Enhancing teaching in higher education : new approaches for improving student learning
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Enhancing teaching in higher education : new approaches for improving student learning
Routledge, 2005
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book brings together a collection of ground-breaking research and tested techniques in the field of learning and teaching in higher education.
It provides an accessible, authoritative account of the latest developments, outlining how to apply learning theory and best practice to everyday teaching and providing advice on overcoming problems of implementation.
Evidence is drawn from funded projects and innovative practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds and covers areas including approaches to learning, working with students, enhancing the progress and development of students and supporting and developing your own practice.
Enhancing Teaching in Higher Education sums up the state of learning and teaching in higher education today and is a reliable source of advice and ideas for new as well as experienced lecturers wanting to improve their students' learning.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Reflecting (and Deciding) Upon Approaches to Learning 1. Ingredients For Effective Learning: the Learning Combination Lock, Colin Beard and John Wilson 2. Learning Through Work-Based Learning, David Major 3. Interactive Teaching And Learning: Exploring and Reflecting on our Practices, Anne Huntington Part 2: Working Directly with Students 4. Using Concepts Maps In Teaching And Learning, Jane Fox and Dot Morrison 5. Facilitating Tutorials In Problem-based Learning : the Students' Perspective, Teena Clouston 6. Developing Students' Skills In Groups And Teamworking: Moving Experience into Critical Reflection, Peter Hartley 7. Learning To Learn Online: how to ensure that more learners benefit from new online pedagogies, Gwynneth Hughes 8. Working With Blended Learning, Jo Hamilton-Jones 9. Facilitating Students Towards Self-Directed Learning, Julie-Anne Regan Part 3: Enhancing Student Progression and Development10. Progression In Higher Education - a Study of Learning as Represented in Level Descriptors, Jenny Moon 11. Developing The Keynote Interactive Guide To Personal Development Planning, Jenny Phillips 12. Learning About Employability, Elizabeth McFarlane Part 4: Supporting and Developing Staff 13. Research Into Practice: Learning by Doing, John Shaw 14. Learning To Teach With Technology, Vivien Sieber 15. Online Staff Development: Using the Web to Enhance Teacher Autonomy and Student Learning, Peter Mangan and Uma Patel 16. Inclusive Learning In Higher Education: the Impact of Policy Changes, Alan Hurst 17. Reframing Equality Of Opportunity Training, Glynis Cousin
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