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Money is tight. Educators are under pressure to cope with larger class sizes. The same is true of tutors in professional education settings. '53 ways of dealing with large classes' is a revised and updated version of '53 problems with large classes'. It includes nine newly commissioned essays. Each essay identifies a problem and suggests a practical solution. The 53 essays cover issues concerning: Course design and implementation; Lectures; Discussion groups and seminars; Practicals, projects and fieldwork; and Assessment. Key terms include: assessment; classes; courses; group work; higher education; lectures; pedagogy; postcompulsory education; professional education; seminars; students; teaching; training.

If you teach in higher or professional education, 53 interesting ways of helping your students to study is designed to help you. This book provides practical suggestions, each tried and tested, for helping students to improve their learning. The book is designed for dipping into to find ideas that dovetail with your own teaching approach and the needs of your students. The topics covered are wide-ranging. They include: beginning to study; planning one's studying; studying through reading; taking notes; writing; learning with others; using library resources; revision; and examinations. Abstract: 53 practical suggestions are provided for helping students to improve the ways in which they study. Topics covered include: beginning to study; planning one's studying; studying through reading; taking notes; writing; learning with others; using library resources; revision; and exams. The suggestions are designed to help students to become more observant and reflective about their own learning and to make better decisions about how they study. Students are encouraged to discuss study processes with their peers.The overall aim is to improve the effectiveness of learning in post-compulsory higher and professional education. Key terms: higher education; learning; professional education; studying; study skills; study techniques.

Tried and tested tips for instructors to help students make the most of the learning process

Designed to help those who teach adults, this guide provides practical suggestions for helping students to improve their learning in class and at home. The authors demonstrate how educators can effectively support students through the whole learning process, helping as they learn to plan their studying and to study through reading, taking notes, and writing, as well as learning with others, using library resources, revision, and exams. With very little direct advice on "how to study," this guide will help instructors embrace a student-centered approach, in which students are encouraged to become autonomous learners.

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