A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Description

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 rapid expansion of the use of technology in higher education and widening student diversity, the fully updated and expanded edition includes new material on, for example, 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.

Contents

Contributors

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 design and 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

25. Key aspects of teaching and learning in economics, Liz Barnett

26. Key aspects of teaching and learning in medicine and dentistry, Adam Feather and Heather Fry

27. Key aspects of teaching and learning in nursing and midwifery, Pam Parker and Della Freeth

Part 3 Enhancing personal practice

28. Enhancing personal practice: establishing teaching and learning credentials, Heather Fry and Steve Ketteridge

29. Teaching excellence as a vehicle for career progression, Stephanie Marshall and Gus Pennington

Glossary

Index

Author Bio

Heather Fry is Head of Centre and Reader in Higher and Professional Education, Center for Educational Development, Imperial College London, UK

Steve Ketteridge is Director of Educational and Staff Development, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Stephanie Marshall is Director of Programme Development at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education, UK

Related Subjects

1. Higher Education
2. Post-Compulsory Education
3. Behavioural Management