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Sage Publications Ltd Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Disciplinary Approaches to Educational Enquiry 2014 Edition by Elizabeth Cleaver, Maxine Lintern, Mike McLinden
In today's higher education climate academic staff are encouraged to focus not only on the up-to-date content of their teaching, but also to identify the most effective ways to engage students in learning, often alongside other key transferrable skills. This had led to a growing requirement for staff to adopt a scholarly approach to learning and teaching practice, and to undertake scholarship of learning and teaching as part of ongoing professional development.This text explores broad best practice approaches to undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching in higher education. It provides an introduction for staff who have been educated within a range of academic disciplines, often with high-level but very focused knowledge about, and understandings of, research processes to the potentially new world of educational enquiry. This is complemented by chapters exploring what educational enquiry means in the context of different academic disciplines, including physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, the life sciences, the arts, the humanities, the health professions, and law.It also includes:An overview of research methodology including data collection, literature reviews, good ethical practice, and research disseminationCase studies of actual research projects to support understanding of how to carry out educational enquiry in practice.Lecturers, why waste time waiting for the post arrive? Request and receive your e-inspection copy today! Table of contents :- PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL ENQUIRYWhat is educational enquiry and why is it important? - Elizabeth Cleaver, Maxine Lintern and Mike McLindenWhat do I need to know before I read educational literature? - Mike McLinden, Elizabeth Cleaver and Maxine LinternHow is educational literature evidenced and reviewed? - Mike McLinden, Elizabeth Cleaver and Maxine LinternWhat about ethics and safety? - Elizabeth Cleaver, Maxine Lintern and Mike McLindenWhat kind of data should I collect and use? - Maxine Lintern, Mike McLinden and Elizabeth CleaverWhat about dissemination? - Maxine Lintern, Mike McLinden and Elizabeth CleaverPART TWO: ENQUIRY IN THE DISCIPLINESEnquiry into learning and teaching in the physical sciences - Helen King and Tina OvertonEnquiry into learning and teaching in mathematics and engineering - Michael Grove and Joe KyleEnquiry into learning and teaching in the life sciences - Helen Barefoot and Mark RussellEnquiry into learning and teaching in arts and creative practice - Susan Orr and Julian McDougallEnquiry into learning and teaching in the humanities - Rebecca O'Loughlin and Elaine FultonEnquiry into learning and teaching in the health professions - Sharon Buckley and Patricia FellEnquiry into learning and teaching in the professions: the case of law - Rob Clucas and Gerry Johnstone