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37
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World Ranking
6207
National Ranking
1005

Overview

Ian M. Kinchin is affiliated with the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom and is active in the domain of social sciences, with a particular focus on education. Their research spans several subfields, most notably education, information systems and management, political science and international relations, human factors and ergonomics, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their recent scholarly output includes publications such as:

  • Five moves towards an ecological university, 2023, Teaching in Higher Education
  • Concept Mapping in the Age of Deleuze: Fresh Perspectives and New Challenges, 2020, Education Sciences

Ian collaborates frequently with other researchers, with notable co-authors including Karen Gravett, Paulo Rogério Miranda Correia, Naomi Winstone, Thiago R. L. C. Paixão, and Emma Medland.

The venues in which Ian M. Kinchin publishes regularly include:

  • Teaching in Higher Education
  • Education Sciences
  • Journal of Biological Education
  • Postdigital Science and Education
  • Higher Education Research & Development

Ian's work addresses a number of key topics such as:

  • Higher Education Practices and Engagement
  • Sustainability in Higher Education
  • Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
  • Evaluation of Teaching Practices
  • Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Digital Education and Society
  • Global Educational Policies and Reforms

The scholar has contributed to book literature published by Bloomsbury, including titles such as How to Mend a University (2024) and Dominant Discourses in Higher Education (2022).

Their research engages with current challenges in higher education, sustainability, and teaching evaluation, often intersecting interdisciplinary approaches to education science and practice.

Best Publications

  • How a qualitative approach to concept map analysis can be used to aid learning by illustrating patterns of conceptual development

    Ian M. Kinchin;David B. Hay;Alan Adams

  • Making learning visible: the role of concept mapping in higher education

    David Hay;Ian Kinchin;Simon Lygo‐Baker

  • Concept mapping in biology

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • If concept mapping is so helpful to learning biology, why aren't we all doing it?

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • Using concept maps to reveal conceptual typologies

    David B. Hay;Ian M. Kinchin

  • Using Concept Maps To Reveal Understanding: A Two-Tier Analysis

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • Using concept mapping to enhance the research interview

    Ian M Kinchin;David Streatfield;David Brian Hay

  • Investigating students' beliefs about their preferred role as learners

    Ian Kinchin

  • Universities as centres of non-learning

    Ian M. Kinchin;Simon Lygo-Baker;David B. Hay

  • Concept Mapping as a Learning Tool in Higher Education: A Critical Analysis of Recent Reviews

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • The evolution of a collaborative concept mapping activity for undergraduate microbiology students

    Ian M. Kinchin;Frans A. A. M. De-Leij;David B. Hay

  • Reconsidering the dimensions of expertise: from linear stages towards dual processing

    Ian M. Kinchin;Lyndon B. Cabot

  • The myth of the research‐led teacher

    Ian M. Kinchin;David B. Hay

  • Avoiding technology‐enhanced non‐learning

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • Using concept maps to optimize the composition of collaborative student groups: a pilot study.

    Ian Kinchin;David Hay

  • Using concept mapping to measure learning quality

    David Hay;Ian Kinchin

  • Effective Teacher-Student Dialogue: A Model from Biological Education.

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • Visualising knowledge structures in biology: discipline, curriculum and student understanding

    Ian M. Kinchin

  • Developing a Peer Observation Program with University Teachers

    Laurie Lomas;Ian Kinchin

  • Peer observation of teaching: The interaction between peer review and developmental models of practice

    Jenny Yiend;Saranne Weller;Ian Kinchin

  • Quantitative and qualitative measures of student learning at university level

    David B. Hay;Harvey Wells;Ian M. Kinchin

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Rienties
Bart Rienties The Open University
Jenny Yiend
Jenny Yiend King's College London
Allison Littlejohn
Allison Littlejohn University College London

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