Thomas Bernard Roche
Biographic Data
| ID | 1248406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Bernard Roche |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Roche |
| SIGNATURE | ROCHE T B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Cross University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3736-7100 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Impact of an Immersive Block Curriculum on Student Achievement and Feedback across Disciplines
With greater diversity in student cohorts globally, higher education institutions are seeking innovative curriculum delivery forms which better serve students’ learning needs and improve their learning experiences. Immersive block models are one such innovation that can make a sustained, positive difference to student outcomes, yet their impact across disciplines is underexplored. This study examined student achievement (N = 92,461) and satisfact…
The Impact of an Immersive Block Model on International Postgraduate Student Success and Satisfaction
International postgraduate students enrich higher education institutions and host societies, contributing economically, socially, and culturally. However, much less is known about how to improve their academic outcomes compared with their undergraduate counterparts. This study explores the impact of a non-traditional form of learning, a six-week immersive block model underpinned by guided, active learning pedagogy, on the academic success, satisf…
Supporting the academic success of underrecognised higher education students through an immersive block model
Immersive block models are an innovative approach to higher education (HE) that engage students over shorter periods of study than traditional semesters and aim to improve students’ academic success through a more focused and active learning experience. These models may be of particular benefit for HE students from cohorts that are historically underrecognised. We investigate this potential by comparing academic achievement (N = 30,108) outcomes …
Creating the conditions for student success through curriculum reform
Outcomes in higher education (HE) are influenced by the learning conditions created for students. The traditional model of HE, where students attend content-focused lectures over 12–15-week semesters, may not provide the conditions that best meet the learning needs of increasingly diverse HE cohorts. This study assessed the extent to which an immersive block model, a non-traditional form of HE delivery that employs active learning pedagogy and en…
Transforming assessment policy
Implications of immersive scheduling for student achievement and feedback
Post-pandemic, many universities are seeking ways to better engage students and support them to stay with and succeed in their studies. Immersive scheduling, whereby students complete units over shorter time periods than the traditional 12–15 week semester or trimester, may be a way to do this and improve academic outcomes at scale. This paper focuses on the impact of an immersive scheduling model at a public Australian university where higher ed…
Transforming lives
This study examines the impact of an Australian enabling program, underpinned by critical pedagogy, on students’ academic and professional success. Qualitative focus group data were collected from individuals who had completed an enabling program at a regional Australian university and progressed to undergraduate study. Quantitative data comparing the academic achievement of enabling and non-enabling students across a six-year period were also an…
Does online engagement matter? The impact of interactive learning modules and synchronous class attendance on student achievement in an immersive delivery model
One Australian public university is radically changing the way it delivers higher education, introducing a 6-week immersive scheduling delivery model across all units and courses. Despite the emerging success of block and immersive models for raising the performance of diverse student cohorts, the design factors underpinning positive outcomes are underexplored. This paper presents a mixed methods study of the impact and value of student engagemen…
Sur la piste du cartulaire dépecé du prieuré de Perrecy-les-Forges
L’étude des fragments de manuscrits conservés dans les bibliothèques patrimoniales, par l’identification des membra disjecta ou la quête des folia fugitiva, constitue de longue date une activité fondamentale des codicologues et des paléographes. Connue désormais sous le terme de « fragmentologie », elle connaît aujourd’hui un développement nourri des possibilités apportées par le numérique, régulièrement mises en avant lors de conférences interna…
TheHijabandNiqab
Debates about Islamic veiling practices often focus on legal aspects of wearing the hijab and niqab and the recent banning, actual and proposed, of the veil in several countries has received substantial media coverage. This ethnographic research paper adds to the discussion by providing insight into the views of women from the Sultanate of Oman, using questionnaire and interview data to examine their understanding of and beliefs about laws relati…
The Dialogic Fashioning of Women's Dress in the Sultanate of Oman
This paper provides a brief introduction to women's dress practices in the Sultanate of Oman. We explore women's clothing practices as dialogues with religious and regional communities. Our introduction provides concrete examples of how dress practices from neighbouring communities, such as coastal Iran, neighbouring India, and the East African island of Zanzibar, have been appropriated and reformulated to express regional Omani identities. We di…
Interwoven
Quality of graduate productivity in sociology as measured by the citation index
Frequency of Citations as Criterion for the Ranking of Departments, Journals, and Individuals
Interest in the structure and dynamics of sociology as a discipline has led to recurrent attempts to measure the prestige, productivity, and quality of education of the various sociology departments. While several previous papers have suggested the potential value of the Science Citation Index (SCI) as a measure of scientific standing, few attempts have been made to utilize a citation-based measure of scientific prestige. This paper considers the…
Frequency of Citations as Criterion for the Ranking of Departments, Journals, and Individuals
Interest in the structure and dynamics of sociology as a discipline has led to recurrent attempts to measure the prestige, productivity, and quality of education of the various sociology departments. While several previous papers have suggested the potential value of the Science Citation Index (SCI) as a measure of scientific standing, few attempts have been made to utilize a citation-based measure of scientific prestige. This paper considers the…
The Dialogic Fashioning of Women's Dress in the Sultanate of Oman
This paper provides a brief introduction to women's dress practices in the Sultanate of Oman. We explore women's clothing practices as dialogues with religious and regional communities. Our introduction provides concrete examples of how dress practices from neighbouring communities, such as coastal Iran, neighbouring India, and the East African island of Zanzibar, have been appropriated and reformulated to express regional Omani identities. We di…
Interwoven
Quality of graduate productivity in sociology as measured by the citation index
Frequency of Citations as Criterion for the Ranking of Departments, Journals, and Individuals
Interest in the structure and dynamics of sociology as a discipline has led to recurrent attempts to measure the prestige, productivity, and quality of education of the various sociology departments. While several previous papers have suggested the potential value of the Science Citation Index (SCI) as a measure of scientific standing, few attempts have been made to utilize a citation-based measure of scientific prestige. This paper considers the…
Quality of graduate productivity in sociology as measured by the citation index
Interwoven
The Dialogic Fashioning of Women's Dress in the Sultanate of Oman
This paper provides a brief introduction to women's dress practices in the Sultanate of Oman. We explore women's clothing practices as dialogues with religious and regional communities. Our introduction provides concrete examples of how dress practices from neighbouring communities, such as coastal Iran, neighbouring India, and the East African island of Zanzibar, have been appropriated and reformulated to express regional Omani identities. We di…
TheHijabandNiqab
Debates about Islamic veiling practices often focus on legal aspects of wearing the hijab and niqab and the recent banning, actual and proposed, of the veil in several countries has received substantial media coverage. This ethnographic research paper adds to the discussion by providing insight into the views of women from the Sultanate of Oman, using questionnaire and interview data to examine their understanding of and beliefs about laws relati…
Sur la piste du cartulaire dépecé du prieuré de Perrecy-les-Forges
L’étude des fragments de manuscrits conservés dans les bibliothèques patrimoniales, par l’identification des membra disjecta ou la quête des folia fugitiva, constitue de longue date une activité fondamentale des codicologues et des paléographes. Connue désormais sous le terme de « fragmentologie », elle connaît aujourd’hui un développement nourri des possibilités apportées par le numérique, régulièrement mises en avant lors de conférences interna…
Transforming lives
This study examines the impact of an Australian enabling program, underpinned by critical pedagogy, on students’ academic and professional success. Qualitative focus group data were collected from individuals who had completed an enabling program at a regional Australian university and progressed to undergraduate study. Quantitative data comparing the academic achievement of enabling and non-enabling students across a six-year period were also an…
Does online engagement matter? The impact of interactive learning modules and synchronous class attendance on student achievement in an immersive delivery model
One Australian public university is radically changing the way it delivers higher education, introducing a 6-week immersive scheduling delivery model across all units and courses. Despite the emerging success of block and immersive models for raising the performance of diverse student cohorts, the design factors underpinning positive outcomes are underexplored. This paper presents a mixed methods study of the impact and value of student engagemen…
Implications of immersive scheduling for student achievement and feedback
Post-pandemic, many universities are seeking ways to better engage students and support them to stay with and succeed in their studies. Immersive scheduling, whereby students complete units over shorter time periods than the traditional 12–15 week semester or trimester, may be a way to do this and improve academic outcomes at scale. This paper focuses on the impact of an immersive scheduling model at a public Australian university where higher ed…
Transforming assessment policy
The Impact of an Immersive Block Model on International Postgraduate Student Success and Satisfaction
International postgraduate students enrich higher education institutions and host societies, contributing economically, socially, and culturally. However, much less is known about how to improve their academic outcomes compared with their undergraduate counterparts. This study explores the impact of a non-traditional form of learning, a six-week immersive block model underpinned by guided, active learning pedagogy, on the academic success, satisf…
Supporting the academic success of underrecognised higher education students through an immersive block model
Immersive block models are an innovative approach to higher education (HE) that engage students over shorter periods of study than traditional semesters and aim to improve students’ academic success through a more focused and active learning experience. These models may be of particular benefit for HE students from cohorts that are historically underrecognised. We investigate this potential by comparing academic achievement (N = 30,108) outcomes …
Creating the conditions for student success through curriculum reform
Outcomes in higher education (HE) are influenced by the learning conditions created for students. The traditional model of HE, where students attend content-focused lectures over 12–15-week semesters, may not provide the conditions that best meet the learning needs of increasingly diverse HE cohorts. This study assessed the extent to which an immersive block model, a non-traditional form of HE delivery that employs active learning pedagogy and en…
The Impact of an Immersive Block Curriculum on Student Achievement and Feedback across Disciplines
With greater diversity in student cohorts globally, higher education institutions are seeking innovative curriculum delivery forms which better serve students’ learning needs and improve their learning experiences. Immersive block models are one such innovation that can make a sustained, positive difference to student outcomes, yet their impact across disciplines is underexplored. This study examined student achievement (N = 92,461) and satisfact…
Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Higher education (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Evaluation of Teaching Practices (4 works) · Curriculum (3 works)