University Teaching: International Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138311015 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 482 str.

James J. F. Forest

Opis

Originally published in 1998 University Teaching looks at the world of university and college teaching in the study of higher education. Providing a broad perspective, it examines preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives and explores the cultural and social influences.

Spis treści

Preface  About the Contributors  Part I: Issues of Instruction  1. Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices  2. A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West  3. University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion  Part II: Perspectives on Student Learning and Assessment  4. Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning  5. "It’s Just You and the Books": Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific  6. Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education  7. Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education  8. How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance  Part III: Training and Development of University Teachers  9. The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective  10. Academic Staff Development in Southern Africa: The Botswana Model  11. A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model  Part IV: Images of Policy, Structure, and Organization  12. Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and "Best Practice"  13. Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities  14. Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students Educational Experiences  15. From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies  16. Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructionist Approach  17. Student Activism and University Teaching in South Korea  18. Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires   Selected Bibliography  Index

O autorze

James Forest