Teaching Large Classes in Higher Education: How to Maintain Quality with Reduced Resources

Part 1 Theoretical issues: the experience of teaching and learning in large classes; chaos and loneliness or organization and communication; mechanization or autonomy. Part 2 Case studies: active learning in structured lectures; teaching introductory law the workbook way; guided reading in biology - a modified Keller system; teaching mathematics - problems and varied solutions; rationalizing laboratory practicals; teaching introductory physics; group project-based field courses; home and work study networks in business studies; course teams - a portfolio of strategies. Part 3 Institutional support for change: improving teaching and learning in large classes.