Research on teacher thinking, beliefs and knowledge in higher education Increasingly serious attention is being paid to the quality of learning and teaching in higher education. This is a global concern, associated with calls for greater accountability and efficiency, increases in the size and diversity of the student population and a relative decline in the real value of funds available for higher education. Teaching in higher education is having to become more professional. Agencies are being set up in a number of countries, charged with supporting and/or accrediting the development of...

Disc 1: Making Lessons Interesting
Disc 2: Clarity in Teaching & Classroom Environment

The lecture remains the predominant method of delivering course content in higher education. This is particularly true in the sciences where experts need to convey complex concepts. Lectures are also necessary components of student-centered courses. These DVDs answer the question: what lecturing strategies best facilitate learning?

These two DVDs identify and demonstrate the strategies -- as practised by 24 award-winning teachers at Stanford University in their classrooms -- that...

Student evaluation of teaching (SET), or teacher evaluation by students in higher education, titled here student ratings of instruction (SRI), is a most frequently researched and discussed issues in American educational literature. This book is designed for faculty members of all types of higher education institutions and all academic domains who are frustrated, angered, or distrustful of their students' ratings, and would appreciate answers to their concerns. The book may also be of help to academic administrators-in answering faculty complaints about and objections to student ratings. The...