Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

In today's higher education climate academic staff are encouraged to focus not only on the up-to-date content of their teaching, but also to identify the most effective ways to engage students in learning, often alongside other key transferrable skills. This had led to a growing requirement for staff to adopt a scholarly approach to learning and teaching practice, and to undertake scholarship of learning and teaching as part of ongoing professional development. This text explores broad best practice approaches to undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education. It provides an introduction for staff who have been educated within a range of academic disciplines, often with high-level but very focused knowledge about, and understandings of, research processes to the potentially new world of educational enquiry. This is complemented by chapters exploring what educational enquiry means in the context of different academic disciplines, including physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, the life sciences, the arts, the humanities, the health professions, and law. It also includes: An overview of research methodology including data collection, literature reviews, good ethical practice, and research dissemination Case studies of actual research projects to support understanding of how to carry out educational enquiry in practice. INDICE: PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL ENQUIRYWhat is educational enquiry and why is it important?What do I need to know before I read educational literature?How is educational literature evidenced and reviewed?What about ethics and safety?What kind of data should I collect and use?What about dissemination?PART TWO: ENQUIRY IN THE DISCIPLINESEnquiry into learning and teaching in the physical sciencesEnquiry into learning and teaching in mathematics and engineeringEnquiry into learning and teaching in life sciencesEnquiry into learning and teaching in arts and creative practiceEnquiry into learning and teaching in the humanitiesEnquiry into learning and teaching in the health professionsEnquiry into learning and teaching in the professions: the case of Law

• ISBN: 978-1-4462-5463-9
• Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 18/03/2014
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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