Title : | A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education : enhancing academic practice | Material Type: | printed text | Authors: | Heather Fry, Editor ; Steve Ketteridge, Editor ; Stephanie Marshall, Editor | Edition statement: | 3rd ed | Publisher: | London, New York : Routledge | Publication Date: | 2009 | Pagination: | xviii, 525 p. | Layout: | ill. | Size: | 26 cm | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-415-43464-5 | General note: | Includes bibliographical references and index | Languages : | English (eng) | Descriptors: | College teaching - Handbooks, manuals, etc
| Class number: | 378.1 | Abstract: | The Handbook is sensitive to the competing demands of teaching, research and scholarship, 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 note: | A user’s guide (Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall); Understanding student learning (Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge and Stephanie Marshall); Encouraging student motivation (Sherria L. Hoskins and Stephen E Newstead); Planning teaching and learning: curriculum design and development (Lorraine Stefani); Lecturing to large groups (Ann Morton); Teaching and learning in small groups (Sandra Griffiths); E-learning – an introduction (Sam Brenton); Teaching and learning for employability: knowledge is not the only outcome (Pauline Kneale); Supporting student learning (David Gosling); Assessing student learning (Lin Norton); Supervising projects and dissertations (Stephanie Marshall); Supervising research students (Steve Ketteridge and Morag Shiach); Teaching quality, standards and enhancement (Judy McKimm); Evaluating courses and teaching (Dai Hounsell); Teaching in the disciplines (Denis Berthiaume); Key aspects of learning and teaching in experimental sciences (Ian Hughes and Tina Overton); Key aspects of teaching and learning in mathematics and statistics (Joe Kyle and Peter Kahn); Key aspects of teaching and learning in engineering (John Dickens and Carol Arlett); Key aspects of teaching and learning in computing science (Gerry McAllister and Sylvia Alexander); Key aspects of teaching and learning in arts, humanities and social sciences (Phillip W Martin); Key aspects of teaching and learning in languages (Carol Gray and John Klapper); Key aspects of teaching and learning in the visual arts (Alison Shreeve, Shân Waring and Linda Drew); Key aspects of teaching and learning: enhancing learning in legal education (Tracey Varnava and Julian Webb); Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management (Ursula Lucas and Peter Milford); Key aspects of teaching and learning in economics (Liz Barnett); Key aspects of teaching and learning in medicine and dentistry (Adam Feather and Heather Fry); Key aspects of teaching and learning in nursing and midwifery (Pam Parker and Della Freeth); Enhancing personal practice: establishing teaching and learning credentials (Heather Fry and Steve Ketteridge); Teaching excellence as a vehicle for career progression (Stephanie Marshall and Gus Pennington) | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=1230 |
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