Teaching for Quality by Biggs

Teaching for Quality by Biggs

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John Biggs tackles how academics can improve their teaching in today's circumstances or large classes and diverse student populations. His approach is practical but not prescriptive. He discusses areas such as making the large lecture a more exciting and productive learning experience.

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Teaching for Quality by Biggs

Since the first edition of "Teaching for Quality Learning at University", the tertiary sector has changed dramatically. Individual teachers, as reflective practitioners, still need to make their own decisions about how they are going to get students actively involved in large classes, to teach international students, and to assess in ways that enhance the quality of learning. But now that quality assurance and quality enhancement are required at the institutional level, the concept of constructive alignment is applied to "the reflective institution", where it becomes a powerful underpinning to quality enhancement procedures. Also since the first edition, educational technology has become more widespread than expected, leaving some teachers apprehensive about what it might mean for them. A new chapter elaborates on how ET can be used to enhance learning, but with a warning that any tool, electronic or otherwise, is as good as the thoughtful use to which it is put. This is an accessible, jargon-free guide to all university teachers interested in enhancing their teaching and their students' learning, and for administrators and teaching developers who are involved in teaching-related decisions on an institutional basis.
"..full of downright good advice for every academic who wants to do something practical to improve his or her students' learning ... there are very few writers on the subject of university teachingwho can engage a reader so personally, express things so clearly, relate research findings so eloquently to personal experience" -Paul Ramsden
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ISBN 13 9780335201716
ISBN 10 0335201717
Title Teaching for Quality
Author Biggs
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Open University Press
Year published 1999-06-16
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.