A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice

Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge, Stephanie Marshall9780749438777, 0-7494-3877-0

Handbook for those developing their expertise and understanding of teaching in higher education. Provides a foundation in the relevant pedagogic principles and research. Updated and revised to reflect the rapid changes in higher education; such as greater use of technology in teaching and widening student diversity. Previous ed: c1999. Hardcover, softcover available from the publisher.

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Table of contents :
@Team LiB……Page 0
Contents……Page 6
Contributors……Page 8
Acknowledgements……Page 14
1 A user’s guide……Page 16
Part 1
Development
of practice……Page 22
2 Understanding
student learning……Page 24
3 Organizing
teaching and
learning: outcomesbased
planning……Page 41
4 Principles of
student assessment……Page 57
5 Encouraging
student motivation……Page 77
6 Lecturing for
learning……Page 90
7 Teaching and
learning in small
groups……Page 106
8 Supervising projects
and dissertations……Page 120
9 Teaching and
learning for student
skills development……Page 136
10 Supporting learning
from experience……Page 149
11 Virtual space, real
learning: an
introduction to
VLEs……Page 163
12 Supporting student
learning……Page 177
13
Assuring quality
and standards in
teaching……Page 197
14 The evaluation of
teaching……Page 215
Part 2
Development of the
academic for teaching
and learning……Page 228
15 Reflective practice……Page 230
16 Observation of
teaching……Page 241
17 Teaching portfolios……Page 257
Part 3
Working in
discipline-specific areas……Page 268
18 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
experimental
sciences and
engineering……Page 270
19 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
information and
computer sciences……Page 293
20 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in arts,
humanities and
social sciences……Page 316
21 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in nursing
and midwifery……Page 339
22 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
languages……Page 359
23 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
medicine and
dentistry……Page 381
24 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
accounting, business
and management……Page 406
25 Key aspects of
teaching and
learning in
mathematics and
statistics……Page 428
Glossary……Page 447
Index……Page 456