Teaching for Quality Learning at University - Brossura

Biggs, John; Tang, Catherine

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ISBN 10: 0335221262 ISBN 13: 9780335221264

Casa editrice: Open University Press, 2007

Riassunto

"This book is a sophisticated and insightful conceptualization of outcomes-based learning developed from the concept of constructive alignment. The first author has already made a significant contribution to the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning in universities...Together with the second author, there is now added richness through the practical implementation and practices. The ideas in this book are all tried and shown to contribute to more successful learning experience and outcome for students."
Denise Chalmers, Carrick Institute of Education, Australia

Teaching for Quality Learning at University focuses on implementing a constructively aligned outcomes-based model at both classroom and institutional level. The theory, which is now used worldwide as a framework for good teaching and assessment, is shown to:

• Assist university teachers who wish to improve the quality of their own teaching, their students' learning and their assessment of learning outcomes
• Aid staff developers in providing support for teachers
• Provide a framework for administrators interested in quality assurance and enhancement of teaching across the whole university

The book's "how to" approach addresses several important issues: designing high level outcomes, the learning activities most likely to achieve them in small and large classes, and appropriate assessment and grading procedures. It 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 institution-wide basis. The authors have also included useful web links to further material.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Biggs held academic posts at the University of New England, NSW, Monash University, Melbourne and the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada before being appointed Professor of Education at the University of Newcastle, NSW, then Professor of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He retired early to develop his work on constructive alignment and to write fiction. He returned to Hong Kong in 1999, this time to the Department of Psychology and is currently Honorary Professor in that Department.

Contenuti:

The changing scene in university teaching
Teaching according to how students learn
Setting the stage for effective teaching
Using constructive alignment in outcomes-based teaching and learning
Designing intended learning outcomes
Contexts for effective teaching and learning
Teaching/learning activities for declarative knowledge
Teaching/learning activities for functioning knowledge
Aligning Assessment with Intended Learning Outcomes: Principles
Assessment and grading for declarative knowledge
Assessment and grading for functioning knowledge
Implementing constructive alignment
Constructive alignment as implemented: Some examples
Index

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Open University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0335221262
• ISBN 13: 9780335221264
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 335