A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education: enhancing academic practice

The Handbook is sensitive to the competing demands of teaching, research and scholarship, and academic management. Against the contexts, the book focuses on developing professional academic skills for teaching. Dealing with the rapidexpansion of the use of technology in higher education and widening student diversity, the fully updated and expanded edition includes new material on, forexample, e-learning, lecturing to large groups, formative and summative assessment, and supervising research students. Part 1 examines teaching and supervising in higher education, focusing on a range of approaches and contexts Part 2 examines teaching in discipline-specific areas and includes new chapters on engineering, economics , law and the creative and performing arts. Part 3 considers approaches to demonstrating and enhancing practice Written to support the excellence in teaching required to bring about learning of the highest quality, this will be essential reading for all new lecturers, particularly anyone taking an accredited course in teaching and learning in higher education, as well as all those experienced lecturers who wish to improve their teaching. Those working in adult learning and education development will find it a particularly useful resource. INDICE: Acknowledgements Foreword Part I. Teaching, supervising and learning in higher education 1. A user's guide, Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall 2. Understanding student learning, Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall 3. Encouraging student motivation, Sherria L. Hoskins and Stephen E Newstead 4. Planning teaching and learning: curriculum designand development, Lorraine Stefani 5. Lecturing to large groups, Ann Morton 6.Teaching and learning in small groups, Sandra Griffiths 7. E-learning - an introduction, Sam Brenton 8. Teaching and learning for employability: knowledge is not the only outcome, Pauline Kneale 9. Supporting student learning, David Gosling 10. Assessing student learning, Lin Norton 11. Supervising projects and dissertations, Stephanie Marshall 12. Supervising research students, Steve Ketteridge and Morag Shiach 13. Teaching quality, standards and enhancement, Judy McKimm 14. Evaluating courses and teaching, Dai Hounsell Part II Teaching in the disciplines 15. Teaching in the disciplines, Denis Berthiaume 16. Key aspects of learning and teaching in experimental sciences, Ian Hughes and Tina Overton 17. Key aspects of teaching and learning in mathematics and statistics,Joe Kyle and Peter Kahn 18. Key aspects of teaching and learning in engineering, John Dickens and Carol Arlett 19. Key aspects of teaching and learning in computing science, Gerry McAllister and Sylvia Alexander 20. Key aspects of teaching and learning in arts, humanities and social sciences, Phillip W Martin 21. Key aspects of teaching and learning in languages, Carol Gray and John Klapper 22. Key aspects of teaching and learning in the visual arts, Alison Shreeve, Shân Waring and Linda Drew 23. Key aspects of teaching and learning: enhancing learning in legal education, Tracey Varnava and Julian Webb 24. Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management, Ursula Lucas and Peter Milford

• ISBN: 978-0-415-43464-5
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 525
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés