University Teaching: International Perspectives

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ISBN: 9780815324607 | 081532460X
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/1998

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University and college teaching is an important topic in the study of higher education around the world. This collection of original essays provides a broad perspective on the issue by examining preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives, and exploring the cultural and social influences that affect these dimensions.

Preface

vii

(4)

About the Contributors

ISSUES OF INSTRUCTION

(70)

1. Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices

(16)

W. Alan Wright

2. A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West

(16)

David Watkins

3. University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion

(38)

James JF Forest

PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

(150)

4. Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning

(40)

Noel Entwistle

5. "It's Just You and the Books": Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific

113

(24)

France Mugler

Roger Landbeck

6. Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education

137

(24)

Kari Smith

7. Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education

161

(42)

Theodore Panitz

Patricia Panitz

8. How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance

203

(20)

Kyle D. Smith

Seyda Turk Smith

Iain K.B. Twaddle

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS

223

(52)

9. The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective

223

(14)

Graham Gibbs

10. Academic Staff Development in Southern Africa: The Botswana Model

237

(22)

Michael J. Herrick

11. A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model

259

(16)

John Dwyer

IMAGES OF POLICY, STRUCTURE, AND ORGANIZATION

275

(158)

12. Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and "Best Practice"

275

(30)

Margaret Robertson

13. Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities

305

(20)

Terry Hyland

14. Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students' Educational Experience

325

(20)

Tronie Rifkin

15. From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies

345

(16)

Howard A. Fergus

16. Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructionist Approach

361

(32)

Sheila Vance

Glenda Crosling

17. Student Activism and University Teaching in South Korea

393

(16)

Yung Che Kim

18. Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires

409

(24)

Marcela Mollis

Daniel Feldman

Selected Bibliography

433

(20)

Index

453

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