What does it mean to be authentic? Why should it matter whether or not we become more authentic? How might authenticity inform and enhance the social practice of the scholarship of university teaching and, by implication, the learning and development of students? Authenticity in and through Teaching introduces three distinct perspectives on authenticity, the existential, the critical and the communitarian, and shows what moving towards greater authenticity involves for teachers and students when viewed from each of these angles. In developing the notion of 'the scholarship of teaching as an...
What does it mean to be authentic? Why should it matter whether or not we become more authentic? How might authenticity inform and enhance the social ...
Our understanding of the purposes of assessment and the nature of assessment practices in higher education has changed markedly over the past forty years. These changes are a response not only to recent developments in our conceptualisations of student learning but also to the demands a rapidly changing and increasingly complex world places on students. This book contains new perspectives on assessment and feedback provided by world renowned researchers on issues that are currently of great interest to both academic managers and teaching staff, as they try to make courses more effective and...
Our understanding of the purposes of assessment and the nature of assessment practices in higher education has changed markedly over the past forty ye...
Imagined at their best, how might professions contribute most effectively to their local and global communities, and how could higher education support graduates/future professionals in making this contribution? The answer proposed in this book is to educate students for civic-mindedness, an overarching professional capability grounded in certain dispositions and qualities, ideals, types of knowledge and political emotions. Civic-mindedness, and its internal counterpart, the practitioner s self-cultivation, give rise to an engagement with professional practice that is authentic, civic and...
Imagined at their best, how might professions contribute most effectively to their local and global communities, and how could higher education sup...
Imagined at their best, how might professions contribute most effectively to their local and global communities, and how could higher education support graduates/future professionals in making this contribution? The answer proposed in this book is to educate students for civic-mindedness, an overarching professional capability grounded in certain dispositions and qualities, ideals, types of knowledge and political emotions. Civic-mindedness, and its internal counterpart, the practitioner s self-cultivation, give rise to an engagement with professional practice that is authentic, civic and...
Imagined at their best, how might professions contribute most effectively to their local and global communities, and how could higher education sup...
