Resources for Teaching in Higher Education

Reshaping Doctoral Education

International Approaches and Pedagogies

Edited by Alison Lee, Susan Danby

The number of doctorates being awarded around the world has almost doubled over the last ten years, propelling it from a small elite enterprise into a large and ever growing international market. Within the context of increasing numbers of doctoral students this book examines the new doctorate...

Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge

A Handbook for Doctoral Supervisors

By Nigel Beasley, Stan Taylor

Historically, it has been presumed that being an experienced researcher was enough in itself to guarantee effective supervision. This has always been a dubious presumption and it has become an untenable one in the light of global developments in the doctorate itself and in the candidate population...

Published February 21st 2005 by Routledge

500 Tips for Tutors

2nd Edition

By Sally Brown, Phil Race

This book presents over 500 practical suggestions designed to help tutors establish active learning amongst their students. Divided into useful sections the tips cover the entire range of teaching and learning situations and comprise a 'start anywhere', dip-in resource suitable for both the...

Published November 17th 2004 by Routledge

Helping Doctoral Students Write

Pedagogies for Supervision

By Barbara Kamler, Pat Thomson

This essential guide offers a new approach to doctoral writing, written specifically for doctoral supervisors. Rejecting the DIY websites and manuals that promote a privatised skills-based approach to writing research, Kamler and Thomson offer a new framework for scholarly work to help...

Published July 26th 2006 by Routledge

Working One-to-One with Students

Supervising, Coaching, Mentoring, and Personal Tutoring

By Gina Wisker, Kate Exley, Maria Antoniou, Pauline Ridley

Series: Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education

Working One-to-One with Students is written for Higher Education academics, adjuncts, teaching assistants and research students who are looking for guidance inside and outside the classroom. This book is a jargon-free, practical guide to improving one-to-one teaching, covering a wide range of...

Published June 30th 2007 by Routledge

The Routledge Doctoral Student's Companion

Getting to Grips with Research in Education and the Social Sciences

Edited by Pat Thomson, Melanie Walker

Series: Companions for PhD and DPhil Research

In the contemporary world it is clear that the need to study beyond Masters Level is increasing in importance for a wide range of practitioners in diverse professional settings. Students across the world are choosing doctorates not only to become career academics, but to go beyond the academic...

Published March 30th 2010 by Routledge

The Routledge Doctoral Supervisor's Companion

Supporting Effective Research in Education and the Social Sciences

Edited by Melanie Walker, Pat Thomson

Series: Companions for PhD and DPhil Research

Accompanying The Routledge Doctoral Student’s Companion this book examines what it means to be a doctoral student in education and the social sciences, providing a guide for those supervising students. Exploring the key role and pedagogical challenges that face supervisors in students’ personal...

Published March 30th 2010 by Routledge

Successful Research Supervision

Advising students doing research

By Anne Lee

" a fabulous resource for graduate advisors" Eric Mazur, Harvard University Successful Research Supervision offers a research-based practical framework for academics to be able to examine and further develop their effectiveness as research supervisors. Research supervisors working in all levels of...

Published June 30th 2011 by Routledge