Inspiring Academics: Learning With the World s Great University - Teacher

Informationen zum Autor Iain Hay is Professor of Geography at Flinders University, Australia. He received the prestigious Prime Minister's Award for Australian University Teacher of the Year in 2007. He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Edinburgh, Auckland, Kentucky and Manchester. Klappentext Inspiring Academics draws on the experience and expertise of award-winning university teachers to illuminate exemplary teaching practice. It is structured around five core themes: inspiring learning, command of the field, assessment for independent learning, student development and scholarship. Mirroring the vast range of practices and characteristics that constitute high quality teaching, 26 distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA recount and reflect on the personal and professional circumstances that have made them great teachers. Through its autoethnographic approach, this book provides captivating and illuminating personal explorations of the 'hows and whys' of excellent university teaching. Contributors Gerlese Åkerlind, Donna Boyd, Ian Cameron, Jane Dahlstrom, Brian Detweiler-Bedell, Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, Lisa Emerson, Sally Fincher, Rhona Free, Iain Hay, Mick Healey, Welby Ings, David Kahane, Sally Kift, Dennis Krebs, TA Loeffler, Ursula Lucas, Roger Moltzen, Bernard Moss, Kate Regan, Wendy Rogers, Peter Schwartz, Fred Singer, Michael Wesch, Carl Wieman, Susan Wurtele Zusammenfassung This book draws on the experience of award-winning university teachers to identify approaches and strategies that lead to exemplary teaching practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis Opening doors Part 1: Approaches to teaching that influence, motivate and inspire students to learn Mindfulness and presence in teaching and learning The art of loving and learning: Erich Fromm and the learning (of) transformation I teach as the mountains teach me The what, why and how of inspiring learning Your skin or mine? A living drama in interprofessional education Part 2: Developing curricula and resources that reflect a command of the field The meaning and evolution of teaching excellence: A 'radical' case study from Radford University, Virginia No magic needed: Designing instruction for learning - a case study On scholarly teaching - a personal account Destinations and pathways: The curriculum challenge Part 3: Approaches to assessment and feedback that foster independent learning An assortment of small anomalies Beyond the classroom walls: Using assessment strategies to foster independent learning In the lion's den: teaching and assessing medical ethics Upgrading teaching and assessment in a traditional medical course Part 4: Respecting and supporting the development of students as individuals "I am a writer": Unlocking fear and releasing possibility in the classroom Seeing the tree in the midst of the forest: Respecting and supporting the development of students as individuals A classroom of colleagues Extending the reach of higher education inside and outside the classroom Personalizing the student experience Part 5: Scholarly activities that influence and enhance learning and teaching Exploring the 'inner' and 'outer' worlds: Steps along a scholarly journey Integrating a sustainable academic career around scholarly learning and teaching activities Useful sharing Excellence in scholarship in teaching: Some reflections From fear to flourish...

Product details

• Authors: Iain Hay, Iain M. Hay, Hay Iain
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2011
• EAN: 9780335237425
• ISBN: 978-0-335-23742-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system