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Helen Pokorny - Enhancing Teaching Practice in Higher Education - 9781446202852 - V9781446202852
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Enhancing Teaching Practice in Higher Education

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Description for Enhancing Teaching Practice in Higher Education Paperback. Supports new and experienced lecturers on how pedagogical research and theory can be used to develop and enhance their academic practice. Editor(s): Pokorny, Helen; Warren, Digby. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNM; JNT. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 462.
This book explores ways in which pedagogical research, theory, models and frameworks can be used pragmatically to enhance teaching practice in higher education. It provides practical strategies, ideas, techniques and approaches drawn from literature and real-life experience, using examples from a variety of disciplines.

Cross-cutting themes include developing resilience and care for ourselves, our colleagues and our students, engaging with diversity in teaching and promoting dialogue and enquiry. It also addresses the dimensions of the UK Professional Standards Framework.

 Key coverage includes:

  • Models of course and learning design and evaluation
  • Teaching in different contexts including lectures and small ... Read more
  • Enhancing assessment and feedback, student engagement and academic writing through inclusive practice
  • Promoting participation in blended learning
  • Developing students’ work-relevant skills, attributes and practices
  • Approaches to professional development  including the role of mindfulness in teaching

This is essential reading for lecturers on Higher Education Academy-accredited programmes, such as PGCTLHE, PGCAP, PG Cert HE, and for staff seeking HEA fellowship through experience-based routes, or who wish to develop more scholarly approaches to their practice.

 

 

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781446202852
SKU
V9781446202852
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Helen Pokorny
Dr Helen Pokorny is Assistant Director of University Campus St Albans (UCSA) a joint venture between the University of Hertfordshire and Oaklands Further Education College where she is responsible for academic development. UCSA has a unique curriculum designed solely for part-time mature students which builds on prior learning credit, providing all students with advanced standing. Previously she was Director of ... Read more

Reviews for Enhancing Teaching Practice in Higher Education
Everything you wanted to know about ways of improving teaching and learning, but might have been too reluctant to enquire into.   Each chapter addresses a key aspect, is taut and accessible to busy practitioners, and its main points easily understood.  Large literatures are opened invitingly to the reader and are assimilated with ease.  Helen Pokorny and Digby Warren have demonstrated ... Read more

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