JNUSTA: A journal to facilitate inter-disciplinary learning

Abstract

Welcome to the first issue of the Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy. JNUSTA is named for the National University of Singapore’s recently established think tank, the NUS Teaching Academy. What we have in mind for this new quarterly journal is that it will serve the international teaching community by creating and nurturing “a global network of academics and educators who will discuss ongoing changes and future trends in tertiary education”. We intend JNUSTA to serve as a resource for educators to share their experiences and knowledge for the benefit of others. To that end, the journal will not be discipline specific. Rather, in striving to be inter-disciplinary, we are confident that it will allow us to make connections with, and learn from, one another. For example, the teaching and assessment of professionalism, ethics, and communication skills have long been emphasised in medical, dental and legal education, but have perhaps only more recently become important in some other fields. These same professional schools have, however, sometimes neglected the critical, questioning attitude fostered in liberal arts education. Clearly, we have much to learn from one another. (Abstract taken from first paragraph of document)