Taking Stock : Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Drawing on contributions by renowned educational researchers, this book "takes stock" of teaching and learning research in higher education. Arguing for an enhanced commitment to evidence-based practice, Taking Stock offers concrete suggestions for changes on a systemic level in support of student learning and calls on all those working in higher education - faculty, educational developers, administrators, and government officials - to work together to bring about these changes. Contributors include Tom Carey (University of Waterloo), Julia Christensen Hughes (University of Guelph), James Downey (Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario), Noel Entwistle (emeritus, University of Edinburgh), Jillian Kinzie (Indiana University), Christopher Knapper (Queen's University), Sari Lindblom-Ylänne (University of Helsinki), Erik Meyer (University of Durham), Joy Mighty (Queen's University), Michael Prosser (University of Hong Kong), Alenoush Saroyan (McGill University), Alastair Summerlee (University of Guelph), Keith Trigwell (University of Sydney), Maryellen Weimer (Penn State University), Carl Weiman (University of British Columbia), and Alan Wright (University of Windsor).

Julia Christensen Hughes is past president of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and professor and dean of the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph. Joy Mightly is president of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and professor and director, Centre for Teaching and Learning at Queen's University.