Handbook for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education Enhancing Academic Practice

The best-selling Handbook has become one of the most popular - and influential - books for those developing their expertise and understanding of teaching in higher education. The combination of accessible and authoritative guidance, advice and good practice, combined with a firm foundation in the relevant pedagogic principles and research, makes this an essential book for higher education professionals. It provokes thought, gives rationales and examples, encourages reflection and development, and prompts action. It has contributions from learning experts, a wealth of case studies and opportunities to reflect on practice.The Handbook is sensitive to the competing demands of teaching, research and scholarship, academic management, and, for many, maintenance of standing and provision of service in a profession but the focus is firmly on developing professional academic skills for teaching. Dealing with the rapid expansion of the use of technology in higher education and widening student diversity the fully updated and expanded, edition includes new material on e-learning, lecturing to large groups, formative and summative assessment, and supervising research students.Fry, Heather is the author of 'Handbook for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education Enhancing Academic Practice', published 2003 under ISBN 9780749437992 and ISBN 0749437995.