UNIVERSITY TEACHING
International Perspectives
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Other Books by Dr. Forest: Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia I Prefer to Teach: An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching. Routledge-Falmer, 2001 |
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Bibliography of Research on Teaching and Learning
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Issues of Instruction |
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Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices by W. Alan Wright |
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A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West by David Watkins |
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University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion |
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| Perspectives on Student Learning and Assessment | ||
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Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning by Noel Entwistle |
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“It’s Just You and the Books”: Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific by France Mugler and Roger Landbeck |
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Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education by Kari Smith |
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Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education by Theodore Panitz and Patricia Panitz |
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How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance by Kyle D. Smith, Seyda Turk. Smith, and Iain K.B. Twaddle |
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| Training and Development of University Teachers | ||
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The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective by Graham Gibbs |
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Academic Staff Development in South Africa: The Botswana Model by Michael J. Herrick |
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A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model by John Dwyer |
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| Images of Policy, Structure, and Organization | ||
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Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and “Best Practice” by Margaret Robertson |
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Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities by Terry Hyland |
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Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students’ Educational Experience by Tronie Rifkin |
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From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies by Howard A. Fergus |
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Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructivist Approach by Sheila Vance and Glenda Crosling |
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Student Activitism and University Teaching in South Korea by Yung Che Kim |
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Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires by Marcela Mollis and Daniel Feldman |
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Abstract University and college teaching, and the assessment and reward of teaching are among the most important topics in higher education worldwide, and increasing in importance. However, surprisingly little has been done towards collaboratively presenting the growing wealth of quality research on university and college teaching from other parts of the world to academics in the United States, and providing a cross-cultural perspective on this key topic. In the U.S., most of the common policy and methodology options considered by our academics and new professionals are indigenous to our nation. While the policies and methods used in foreign countries cannot be copied, insights from other countries can inform our discussions. There are many dimensions under the general rubric of university and college teaching, including preparation, assessment, and reward. In an international perspective, within each of these dimensions resides a number of cultural and social influences, such as language, religion, and history. While a considerable richness of different perspectives and topics is offered by this book, a main concern is to provoke the reader to observe the many commonalities in the thinking and approaches towards college teaching that pervade higher education systems worldwide, and from these commonalities derive the insights needed to address the challenges of today’s higher education environment. The chapters of the volume address either broad themes of policy and specific issues of methodology, from national, regional, or international perspectives. The collection of authors – most of whom have published widely on the topic of teaching and learning in higher education – is truly international. |
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Please feel free to contact the editor for more information:
E-mail: Forest@higher-ed.org |
This book is available for purchase from Amazon.com
Other Books by Dr. Forest, available on Amazon.com:
Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia
(2 Volumes, co-edited with Dr. Kevin Kinser). ABC-CLIO, 2002I Prefer to Teach: An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching
Routledge-Falmer, 2001
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