Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2014
Book
Hardback
1664 pages
978-1-4462-5715-9 (ISBN)
Description
As the world gets flatter, in Thomas Friedman's terms, the need to understand learning and teaching becomes critically important in educating the next generation of college and university students. This collection presents the major theoretical, empirical and best practice articles and book chapters on teaching and learning in higher education. The prestigious editors have specially selected material from multiple perspectives, including cross-cultural, from U.S. and international educational experts.
The work identifies seven interrelated variables that must be investigated to develop a full perspective of college and university teaching and learning:
- teacher
- learner
- learning Process
- learning Context
- course Content
- instructional Processes
- learning Outcomes
The work identifies seven interrelated variables that must be investigated to develop a full perspective of college and university teaching and learning:
- teacher
- learner
- learning Process
- learning Context
- course Content
- instructional Processes
- learning Outcomes
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Series
Edition
Four-Volume Set
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4462-5715-9 (9781446257159)
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James E. Groccia is the Director of the Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology at Auburn University. He is a former President of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD Network), and is a 2011-2012 Fulbright scholar at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Groccia has presented at dozens of national and international conferences, conducted hundreds of workshops worldwide, has served as an advisor and consultant to institutions nationally and abroad, and has authored numerous articles and book chapters on teaching and learning issues. He is the author of The College Success Book: A Whole-Student Approach to Academic Excellence and co-author with M.S. Hunter of First-Year Seminar Instructor Training. Groccia is co-editor with Bill Buskist of Evidence Based Teaching; co-editor with J. E. Miller of Volumes 29 and 30 of To Improve the Academy, On Becoming a Productive University: Strategies for Reducing Costs and Increasing Quality in Higher Education; Enhancing Productivity: Administrative, Instructional, and Technological Strategies, and with J. E. Miller and M. S. Miller on Student-Assisted Teaching: A Guide to Faculty-Student Teamwork. William Buskist is the Distinguished Professor in the Teaching of Psychology at Auburn University and a Faculty Fellow at Auburn's Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. He has published widely on issues related to teaching and learning, both within his own discipline of psychology and more generally in higher education. His most recent publications include edited works with Groccia (Evidence-Based Teaching) and with Victor Benassi (Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate). He has served as President for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and is currently the Editor-in Chief for the Society's e-book program). He has won numerous teaching awards at both the local and national levels as have many of his graduate student proteges. He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science.