Academic Practice
Developing as a Professional in Higher Education
Second Edition
- Saranne Weller - St George's, University of London, UK
April 2019 | 368 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book gives a broad overview of the issues faced by early career academics and explores a variety of topics from curriculum planning to employability. Fully updated throughout, key features of this second edition include:
- Two new chapters on HE assessment and becoming a supervisor
- New case studies in every chapter
- What 'the TEF' means for universities
Chapter 1: Becoming a teacher in higher education
Part I: From disciplinary expert to teacher
Chapter 2: Developing disciplinary understanding
Chapter 3: Learning and teaching for interdisciplinarity
Chapter 4: Promoting critical approaches to the curriculum
Chapter 5: Working with students: from engagement to partnership
Chapter 6: Connecting research and teaching in practice
Chapter 7: Rebalancing assessment for learning
Part II: Rethinking the university context
Chapter 8: Teaching for employability
Chapter 9: Developing inclusive learning and teaching
Chapter 10: Internationalising teaching in practice
Chapter 11: Enhancing learning in the digital university
Chapter 12: Supporting collaborative learning
Part III: From disciplinary teacher to scholarly teacher
Chapter 13: Becoming a supervisor
Chapter 14: Undertaking enquiry into learning and teaching
