Teaching for understanding at university: deep approaches and distinctive ways of thinking

This book brings together a range of research findings and professional experience about the effects of teaching on the quality of learning at university, encouraging university teachers to think broadly and imaginatively about approaches to teaching in their own area to help students develop deep, personal understandings of the subject. INDICE: Preface - Introduction and Outline - PART I: HOW STUDENT'S LEARN -Educational Psychology and Student Learning - Learning and Influences on It -The Impact of Approaches to Learning - How Students Learn and Study - PART II: WHAT IS LEARNED - Understanding Understanding - The Nature of Academic Understanding - PART III: HOW ACADEMICS TEACH - Evolving Approaches to Teaching - Ideas About Teaching and Learning - Teaching for Understanding - Research into Teaching for Understanding - PART IV: PROVIDING TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT TO SUPPORT LEARNING - A Heuristic Model of Teaching and Learning - Research Guiding Teaching - Assessment as the Driver, but in which Direction? - Influences of the Learning Environment - Practical Guidelines for Teaching that Encourages Deep Approaches - PART V: MONITORING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING - Professional Development of Teaching - Monitoring Teaching and Carrying Out Investigations - Appendix A: Indicative Interview Schedule - Appendix B: Questionnaire for Monitoring Learning and Teaching (SETLQ) - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-59385-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 23/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés