Full Description
Edited collection featuring essays from exceptional National Teaching Fellows. Presents the cutting-edge of pedagogical thinking on the most important topics in higher education today, including student engagement, assessment, internationalisation and employability. Destined to become a 'must-read' guide for anyone involved in higher education.
Contents
Acknowledgements
How to Use this Book
Glossary
Foreword
Introduction: Inspiration, Innovation and Excellence; Tim Bilham
PART I: CROSSING BOUNDARIES
Crossing Boundaries: Disciplines
1. The Liquidity of Knowledge: Learning across Disciplinary Divides; Heather Barnett
2. Mixed Cultures: Microbiology, Art and Literature; Joanna Verran
3. Blending Approaches to Teaching in Art and Design: Case Studies from Glass and Ceramics; Kevin Petrie
4. New Learning Ecosystems: Blurring Boundaries, Changing Minds; Helen Keegan.
Crossing Boundaries: Transitions
5. Learning to Love Learning; Peter Ovens
6. Crossing the Boundaries of Academic Writing; Lin Norton and James Elander
7. Beyond Competence: Enabling and Inspiring Healthcare Students; Faith Hill
8. 'Disability Matters': The Role of Personal Tutors for Inclusive Teaching and Learning; Suanne Gibson
PART II: LEARNING DIFFERENTLY
Learning Differently: Approaches to Teaching
9. Designs on Learning: The Role of Cross-University Collaborative Undergraduate Research Symposia; Kirsten.- Hardie in association with Annie Grove-White
10. Innovative Approaches to Learning Design: Harnessing New Technologies for Learning; Gráinne Conole
11. Scaffolding Problem-Based Learning; Derek Raine
12. Developing Subject Specific Knowledge, Digital Creativity and Soft Skills: A Games-Based Approach to Teaching and Learning; Rachel McCrindle
Learning Differently: Teaching Difficult Topics
13. Teaching with Assessment, Feedback and Feed
Forward: Using 'Preflights' to Assist Student Achievement; Brian Whalley
14. Ongoing Challenges in Cross-Disciplinary Teaching: A Case Study from Statistics; Paul Hewson
15. De-Mystifying Statistics: Bring Your Imprimatur... to the Laughter; Andy Field
16. Performing Critical Thinking?; Stella Jones-Devitt
Learning Differently: Assessment
17. Best Practice in Assessment and Feedback: Neglected Issues; Peter Hartley
18. Assessment Strategies for Developmental and Experiential Learning: Successes and Challenges; Anita Peleg
19. Developing and Assessing Professional Competence: Using Technology in Learning Design; Luke Dawson in association with Ben Mason
Learning Differently: International Issues
20. Building Curriculum Internationalisation from the Bottom up; David Killick
21. New Horizons and Old Challenges for Distance Learning: Bridging the Access Gap in African Universities; Basiro Davey
22. Kinds of International: Internationalisation through Engagement with One Another; Jane Spiro
Part III Engaging Students
Engaging students: In the Process of Learning and Discovery
23. Doing, Being and Becoming: An Occupational Perspective on Enabling Learning; Rayya Ghul
24. Learning Together through Student-Lecturer Collaborative Enquiry; Will Curtis
25. Creating Space for Student Autonomy and Engagement through Partnership and Letting Go; Colin Bryson
26. The Student-Professional; Laura Ritchie
Engaging Students: Its Wider Influence
27. Wanted! Agents of Change: Enabling Students to Make Change Happen in their Professional World; Duncan Reavey
28. Authentic Partnerships: Inspiring Professional Identity and Ownership in Students; Ruth Matheson
29. Learning from the Real; Mary Hartog and Philip Frame in association with Chris Rigby and Doirean Wilson
30. Looking at the Mirror in the Suitcase: Encouraging Students to Reflect on their Professional Learning Journey; Anna Lise Gordon
Part IV Employability: Moving On
31. SOARing to Success: Employability Development from the Inside-Out; Arti Kumar
32. Telling Tales: The Use of Story to Enhance Employability; Beverly Leeds
33. Authentic Assessment and Employability a Synergy?; Jane Thomas 34. Getting Ready for Action: Student Engagement in an Employability Project; Jamie-Thompson in association with Laura Bullerwell, Catherine Foster, Russell Jackson and Nichola Larkin (students)
35. English Language Learning for International Employability; Angela Goddard in association with Alastair Henry
36. Engaging with and Owning the Enterprise Agenda; Pauline Kneale
Conclusion: Sustaining Excellence; Tim Bilham
References
Endotes
Index.
