A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice
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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 contextsPart 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 practiceWritten 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.
ContributorsAcknowledgements1A user's guide12Understanding student learning93Organizing teaching and learning: outcomes-based planning264Principles of student assessment425Encouraging student motivation626Lecturing for learning757Teaching and learning in small groups918Supervising projects and dissertations1059Teaching and learning for student skills development12110Supporting learning from experience13411Virtual space, real learning: an introduction to VLEs14812Supporting student learning16213Assuring quality and standards in teaching18214The evaluation of teaching20015Reflective practice21516Observation of teaching22617Teaching portfolios24218Key aspects of teaching and learning in experimental sciences and engineering25519Key aspects of teaching and learning in information and computer sciences27820Key aspects of teaching and learning in arts, humanities and social sciences30121Key aspects of teaching and learning in nursing and midwifery32422Key aspects of teaching and learning in languages34423Key aspects of teaching and learning in medicine and dentistry36624Key aspects of teaching and learning in accounting, business and management39125Key aspects of teaching and learning in mathematics and statistics413Glossary432Index441
