Evidence-Based Teaching for Higher Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4338-1172-2
Verlag: American Psychological Association (APA)

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 328 g

<p>Over the past two decades, a growing body of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) has emerged. This empirical study of teaching methods, course design, and students' study practices has yielded invaluable information about how teachers teach and learners learn. Yet, university faculty members remain largely unaware of the findings of SoTL research. As a result, they tend to choose their teaching techniques and tools based on intuition and previous experience rather than on scientific evidence of effectiveness. </p> <p>This book synthesises SoTL findings to help teachers choose techniques and tools that maximise student learning. Evidence-based recommendations are provided regarding teacher student rapport, online teaching, use of technology in the classroom (such as audience response systems, podcasting, blogs, and wikis), experiential learning (such as internships, teaching assistantships, research assistantships, and in-class research projects), students' study habits, and more. </p> <p>In order to stimulate future SoTL research, the book also recommends numerous areas for future investigation. It concludes with advice for documenting teaching effectiveness for tenure review committees. </p> <p>Both novice and experienced university teachers will find this book useful, as well as professionals who work in faculty development centres.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gurung, Regan A R

Livingston, Beth M

Über Autor(innen)

<p><strong>Beth M. Schwartz, PhD</strong>, is currently the William E. Thoresen and Catherine Ehrman Thoresen '23 Professor of Psychology and assistant dean of the College at Randolph College. She received her PhD in cognitive psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1991. Her early work focused on factors that influence the accuracy of child witnesses, in particular how changes in the legal system can create a more age-appropriate interview for young children.</p> <p>At Randolph College, she teaches Introduction to Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Research Methods, and a Senior Research Capstone Course and is an award-winning teacher (2001 Randolph College Gillie A. Larew Award for Outstanding Teaching; 2006 Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award from AP-LS). She served as chair of the Psychology Department from 1998 to 2006, and again in 2008, and is currently assistant dean of the College.</p>