning, student voice, different approaches to learning.
– focuses on the challenges faced by first year students and the academic and other kinds of support that may be required.
– is concerned with inclusiveness in learning and teaching, e.g., ethnicity, socio-economic background, home language, gender, special needs.
– looks at how curricula can be designed to encourage student engagement and learning, e.g., cultivating students’ interests, problem-based learning, motivation, assessment, critical thinking, teacher learning, and the use of educational media to support learning.
– focuses on a range of different situations and contexts where groups of people with a common interest engage, interact and develop relationships and learn from each other, e.g., collaborative learning activities, discussions and sharing of resources and experiences of problem-solving.
– provides opportunities to explore the many different ways in which learning takes place in a working environment, such as businesses, industries, clinical settings and other contexts.