Full Description
As the demand for quality education grows, whilst resources are limited, innovative pedagogy is the only solution that can bridge both scarcity and quality. This edited collection showcases how innovative approaches to teaching and learning have become the need of the hour in higher education. How might new technologies and a fresh take on curriculum design create a sufficient impact on learners?
Pouring renewed emphasis onto the practice of innovative pedagogy, the authors chronicle the success stories of fresh interventions, and demonstrate the potential impact of re-inventing the learner-centered approach. With insight from academics around the world, including action-based models, the authors address the challenges which they faced while implementing new and sometimes radical methods, and provide a roadmap for future change.
Pooling a wealth of experience on how to create an efficient learning environment in today's competitive world, this book prepares educators, policymakers and other stakeholders to embrace transformational change within their institutions.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction To Humanizing Higher Education Through Innovative Approaches For Teaching And Learning; Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Mandla Makhanya
Chapter 2. The Interesting As A Pedagogical Concept- An Essay; Andreas Seland
Chapter 3. Understanding Processes And Strategies For Integrating Sustainable Development In Curriculum; Divya Sharma
Chapter 4. Supporting At-Risk Students In A Small Private University; Ellina Chernobilsky, Barbara Chesler, Henrietta Genfi, Susan Hayes and Jhoanna Oliva-Marquez
Chapter 5. The Caring Teacher: A Philosophical Exercise In Praxis; Yvette P. Franklin
Chapter 6. Spinning In Higher Education: An Autoethnography Of Finding Space To Be Human In Academic Life; Jess Moriarty and Susan Diab
Chapter 7. Disrupting Hierarchies And Shifting Identities In The Undergraduate Environment: Space As An Agent Of Change; Gordon Heggie, Neil Mcpherson and Yvonne Harkness
Chapter 8. Towards Humanizing Assessment: A Call To Find Justice To Students, To Faculty, And To Data; Natalia Rybas and Andrea Quenette
Chapter 9. Integrating Traditional-Religious Knowledge In Higher Education. Human Agency As Philosophical Norm; Patrick Giddy
Chapter 10. Using Models Of Cognitive Development To Design College Learning Experiences; Linden Higgins
