1st Edition

Crossing Borders in University Learning and Teaching Navigating Hidden Cultures

By Jane Spiro Copyright 2022
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Uncovering aspects of university culture which are often hidden or misunderstood, this book brings together international perspectives, showing the matches and mismatches between experience and expectation, as both staff and student face new academic cultures. Drawing on the stories of students and members of staff in the higher education sector as starting points for analysis, this book... Read more

Chapter One: Crossing study borders: from discomfort to noticing

Chapter Two: Being a student: who am I as a learner?

Chapter Three: Being a higher education teacher: who am I as an educator?

Chapter Four: Ways of learning: how do I learn?

Chapter Five: Ways of knowing: what does it mean to know something?

Chapter Six: Learning events: what happens in learning/teaching events?

Chapter Seven: Learning spaces: how do I experience campus and virtual spaces

Chapter Eight: Kinds of assessment: what do learning and assessment activities mean?

Chapter Nine: Kinds of feedback: what does feedback mean?

Chapter Ten: Crossing study cultures: from noticing to learning maps

Biography

Jane Spiro is Professor in Education and TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK.