Jane Burdett
University of South Australia
10 Papers
31 Citations
Jane Burdett is an academic researcher from University of South Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Group work. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 10 publications.
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Papers
Making Groups Work: University Students' Perceptions
Jane Burdett
- 01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: This article explored the perceptions of final year university business students of their formal group work experiences and found that group work has many benefits for effective learning while also preparing graduates for future work, however, group work often elicits a mixed reception from participants.
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Engaging international students: An analysis of the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) reports
Jane Burdett,Joanna Crossman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used a thematic analysis approach to explore internationalisation in 14 AUQA audit reports published between 2006 and 2010, and identified three key areas arising from AUQAs audit reports that form a basis for discussion.
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Predicting Satisfaction with Group Work Assignments
Jane Burdett,Brianne Hastie +1 more
TL;DR: Burdett et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated factors that may predict student satisfaction with group work at university and found that perceptions of learning and feelings of group-based achievement contributed most to satisfaction.
Degrees of separation — balancing intervention and independence in group work assignments
TL;DR: The authors conducted a qualitative study with ten university academics about their use and management of group assignments and found that positive experiences and outcomes can be undermined when staff expectations of group work are at odds with student reality, particularly when academics try to distance themselves from student group problems or intervene retrospectively.
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Students achieving intercultural competence through group work: realised or idealised?
TL;DR: This article explored local and international business students' perceptions of their intercultural group work experience as a mechanism for developing intercultural competence and group work skills and found that international and local students working together on group assignments create social and academic situations that result in limited positive intercultural learning and relationships.
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