Learning to Teach in Higher Education

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Ways of understanding teaching......Page 27
What students learn......Page 32
Approaches to learning......Page 53
Learning from the student\'s perspective......Page 77
The nature of good teaching in higher education......Page 101
Theories of teaching in higher education......Page 124
The goals and structure of a course......Page 138
Teaching strategies for effective learning......Page 165
Assessing for understanding......Page 196
Evaluating the quality of higher education......Page 232
What does it take to improve teaching?......Page 263
Appendix Course experience questionnaire......Page 285
Notes......Page 290
References......Page 291
Index......Page 301