A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Abstract

A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education is sensitive to the competing demands of teaching, research and scholarship, and academic management. Against these 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, this 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

Managerial instrument for didactic staff structure optimization for Distance Learning

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Contradictions of Concern to Benchmarking in the South African Bachelor of Social Work Degree

“…We know how influential assessment procedures are for learning (Entwistle, 2000;Frankland, 2007). Changes in our knowledge of teaching from a teacher-centred to a learner-centred focus, with the identification of deep and surface learning, have taken place since Freire's introduction as early as 1970 of the notion of conscientisation, which described how internalised oppression restricted the learning experience (Fry, Ketteridge & Marshall, 2007).…”

University-business cooperation: adapting the curriculum and educational package to labor market requirements

“…Authors/papers Summary overview University -business cooperation Bramwell and Wolfe, 2008 entrepreneurship education (teaching and research), staff and student mobility and internships, cooperative education; cooperation in curricula design commercialize knowledge produced by qualified research scientists, as well as generating and attracting talents and providing formal and informal technical support with local industry Landry et al, 2010 knowledge transfer activities such as collaboration on patents, teaching, publications, informal exchanges and contribution to spinoff formation Boardman & Ponomariov, 2009 research Guerrero & Urbano, 2010 interdisciplinary centers and co-operation networks Adams, 2009;Wonglimpiyarat, 2010 From a focus on managing knowledge and establishing strong links with well-established companies in the early years, to a focus on technology and infrastructure management, entrepreneurship and new start-ups, as the collaboration matures Smilor et al, 2007 Proactive approach to development Research excellence and promotion of spinout companies and entrepreneurial start-ups Presence of a catalyst research university, organization and/or role model Mars and Rhodes, 2012 Existence of student entrepreneurship programs Entrepreneurial teaching methodologies, having role models and reward systems Innovation in Higher Education Yakovleva &Yakovlev 2014 Interactive teaching methods, competence based approach, Fry, Katteridge, Marshall, 2009 Understand student learning, Planning teaching and learning, Curriculum design and development Teaching and learning for employability Brown & Atkins, 2002 Lecturing -skill, studies on lecturing effectiveness Small group teaching Experiential learning Problem-solving strategies Nicolaides, 2012 Innovative Some interesting conclusions emerged from the literature review: -University -Business cooperation is still in early stage of development in Europe, there still barriers to be overcome and it is a strong need to attract and keep business representative focused on specific activities with mutual benefits. Universities are engaged in various activities with business, from research results commercialization to knowledge transfer and teaching entrepreneurial skills.…”