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This book gives a broad overview of the issues faced by early career academics and explores a variety of topics from curriculum planning to employability. Fully updated throughout, key features of this second edition include:
- Two new chapters on HE assessment and becoming a supervisor
- New case studies in every chapter
- What 'the TEF' means for universities
This is essential reading for higher education faculty undertaking professional development courses, such as the PG Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP), the PG Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PGCTLHE/PGHE) and related courses, and also for early career academics wishing to deepen their understanding of contemporary higher education.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Becoming a teacher in higher education
Part I: From disciplinary expert to teacher
Chapter 2: Developing disciplinary understanding
Chapter 3: Learning and teaching for interdisciplinarity
Chapter 4: Promoting critical approaches to the curriculum
Chapter 5: Working with students: from engagement to partnership
Chapter 6: Connecting research and teaching in practice
Chapter 7: Rebalancing assessment for learning
Part II: Rethinking the university context
Chapter 8: Teaching for employability
Chapter 9: Developing inclusive learning and teaching
Chapter 10: Internationalising teaching in practice
Chapter 11: Enhancing learning in the digital university
Chapter 12: Supporting collaborative learning
Part III: From disciplinary teacher to scholarly teacher
Chapter 13: Becoming a supervisor
Chapter 14: Undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching
About the author
Saranne Weller is Reader in Higher Education Practice and Development at St Georges, University of London. She has been teaching in higher education for over 20 years and has previously held leadership roles in the development of teaching and learning in a range of different institutional contexts including as Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Assistant Director (Accredited Programmes) at King’s College London, Associate Dean Learning, Teaching and Enhancement at the University of the Arts, London and Director for Research Informed Teaching at London South Bank University.
Summary
This book gives a broad overview of the issues faced by early career academics as they enter academic life and explores a variety of topics from curriculum planning to employability.
Report
This is a detailed and well written book that explores what it means to become a teacher in the rapidly changing Higher Education sector. To do this, the book explores pedagogy and context in all their myriad forms and as a result also explores what it means in terms of professional identity to practice learning and teaching in Higher Education settings. The book is wide-ranging, highly accessible and makes a significant contribution to developing, sustaining and improving practice. It positions teaching and learning as acts of exchange and partnership and provides a carefully explored research-informed base to contextualise strategies that teachers in HE can put into practice. Dr Warren Kidd PFHEA
