Enhancing Teaching in Higher Education

This book brings together a collection of ground-breaking research and tested techniques in the field of learning and teaching in higher education.

Part 1: Reflecting (and Deciding) Upon Approaches to Learning 1. Ingredients For Effective Learning: the Learning Combination Lock, Colin Beard and John Wilson 2. Learning Through Work-Based Learning, David Major 3. Interactive Teaching And Learning: Exploring and Reflecting on our Practices, Anne Huntington Part 2: Working Directly with Students 4. Using Concepts Maps In Teaching And Learning, Jane Fox and Dot Morrison 5. Facilitating Tutorials In Problem-based Learning : the Students' Perspective, Teena Clouston 6. Developing Students' Skills In Groups And Teamworking: Moving Experience into Critical Reflection, Peter Hartley 7. Learning To Learn Online: how to ensure that more learners benefit from new online pedagogies, Gwynneth Hughes 8. Working With Blended Learning, Jo Hamilton-Jones 9. Facilitating Students Towards Self-Directed Learning, Julie-Anne Regan Part 3: Enhancing Student Progression and Development10. Progression In Higher Education - a Study of Learning as Represented in Level Descriptors, Jenny Moon 11. Developing The Keynote Interactive Guide To Personal Development Planning, Jenny Phillips 12. Learning About Employability, Elizabeth McFarlane Part 4: Supporting and Developing Staff 13. Research Into Practice: Learning by Doing, John Shaw 14. Learning To Teach With Technology, Vivien Sieber 15. Online Staff Development: Using the Web to Enhance Teacher Autonomy and Student Learning, Peter Mangan and Uma Patel 16. Inclusive Learning In Higher Education: the Impact of Policy Changes, Alan Hurst 17. Reframing Equality Of Opportunity Training, Glynis Cousin