A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education - Enhancing Academic Practice (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Focused on developing professional academic skills for supporting and supervising student learning and effective teaching, the fifth edition of A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education recognises the complex demands of teaching, research, scholarship and academic management in higher education institutions.

Fully updated to reflect changes in practice and policy, this new edition has been written to enhance excellence in teaching and learning design and support all involved in facilitating a world-class inclusive education. Offering plentiful and rich practical advice, this rigorous and sound introduction to the basics of teaching and learning in higher education draws together a large number of expert authors and a range of global case studies. A definitive guide for anyone working in higher education, this edition:

Offers new chapters covering an inclusive curriculum, the importance of student well-being and the scholarship of teaching and learning

Considers the impact of technological changes on policy and practice

Discusses the use of digital learning environments

Explores how best to engage students in their disciplines and embed skills for employability

The ultimate guide to support all those involved in providing student learning of the highest quality, A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is essential reading for all new lecturers. It will be particularly useful for anyone taking an accredited course in teaching and learning in higher education, as well as more experienced lecturers who wish to improve their teaching practice.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

List of case studies

List of contributors and case study authors

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Patrick Deane

A user’s guide

　

Part 1 The current world of teaching and learning in higher education

Global perspectives on teaching and learning in HE

Stephanie Marshall

National approaches to teaching and learning in HE

Stephanie Marshall

Success as a university lecturer

Stephanie Marshall

　

Part 2 Education, assessment and student support

Lectures, seminars and academic advising

Phil Race

Assessment: new developments in design, marking and feedback

Geoffrey Crisp

Assessment: understanding the basics

Sam Elkington

Student-staff partnerships in teaching and learning

Cherie Woolmer, Elizabeth Marquis, Erin Aspenlieder and Lori Goff

Blended learning

Colin Lumsden, Lucie Byrne-Davies and Karen Scott

The inclusive curriculum

Nona McDuff, Annie Hughes and Sonya Sharma

Embedding skills development into the curriculum

Cecilia Ka Yuk Chan

Supervising undergraduate dissertations

Malcolm J. Todd and Karen Smith

Maximising student learning gain

Camille B. Kandiko Howson

Student well-being

Ruth Caleb

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)

Marian McCarthy

　

Part 3 Teaching and learning in the disciplines

The experimental sciences

Ian Turner

Learning and teaching in chemistry

Tina Overton

Mathematics and statistics

Paola Iannone and Adrian Simpson

The new engineering

Peter Goodhew

The performing arts: dance, drama and music

Paul Kleiman and Celia Duffy

Best practice and innovations in economics education

Parama Chaudhury

Psychology

Julie Hulme

Teaching business, management and accountancy

Dominique A. Greer, Abby Cathcart and Larry Neale

Law

Jessica Guth

Quantitative methods in the social sciences

Jonathan Parker

History

Sarah Richardson

Health and social care professions

Julie Williams, Andrew Kirk and Toni Bewley

　

Glossary

Index/

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2019
First published:	2020
Authors:	Stephanie Marshall
Editors:	Stephanie Marshall
Dimensions:	360 x 190 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	404
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-20082-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Education > Study & learning skills Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions Books > Promotion > JB Academic
LSN:	0-367-20082-1
Barcode:	9780367200824

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