
Optimizing Teaching and Learning
Practicing Pedagogical Research
Wiley (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 5. December 2008
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4051-6179-4 (ISBN)
Description
Optimizing Teaching and Learning will serve as a practical guide for anyone, anywhere, who is interested in improving their teaching, the learning of their students, and correspondingly, contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning. Bridges the gap between the research and practice of SoTL Provides explicit instructions on how to design, conduct, analyze, and write-up SoTL work Includes samples of actual questionnaires and other materials (e.g., focus group questions) that will jumpstart investigations into teaching and learning Explores the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical practices and present applications of SoTL using case studies from a variety of disciplines
Reviews / Votes
"There were several pieces of information that were valuable, even to someone with a different education background. No doubt there is even more valuable information for readers who are not in such a specific specialty as nursing, but instead are education generalists." (Metapsychology, March 2010)More details
Product info
gebunden
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-6179-4 (9781405161794)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Regan A. R. Gurung | Beth M. Schwartz
Optimizing Teaching and Learning
Practicing Pedagogical Research
Book
10/2012
1st Edition
Wiley
€34.00
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Regan A. R. Gurung | Beth M. Schwartz
Optimizing Teaching and Learning
Practicing Pedagogical Research
E-Book
08/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€23.99
Available for download

Regan A. R. Gurung | Beth M. Schwartz
Optimizing Teaching and Learning
Practicing Pedagogical Research
E-Book
02/2009
Wiley-Blackwell
€23.99
Available for download
Persons
Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of Human Development at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He has served for many years on the campus Faculty Development Committee and has also been Chair of the same. He is currently campus representative for a CASTL Leadership Site, and is a member of a national taskforce for the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is author of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2006). Beth M. Schwartz is Professor of Psychology at Randolph College. She is founding director of the Faculty Development Center on her campus. In February 2006, she received the APLS (American Psychology and Law Society) Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award.
Author
University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Content
.Preface.Acknowledgements.Dedication.01. What is Pedagogical Research?.02. Pedagogical Research: Focusing on the Teaching.03. Pedagogical Research: Focusing on Learning.04. Is it Significant? Basic Statistics.05. Pedagogical Research as Scholarship: Resources for Success.References.