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Master’s Learning and Teaching: a BibliographyTable of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u General PAGEREF _Toc439691185 \h 1Assessment PAGEREF _Toc439691186 \h 1Employability, Professional Development PAGEREF _Toc439691187 \h 3Discipline Examples PAGEREF _Toc439691188 \h 6International Perspectives PAGEREF _Toc439691189 \h 7Learning and Teaching Strategies PAGEREF _Toc439691190 \h 10Policy and Regulation PAGEREF _Toc439691191 \h 14Staff and Student Experiences PAGEREF _Toc439691192 \h 17Transition and Induction PAGEREF _Toc439691193 \h 21GeneralCastle, K. (2010).?Study Skills for your Masters in Teaching and Learning. (Learning Matters, SAGE).Kneale, P.E. (Ed.) (2015) Masters Level Teaching, Learning and Assessment Issues in Design and Delivery. (London: Palgrave, Macmillan) Knight, P.T. (1997) Masterclass: Learning, Teaching and Curriculum in Taught Master’s Degrees (London: Cassell). Assessment Anderson, C., Day, K. and McLaughlin, P. (2008) ‘Student perspectives on the dissertation process in a masters degree concerned with professional practice’, Studies in Continuing Education, 30: 1, 33–49.Brown, G.T. (2014). What supervisors expect of education masters students before they engage in supervised research: a Delphi study. International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education, 2(1), 69-88.Brown, S. (2012). Diverse and innovative assessment at Masters level: alternatives to conventional written assignments. AISHE-J: The All Ireland Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 4(2).Brown, S. (2014) ‘What are the perceived differences between assessing at Master’s level and undergraduate level assessment? Some findings from an NTFS-funded project’, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 51: 3, 265–76.Brown, S., Deignan, T., Race, P. and Priestley, J. Assessing students at Masters Level: learning points for Educational Developers. SEDA Educational Developments: From Postgraduate Certificates to embedding UKPSF at all levels, 13,3 Brown, S., Race, P., Canham, R., Priestley, J., Deignan, T. and Wilkinson, K. (2012) Assimilate: A Compendium of Examples of Innovative Assessment at Master’s Level (Leeds: Leeds Metropolitan University).Casey, J. (2002) On-line Assessment in a Master’s-level Policy Subject: Participation in an On-Line Forum as Part of Assessment (Australia: Charles Sturt University, Centre for the Study of Higher Education).Costa, D.S., Mullan, B.A., Kothe, E.J. and Butow, P. (2010). A web-based formative assessment tool for Masters students: A pilot study.?Computers and Education,?54(4), 1248-1253.Delizée, A. (2011). A global rating scale for the summative assessment of pragmatic translation at Masters level: an attempt to combine academic and professional criteria. Perspectives on Translation Quality, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, 9-24.Dunne, M. (2014). Addressing the Cinderella Area: using Masters level study to support Secondary English trainee teachers in developing effective teaching and assessment of speaking and listening. English in Education, 48(1), 93-107.Dunne, M. (2013). Unpicking The Myth Of “The Test”: Using Masters’ Level Investigations To Develop Trainees Teachers’ Understanding Of Effective Assessment For Learning. UCLan Journal of Pedagogic Research, 3.Hasrati, M. (2013). Why bother about writing a Masters dissertation? Assumptions of faculty and Masters students in an Iranian setting.?Asia Pacific Education Review,?14(3), 455-465.Jasper, M.A. and Fulton, J. (2005). Marking criteria for assessing practice-based portfolios at masters’ level. Nurse Education Today, 25(5), 377-389.McSherry, R. and Duggan, S. (2015). Involving carers in the teaching, learning and assessment of masters students.?Nurse Education in Practice.Maisch, M. (2003) ‘Restructuring a master’s degree dissertation as a patchwork text’, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 40: 2, 194–201.Marshall, T., Taylor, B., Hothersall, E. and Pérez-Martín, L. (2011). Plagiarism: a case study of quality improvement in a taught postgraduate programme. Medical teacher, 33(7), e375-e381.Miloslavskaya, N. and Tolstoy, A. (2015). Professional Competencies Level Assessment for Training of Masters in Information Security. In Information Security Education Across the Curriculum (pp. 135-145). Springer International Publishing.Mirzaee, A. and Hasrati, M. (2014). The role of written formative feedback in inducing non-formal learning among masters students.?Teaching in Higher Education,?19(5), 555-564.Naudé, M. (2010). E-Portfolios: A Case Example from Masters Level Business Students. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education: JOBE, 3, 45.O'Brien, L. (2012).?An investigation into the use made of written feedback by Taiwanese masters students on disciplinary coursework writing?(Doctoral dissertation, University of Reading).de los Ríos Carmenado, I., Díaz-Puente, J.M. and Blanco, J.L.Y. (2011). The integration of project competences within the post-graduate programme: a case study of the International Masters in Rural Development Agris Mundus. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences,15, 96-110.Samkange, W. (2012). Analysing Research Methodologies: A case study of Masters of Education in Educational Management Dissertations at the Zimbabwe Open University.?International Journal of Social Sciences and Education,?2(4).Seymour, D. (2005) ‘Learning outcomes and assessment: Developing assessment criteria for masters-level dissertations’, Brookese Journal of Learning and Teaching, 1: 2. Available at Tas, M. and Forsythe, S. (2010). Strategies to Support PGCE Mathematics and Science Students Preparing for Assignments at Masters Level. Teacher Advancement Network Journal, 1(1).Wakimoto, D.K. and Lewis, R.E. (2014) ‘Graduate student perceptions of eportfolios: Uses for reflection, development, and assessment’, Internet and Higher Education, 21, 53–8.Wharton, S. (2003) ‘Defining appropriate criteria for the assessment of master's level TESOL Assignments’, Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 28: 6, 649Zafarghandi, A.M., Khoshroo, F. and Barkat, B. (2012). An investigation of Iranian EFL Masters students' perceptions of plagiarism.?International Journal for Educational Integrity,?8(2).Employability, Professional DevelopmentAlkhateeb F.M., Clauson, K.A. and Latif, D.A. (2012). Availability and Perceived Value of Masters of Business Administration Degree Programs in Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management.?American journal of pharmaceutical education,?76(4).Allen, D.E. and Idlebird, J.L. (2012). Evidence That Masters of Business Administration (Mba) Students Are Better Prepared for Corporate Strategic Planning Than Masters of Science in Accounting (Msa) Students.?American Journal of Educational Studies,?5(1), 51.Artess, J., Ball, C., Forbes, P. and Hughes, T. (2014) Taught Postgraduate Employability and Employer Engagement: Masters with a Purpose. HECSU Report. Available at Association of American Geographers (2013) Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography. Available at Balogh, Z.E. (2012). Structural engineering masters level education framework of knowledge for the needs of initial professional practice (Doctoral dissertation, Colorado State University).Banville, D., White, C.S. and Fox, R.K. (2011). Physical Education Teachers' Professional Development During Advanced Masters Coursework. In Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport?(Vol. 82, No. 1, pp. A33-A34). 1900 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091 USA: Amer Alliance Health Phys Educ Rec and Dance.Bentil, K.K. (2012). Contemporary construction management graduate education: an industry-developed masters programme. The Organisation and Management of Construction: Shaping Theory and Practice, 3, 287-295.Bryan, H. and Blunden, J. (2013). The place of community in professional development: a study of newly qualified teachers and newly appointed heads of department engaged in the Masters in Teaching and Learning.?Journal of Education for Teaching,?39(1), 9-20.Bullen, C.R. and Reeve, J. (2011). Turning postgraduate students’ research into publications: a survey of New Zealand masters in public health students.?Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 1010539511417998.Chinamasa, E. and Maphosa, C. (2012). Technological Andragogy: Case of Computer Application Skills Development by Masters Students at a University of Technology in Zimbabwe.?Journal of Social Science,?33(3), 315-322.Constantine, M. and Carpenter, D.C. (2012). Bringing Masters' level skills to the clinical setting: What is the experience like for graduates of the Master of Science in manual therapy programme?. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 28(8), 595-603.Dixon, H. and Ward, G. (2015). The Value of Masters Study to Teachers’ Professional Practice: Contradictory Discourses within the Workplace. Australian Journal of Teacher Education,?40(2), 4.Fletcher, E.C., Lasonen, J.L. and Hernandez-Gantes, V.M. (2013). Opening Doors for Career Advancement: Masters’ Students Insight on Program Participation.?International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology (IJAVET),?4(4), 38-54.Fletcher, E. and Hernandez-Gantes, V. (2011). The status of career and technical education masters programs in the United States. Proceedings from the Association for Career and Technical Education Research Conference. St. Louis, MO.Gauthier, A.D. (2014).?Factors Influencing the Decision to Join a Professional Association by Students in Student Affairs Masters Programs?(Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University of Pennsylvania).Gillani, I.G., Afzal, A. and Bashir, A. (2012). An analysis of the factors influencing the vocational decision making of female students at masters level in university.?Decision Making,?2(2).Gorkovaya, I.A. and Bakanova, A.A. (2015). The Role of Motivational and Meaning Component of Education in the Formation of Competence of Masters Psychologists.?Psychological Science and Education,?20(1), 5-14.Hizhynska, T. (2015). Professional training programs of masters in adult education at universities of Germany.?Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 5(1), 98-104.Krahn, S.L., Kosson, D.S. and Clarke, J.H. (2011). A Revolutionary Masters Degree Curriculum in Nuclear Environmental Engineering.?Transactions of the American Nuclear Society,?105(127), 2011.Liu, W.J. and Tang, L.H. (2013). Double-tutor Training Mechanism Exploration on Professional Masters’ Degree of Engineering Combined with Academic. Journal of Educational Science of Hunan Normal University,?4, 018.Mahnovskа, I.R. (2013). Organisation of professional training masters students for nursing in credit modal system. Вектор науки, 150. (English Abstract) McCullough, F. and Micklewright, A. (2014). Dietitians Meet the NHS Agenda for Improved Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes through Nutrition Support Study as a Module Masters Level-A Preliminary Report. Journal of Nutritional Health and Food Science, 1(1), 4.McEwen, L., Monk, J., Hay, I, Kneale, P.E. and King, H. (2008) ‘Strength in diversity: Enhancing learning in vocationally-orientated, master’s level courses’, Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 32: 1, 101–19.McKay, K. (2015).?Sexuality education within masters of social work programs (Doctoral dissertation, Widener University).Montgomery, K. and Byrne, S.K. (2010). How Doctoral-Level Advanced Practice Roles Differ From Masters-Level Advanced Practice Nursing Roles. Role Development for Doctoral Advanced Nursing Practice, 99.Moselen, C. (2011).?Is it all just Google? The research behaviour of education masters students?(Doctoral dissertation, ResearchSpace@ Auckland).Mulina, O.N. (2014). The passport and the program of innovative competence development with bachelors and masters of education.?World of Scientific Discoveries/V Mire Nauchnykh Otkrytiya,?54(7).Perry, J., Green, A. and Harrison, K. (2011). The impact of Masters education in manual and manipulative therapy and the ‘knowledge acquisition model’. Manual Therapy, 16(3), 285-290.Pilkien?, S. (2014). Manifestation of generalist and specialist conceptions in skills acquired by Masters in education science.?Applied Research in Health and Social Sciences: Interface and Interaction/Sveikatos ir Socialiniu Mokslu Taikomieji Tyrimai: Sandura ir Saveika,?11(1).Piotrowski, C. and Hemasinha, R. (2012). Career Path Decisions of Masters-Level Mathematics Students: A Comparative Review. College Student Journal, 46(4), 823-828.Ramírez, C., Reyna, M., García, A. and Ortiz, X. (2011). The scientific training of graduates from three masters of science degree programs: a ten year follow up (1999-2009). Available at , D. and Denby, Y. (2014). The Interprofessional Master: what should interprofessional education look like at Masters level?. In All Together Better Health VII International Interprofessional Conference 6–8 June 2014, P1‐10.Rushton, A. and Lindsay, G. (2010). Defining the construct of masters level clinical practice in manipulative physiotherapy. Manual Therapy, 15(1), 93-99.Sachinis, M. (2011). Curriculum renewal in Greek taught postgraduate translation courses: aligning student needs and translation market requirements (Doctoral dissertation, Imperial College London).Walsh, S.P. and Tucker, K. (2011). The Perspectives of Students Undertaking Masters' Degrees by Coursework on Career Development Learning.?Australian Journal of Career Development,?20(2), 42-47.Wang, X, (2012). Cultivation Model Design of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Professional Masters - A Case Study on New Huadu Business School of Minjiang University.?Journal of Minjiang University,?4, 019.Weber, J.B., Alberú, P.S. and de los ?ngeles Ortíz, M. (2012). MADEMS: A high school physics teacher masters degree program.?Latin-American Journal of Physics Education Vol,?1(326), 6.Yermentaeyeva, A., Turgunbayeva, B., Bazarbekova, R., Nurtayev, E. and Bekzhanova, B. (2014). Specific Features of Masters Students Professional Development.?Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences,?116, 4764-4769.Zheng, G., Zhao, G., Liu, J. and Li, D. (2012). Research on Bachelors-masters Degree Training Mode in Biotechnology Professional of Local Colleges and Universities.?The Guide of Science and Education,?11, 092.Discipline ExamplesCampion, N. and Malville, J.M. (2011). Masters-level education in archaeoastronomy at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 7(S278), 357-363.Darrow, W.W., Silva-Suárez, G. and Sebekos, E. (2011, June). Ethics, Principles, Practices, and Issues in Public and Sexual Health: The Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Masters-Level University Course. Journal of Sexual Medicine Vol. 8, pp. 283-283. EMT (2014) European Master’s in Translation. Available at Gosselin, D.C. (2013). Laboratory earth: the foundation for an integrated, on-line, graduate-level, science for educators Masters program. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs (Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 795).MHPE (2014) Masters in Health Professionals Education, Syllabi. Available at MS-GIST (2014a) Masters of Science in Geographic Information Systems Technology. University of Arizona. Available at Nadash, P., Miller, E.A., Porell, F.W., Birchander, E., Glickman, L. and Burr, J.A. (2014). Expanding Access to Gerontological Education via Distance Learning: The Management of Aging Services Masters Program at UMass Boston. Gerontology and Geriatrics Education, 35(2), 115-133.Quintana, J. (2011). Masters degree in veterinary medicine and animal husbandry (professionalizing master’s degree-poultry area).?EDULEARN11 Proceedings, 3383-3385.Solomon, A.D. (2012). On a new masters level program in software engineering. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 37(5), 1-3.Tekian, A. and Harris, I. (2012). Preparing health professions education leaders worldwide: A description of masters-level programs. Medical Teacher, 34(1), 52-58.Xian-jie, L.I.U. (2011). Accelerating the Development of the Agricultural Extension Masters Degree Education and Training High-level Application Talents - Take Dalian Ocean University as an Example. Journal of Changchun University of Science and Technology (Social Sciences Edition), 3, 049.Zarrouk, S.J. (2012). The challenges of running specialised taught courses: The geothermal postgraduate course, university of Auckland. In Profession of Engineering Education: Advancing Teaching, Research and Careers: 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Association for Engineering Education 2012, (p. 88). Engineers Australia.International PerspectivesBa?evi?, J. (2010). Masters or servants? Power and discourse in Serbian higher education reform. Social Anthropology, 18(1), 43-56.Bennett, M.Z., Faltin, L. and Wright, M. (2010) ‘Critical thinking and international master’s students’, Discourse, 3, 63–94.Boughton, M.A., Halliday, L.E. and Brown, L. (2010). A tailored program of support for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nursing students in a graduate entry Masters of Nursing course: A qualitative evaluation of outcomes.?Nurse Education in Practice,?10(6), 355-360.Bowker, D. (2013). Negotiating understanding and agreement in masters supervision meetings with international students–okay?.?Opening New Lines of Communication in Applied Linguistics, 83.Brown, L. (2007) ‘A consideration of the challenges involved in supervising international masters students’, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31: 3, 239–48.Cadman, K. (2000) Voices in the air: Evaluations of the learning experiences of international postgraduates and their supervisors’, Teaching in Higher Education, 5: 4, 475–91.Cheu, R., Ferregut, C., Bina, L., Novakova, H., Horak, T., Novak, A., and Aguirre-Covarrubias, S. (2013). Transatlantic Dual Masters Degree Program in Transportation and Logistics Systems: First 2 Years of Implementation.Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2328), 1-8.Chirgwin, S.K. (2015). Burdens too difficult to carry? A case study of three academically able Indigenous Australian Masters students who had to withdraw.?International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education,?28(5), 594-609.Clarke, G. and Lunt, I. (2014) International Comparisons in Postgraduate Education: Quality, Access and Employment Outcomes. Report to HEFCE. Available at Coates, N. and Dickinson, J. (2012) ‘Meeting international postgraduate student needs: A programme-based model for learning and teaching support’, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 49: 3, 295–308.Counsell, J.E. (2011). How effectively and consistently do international postgraduate students apply the writing strategies they have been taught in a generic skills based course to their subsequent discipline based studies? Journal of Academic Language and Learning, 5(1), A1-A17.Durkin, K. (2008) ‘The adaptation of East Asian masters students to western norms of critical thinking and argumentation in the UK’, Intercultural Education, 19: 1, 15–27.Feng, L. (2010). Sustainablility Education Curricula: Three Case Study Masters Programmes in England and China (Doctoral dissertation, University of Sheffield).Graves, R., Remedios, J., Tramutoli, V., Gil, A. and Cuca, B. (2014, May). A European Collaborative EO Summer School for the Education of Undergraduate and Masters Level Students-FORMAT-EO. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (Vol. 16, p. 14586).He, K. (2012). Graduate Education in China. Available at Hu, J. (2011). Exploration of a new approach for designing online English language learning materials: A case study in supporting the academic reading of international masters degree students in a British university. Computer Science and Education (ICCSE), 2011 6th International Conference on (pp. 1041-1046). IEEE.Hu, J. (2010).?An investigation into designing online language learning materials to support the academic reading of international Masters degree students (Doctoral dissertation, University of Warwick).Idris, A.Y. (2011).?Investigating the effects of the supervisor's feedback on international Masters students' dissertation writing outcomes in the UK (Doctoral dissertation, University of Warwick).Krentler, K.A. and Caruana, A. (2011). An International Collaborative Masters Degree in Integrated Marketing Communications: A US-EU program in the Mediterranean.?Cases on Innovations in Educational Marketing: Transnational and Technological Strategies: Transnational and Technological Strategies, 118.Larrán Jorge, M., Andrades Pe?a, F.J. and Muriel de los Reyes, M.J. (2015). Factors Influencing the Presence of Ethics and CSR Stand-alone Courses in the Accounting Masters Curricula: An International Study.?Accounting Education, 1-22.Leung, W.S., Coulter, D.A., Moes, C.C.M. and Horvath, I. (2012, November). Reflections on delivering a cross-discipline, cross-cultural, international, masters-level collaborative course using e-Learning technologies. In Proceedings of the 14th annual conference on world wide web applications, 7-9 November 2012, Durban, South Africa. Cape Peninsula University of Technology.Lin, X.H. (2010).?A collective case study of the acquisition of disciplinary enculturation among masters students in an English department in Taiwan (Doctoral dissertation, Master Thesis. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology).Meghe, S.D., Zahiruddin, Q.S., Gaidhane, A., Behere, P.B. and Mail, I.D. (2013). Masters of public health education in India: Current scenario and future prospect.?Health,?1(4), 99-103.Morgan, M. (2015). Study expectations of different domiciled Postgraduate-Taught students in a UK post-1992-institution. Quality Assurance in Education, 23(3).Morgan, H.A. and Schaefer, l.N. (2011, October). First year experiences in a new international dual Masters degree program in volcanology/geotechniques. In?2011 GSA Annual Meeting in Minneapolis.Pereira, D., Recio, M., Perez, A. V., López, S. and Palacios, E. (2015, April). MOOCs to internationalize Masters. A case study at the University of Salamanca. In?EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts?(Vol. 17, p. 123).Rizvi, S. (2010). A transnational approach to educational leadership capacity building: a case study of the masters of education programme at Notre Dame (Doctoral dissertation, Australian Catholic University).Rushton, D. and Duggan, C. (2013). Impact of Culture on Reflective Writing in Masters Level Students. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 93, 956-963.Ryan, Y. and Zuber-Skerritt, O. (1999) Supervising Postgraduates from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds. (Buckingham, UK: Society for Research in Higher Education and Open University Press).Sedgley, M.T. (2015).?Learning journeys with international Masters students in UK higher education?(Doctoral dissertation, University of Bradford).Tian, M. and Lowe, J. (2013). The role of feedback in cross-cultural learning: a case study of Chinese taught postgraduate students in a UK university. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 38(5), 580-598.Timm, A. (2012). What is it Like to Study for an Undergraduate Degree in India? Some Potential Implications for the Transition into Taught Postgraduate Programmes Abroad. Transnational Higher Education in the Asian Context, 161.Turner, Y. (2006) ‘Students from mainland China and critical thinking in postgraduate business and management degrees: Teasing out tensions of culture style and substance’, International Journal of Management Education, 5: 1, 3–12.Watkins, D. (2011). The influence of Masters education on the professional lives of British and German nurses and the further professionalization of nursing. Journal of ADVANCED NURSING, 67(12), 2605-2614.Wilson, D.W. (2015).?A Phenomenological Study on a Masters of Business Administration Degree from the Perspectives of Multinational Managers (Doctoral dissertation, Colorado Technical University).Learning and Teaching StrategiesAdomi, E.E. (2010). Screen reading behaviour of LIS masters degree students in Nigerian universities.? The Journal of Library and Information Management,?1(2), 48-54.Ayub, M., Shamim, K.M. and Shahana, N. (2014). Needs Assessment of Anatomy for the Gastroenterology Masters Course among Teachers, Practitioners and Students: Coverage of Topics other than Topographic Anatomy.?Bangladesh Journal of Anatomy,?11(2), 62-67.Bell, J. (2012). Introducing problem-based learning as a learning strategy for Masters students.?Practitioner Research in Higher Education,?6(1), 3-11.Benade, S. and Callaghan, R. (2015). The Value of Preparation in a Systems Engineering Masters Module: A Longitudinal Case Study.?Systems Engineering,?18(2), 131-145.Bennett, S. and Barker, T. (2012). Using Peer Assessment and Electronic Voting to Improve Practical Skills in Masters Students.?Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on e-Learning, 53.BER?GEL, M. and KARAL, H. (2011). Students’ Adoption of Distance Education Environments: an Action Research of a Non-Thesis Masters’ Program. Journal of Kirsehir Education Faculty, 12(2).Borycki, E.M., Frisch, N., Kushniruk, A.W., McIntyre, M. and Hutchinson, D. (2012). Integrating Experiential Learning into a Double Degree Masters Program in Nursing and Health Informatics. In?NI 2012: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics?(Vol. 2012). American Medical Informatics Association.Bovill, C., Aitken, G., Hutchison, J., Morrison, F., Roseweir, K., Scott, A. and Sotannde, S. (2010). Experiences of learning through collaborative evaluation from a masters programme in professional education. International Journal for Academic Development, 15(2), 143-154. Brooks, C. (2010). Writing at Masters Level. In Studying PGCE Geography at M level. Brooks, C. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 166-176 11 pBrown, C.A., Halabi, M.L., MacDonald, K., Campbell, L. and Guenette, R. (2011). Photographic media for pain expression: Situated learning with graduate-entry masters students to develop skills in applying theory-to-practice. Creative Education,?2(02), 91.Casey, D., Clark, L. and Hayes, S. (2011) Study Skills for Master’s Level Students: A Health and Social Care Workbook (Exeter: Reflect Press).Castle, K. (2010).?Study Skills for your Masters in Teaching and Learning. (Learning Matters, SAGE).Conklin, J., Kyle, T. and Robertson, C. (2013). The essential transformation: How Masters students make sense and learn through transformative change. Management Learning,?44(2), 161-178.Cox, J. (2014). Encouraging and Training Conservatoire Students at Undergraduate and Taught-Postgraduate Level Towards Fluency in the Thought-Processes and Methods of Artistic Research. In Research and Research Education in Music Performance and Pedagogy (pp. 45-64). Springer Netherlands.Davis, J., Beck, H., Eagle, S., Othman, S. and Abler, D. (2011). Making the most of partnership: effectiveness of a collaboratively designed Masters degree program for teacher leaders in elementary mathematics and science education.?ICERI2011 Proceedings, 145-150.Davis, S.W. (2013).?Turning Teaching Inside Out: A Pedagogy of Transformation for Community-Based Education. Palgrave Macmillan.De Jong, N., Verstegen, D.M.L., Tan, F.E.S. and O’connor, S.J. (2013). A comparison of classroom and online asynchronous problem-based learning for students undertaking statistics training as part of a Public Health Masters degree.?Advances in Health Sciences Education,?18(2), 245-264.Dietrich, D. (2012, June). Issues in the Online Training of Masters Students in Counseling: Lessons from Teaching a Counselling Skills Course. In?World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (Vol. 2012, No. 1, pp. 2623-2623).Divan, A. and Mason, S. (2015). A programme-wide training framework to facilitate scientific communication skills development amongst biological sciences Masters students.?Journal of Further and Higher Education, (ahead-of-print), 1-25.Dodman, T., Bird, T. and Hopkins, D. (2014). A Case Study of Developing Suitable Mobile Learning Technology for a Distance Learning Masters Programme.?Advancing Higher Education with Mobile Learning Technologies: Cases, Trends, and Inquiry-Based Methods: Cases, Trends, and Inquiry-Based Methods, 35.Dolog, P., Thomsen, L.L., Thomsen, B. and Stage, J. (2010). Competence Centered Specialization in Web Engineering Topics in a Software Engineering Masters Degree Programme. In?Proceedings of the 1st Educators' Day on Web Engineering Curricula, WECU-2010 in conjunction with International Web Engineering Conference?(pp. 1613-0073).Fen, G.A.O. (2012). Probing into Problems of Writing Approach of Argumentations for In-service Masters of Education: From the Angle of Process Genre Pedagogy.?Higher Education of Social Science,?2(3), 15-21.Forsythe, S. and Tas, M. (2010). A collaborative action research project to support Mathematics and Science PGCE students with Masters level writing. Teacher Advancement Network Journal, 1(2).Furneaux, C.L. (2012) Master’s Level Study in a British Context: Developing Writers. Unpublished EdD Thesis (London: Institute of Education).Gao, Y.J., Yang, Q. and Huang, L. (2012). The Creative Education Mode Exploration for the Engineering Masters.?Journal of Shijiazhuang Tiedao University (Social Science),?1, 022.Gong, X., Qiu, J., Zhang, S., Yang, W. and Jia, Y. (2012). Analysis of the Appliance of Behavior-Oriented Teaching Method in the Education of Computer Science Professional Degree Masters. In?Advanced Information Technology in Education?(pp. 77-82). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.Gregory, D. (2012, June). 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