Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers.With much emphasis on change, innovation and developing best practice in higher education, it is essential that those involved in actually developing, researching or implementing approaches to teaching, learning or management, are informed by the experiences of others. The emphasis of this book is on changing practice in HE; how developments come about; what research underpins desirable development; and the impact of development of student learning, staff expertise and institutional practice and policy. Specifically, the book is developed in two themed parts: Part A, Supporting change within subjects and departments. Part B, Supporting change within institutions and the wider environment.
Author(s): Ranal Macdonald
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 254
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Notes on contributors......Page 8
Educational development: research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education......Page 18
Developing work based educators: professional and organizational issues......Page 32
Evaluation as a tool for curriculum development: a case study of multimedia development in the teaching of creative writing......Page 44
Researching teaching effectiveness as an experiential learning cycle: insights into practice......Page 56
Improving teaching and learning in chemistry: the national Improve project......Page 67
Planning and understanding change: toolkits for course design and evaluation......Page 77
Enhancing transferable skills elements within a subject discipline: an example of how project initiatives can be implemented across a diverse subject discipline in the higher education sector......Page 91
Translating research into disseminated good practice: the case of student residence abroad......Page 102
Incorporating change through reflection: community based learning......Page 114
Developing an evaluation design: a multi-dimensional case study......Page 127
Developing research based learning using ICT in higher education curricula: the role of research and evaluation......Page 144
Implementing a virtual learning environment: a holistic framework for institutionalizing online learning......Page 155
Spreading the word about pedagogic research: the virtual reading group......Page 167
Professional development for organizational change......Page 179
Integrating learning technologies to support the acquisition of foreign languages for specific disciplines......Page 192
Structures for facilitating play and creativity in learning: a psychoanalytical perspective......Page 205
Integrating skills development with academic content in the changing curriculum......Page 215
Towards a culture of evaluation......Page 232
Index......Page 250
