1st Edition

Inspiring Students Case Studies on Teaching Required Courses

Edited By Kemel Ahmet, Stephen Fallows Copyright 1999
    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    192 Pages
    by Routledge

    This text looks at the problems of teaching HE students whose main interest and discipline lies elsewhere. Contributors describe strategies they have developed to inspire students and case studies are used to transfer key ideas to other teachers.

    Chapter 1 Inspiring Students, Stephen Fallows, Kemal Ahmet; Chapter 2 Experiential Learning Through Practicals, Kemal Ahmet, Stephen Fallows; Chapter 3 Teaching Science to Non-science Students Using a Student-centred Classroom, Calvin S Kalman; Chapter 4 Problem-based Learning, Peter Ommundsen; Chapter 5 Enhancing Motivation and Learning Through Collaboration and the Use of Problems, John R Savery; Chapter 6 Simulation in Management Education, Mark W Teale; Chapter 7 Inspiring Students in a Health Studies Programme, Andréa Riesch Toepell; Chapter 8 Introductionducing Computing and Information Systems, Jonathan Lean, Terry Mangles, Jonathan Moizer; Chapter 9 Introductionducing Communication Skills, Susan Nichols; Chapter 10 Library and Information Skills for the Reluctant Student, Carol Primrose; Chapter 11 Communication Skills Using Legal, Ethical and Professional Issues, AC Lynn Zelmer; Chapter 12 Mathematics Appreciation, Josefina Alvarez; Chapter 13 Working with Students to Enhance an Unpopular Course, Anne Arnold, John Truran; Chapter 14 Student-led Investigations to Introductionduce Statistics, Graham Clarke; Chapter 15 Work-based Assessments to Improve Learning, John Flynn; Chapter 16 The Biology of Numbers, Philip Hammond, Jim Aiton, Gareth Hughes, Ian Nimmo; Chapter 17 Introductionducing an Interdisciplinary Course, Balasubramanyam Chandramohan; Chapter 18 The 'Art' in Introductionducing Technology to Non-technologists, Ian McPherson; Chapter 19 Editors' Concluding Comments, Stephen Fallows, Kemal Ahmet;

    Biography

    Stephen Fallows, Kemel Ahmet