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Title Academic and educational development : research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education / [edited by] Ranald Macdonald and James Wisdom
Published London : Kogan Page ; Sterling, VA : Stylus Pub., 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations
Series Staff and educational development series
Staff and educational development series.
Contents Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Educational development: research, evaluation and changing practice in higher education / Ranald Macdonald -- part Part One: Supporting change within subjects and departments -- chapter 2 Developing work based educators: professional and organizational issues / Maggie Challis -- chapter 3 Evaluation as a tool for curriculum development: a case study of multimedia development in the teaching of creative writing / Peter Hartley -- chapter 4 Researching teaching effectiveness as an experiential learning cycle: insights into practice / Shona Little -- chapter 5 Improving teaching and learning in chemistry: the national Improve project / Richard Moyes -- chapter 6 Planning and understanding change: toolkits for course design and evaluation / Martin Oliver -- chapter 7 Enhancing transferable skills elements within a subject discipline: an example of how project initiatives can be implemented across a diverse subject discipline in the higher education sector / Ruth Pilkington -- chapter 8 Translating research into disseminated good practice: the case of student residence abroad James A Coleman -- chapter 9 Incorporating change through reflection: community based learning / Irene Hall -- chapter 10 Developing an evaluation design: a multi-dimensional case study -- part Part Two: Supporting change within institutions and the wider environment -- chapter 11 Developing research based learning using ICT in higher education curricula: the role of research and evaluation -- chapter 12 Implementing a virtual learning environment: a holistic framework for institutionalizing online learning -- chapter 13 Spreading the word about pedagogic research: the virtual reading group -- chapter 14 Professional development for organizational change / Helen Beetham -- chapter 15 Integrating learning technologies to support the acquisition of foreign languages for specific disciplines -- chapter 16 Structures for facilitating play and creativity in learning: a psychoanalytical perspective -- chapter 17 Integrating skills development with academic content in the changing curriculum -- chapter Conclusions -- chapter 18 Towards a culture of evaluation / James Wisdom
Summary Part of the well-known Staff and Educational Development Series, this practice oriented book brings together leading research and evaluation approaches and supporting case studies from leading educational researchers and innovative teachers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Education, Higher.
Educational change.
School improvement programs.
higher education.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
School improvement programs
Education, Higher
Educational change
Form Electronic book
Author Macdonald, Ranald, 1952-
Wisdom, James
ISBN 0203417046
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