ABSTRACT
While it is common in any discipline to distinguish between two departments, that which deals with the principles or methods of the particular discipline (theory) and that which applies them (practice), this dichotomy in itself is problematic. Practice in higher education usually means the application of educational theory, but it may also be understood as the exercise of the teaching profession in higher education; the whole action or process of learning, teaching, and staff development; or the skills gained from this process and experience.
