A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing academic and Practice

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Index
Special Educational Needs and
Disability Act 2001 114, 127,
144
spiral curriculum 10
spontaneity 65
STACK (System for Teaching and
Assessment using a Computer
Algebra Kernal) 261
staff development 190
standards 186
statistics. see mathematics and
statistics
Steiner, Dr Simon 66–7
step-by-step discussions 79
Stephenson, J 100–1
Stevens, D 103
Stone, B 156
stopgap students 27, 28, 31
strategic approach to learning 11,
30, 35
Strathclyde, University of 272,
273–4
streaming 251
Stringer, E T 475
structured enquiries 79
student engagement 63, 64–5, 74,
409–11
student finances 3, 113
student focused approach to
teaching 11
student handbooks 119–20
student loans 113
student services 115, 116
student-centred learning 154
students: backgrounds 73;
behaviour 58, 67–9, 77, 333; as
consumers 113; context 324–6;
diversity 113, 122, 129, 228–9,
248, 288, 306, 307, 462;
feedback from 201, 202–4,
206–7; foundational
experience 308–9; induction
117–9, 129–30; international
129–30; medicine and
dentistry 432–3; motivation
232, 296, 406, 411–2;
non-traditional 130; numbers
113, 115, 169, 324, 382, 406,
461–2; perceptions of
assessment 133; preparation
for small group teaching 76;
pre-entry guidance and
support 116–7; reasons for
studying 32; recruitment
227–8; reflection 103, 119,
388–91; self-confidence 99,
142; self-perceptions 30, 34;
threshold knowledge and
ability 307–8; workload 34
study process questionnaire 31,
32
study skills 119
studying, reasons for 27–8, 28,
32
subject benchmarking 192, 194,
227, 246, 365, 370. see also
QAA Subject Benchmarking
statements
Subject Centres 4
subject specific skills 122–3
summative assessment 93, 134,
137, 198, 350, 374, 472, 480
supervision: projects and
dissertations 150–64, 153;
research students 166–83;
skills 175–7
supplemental instruction (SI)
121
support centres 252
surface approach to learning 11,
29, 30, 31, 35, 42, 135, 349,
395–6. see also deep approach;
strategic approach
Surrey, University of 335–6
Sussex, University of 272
Sweller, J 69
syndicates 79
synthesis, and learning outcomes
45
taxonomies, of learning 13
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
(Bloom) 44
Taylor, S 175, 175–7
teaching: critical components 48;
effective 3; e-learning roles
93–4; and employability
107–8, 109–10; and learning 8,
21–4, 301–2, 310–7; and
learning development 122;
and learning outcomes 49;
and learning preferences 20–1;
and research 371; and
seminars 316–7; student
focused approach 11; theory
into practice 22–4
teaching and education
achievement 472
teaching assistants 419–21
teaching credentials: assessment
478–83; enhancing personal
practice 469–78
teaching ethics 239–40
teaching evaluation 198–9;
analysis 206–7; cycle 208, 209;
feedback 200, 200–8, 202;
focus and timing 200; motives
and contexts 199
teaching excellence: building on
experience 490–5; and career
progression 485–96, 486–90;
and CPD 486; emphasis on
496; future developments
495–6; performance appraisal
485; and personal competency
492–5; and promotion criteria
487–90; and reflection 492;
and teaching portfolios
494–5
teaching observation 472–3,
482
teaching portfolios 473, 494–5
Teaching Quality Enhancement
Funds (TQEF) 191, 192
teamwork 158, 377–8
technology: and curriculum
design 50; and learning 23
terminology 123
theorists 18
thesis lectures 316
ThinkingWriting 358
threshold concepts 13–4, 24,
307–8, 392
Tierney, Dr Tanya 17–8
Tomorrow’s Doctors (GMC) 426
Towell, R 327
Townsend, M S et al 257
training needs analyses 179
transferable skills 75, 177–9, 274,
276, 287, 385, 387–8, 415–6.
see also individual subjects
transparency 144, 188
TRIBE database 400
Trigwell, K 42–3, 135
Trott, C 418
Trowler, P 19–20
Turner, P 408
TurnItIn 87, 400
tutor dialogue 141
tutorials 72, 79, 311
tutorless groups 79
UK Centre for Materials
Education 278
UK e-University project 97
UK GRAD 171, 178, 179
UK Mathematics Learning
Support Centre 252