The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rowena Murray

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454286003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Maidenhead, Berkshire, Eng., : McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-96471-9; 9786611964719; 0-335-23445-3; 0-335-23764-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MurrayRowena
• Disciplina: 378
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - United States; Education - Research; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Half title; Series editor; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1 The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education:an overview; Chapter 2 What's learning for? Interrogating the scholarship of teaching and learning; Chapter 3 Lecturers as students - in a 'meaningful sense'; Chapter 4 Learning to write about teaching:understanding the writing demands of lecturer development programmes in higher education; Chapter 5 Resources on higher education teaching and learning; Chapter 6 Starting with the discipline; Chapter 7 Beyond common sense: a practitioner's perspective Chapter 8 Evaluating teaching and learning:enhancing the scholarship of teaching by asking students what they are learning; Chapter 9 Reconsidering scholarship reconsidered; Chapter 10 Doing small-scale qualitative research on educational innovation; Chapter 11 Doing small-scale quantitative research on educational innovation; Chapter 12 Combining qualitative and quantitative:mixed-methods in small-scale research; Chapter 13 Writing for publication about teaching and ; learning in higher education; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the meaning and nature of the scholarship of teaching and learning in Higher Education from a range of perspectives. This book analyses the forms and characteristics of this scholarship in practice. It introduces the theoretical underpinnings of a scholarly approach, directing readers to a range of perspectives in the literature.