The Architecture of Student-Oriented Course Design: Building a Course for Contemporary Higher Education Students - Hardcover

Jackson, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1035309548 ISBN 13: 9781035309542

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2024

Synopsis

Incorporating a range of practical insights and tools, this innovative book presents a unique perspective on course design that considers the needs and expectations of contemporary university students. Nicholas Jackson explains how to improve student confidence and engagement by designing inclusive courses that center students in their learning.

The Architecture of Student-Oriented Course Design builds on a strong theoretical framework as well as empirical insights from the classroom, illustrating how to maximize active participation and deep learning. Jackson provides a step-by-step plan to constructively align learning outcomes, course content and forms of assessment. Considering current challenges in higher education such as socio-economic pressures from a student perspective, Jackson highlights practical interventions and emphasizes the importance of design structure with a special focus on developing employability skills. From lectures to group assignments, this book will aid in designing interesting and thought-provoking courses that are aligned with the needs of today’s higher education learners.

This book is indispensable to students and scholars of management education, teaching and learning, education administration, curriculum and pedagogy, and educational assessment. It is also beneficial to both early-career and established academics wishing to refresh their courses.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Jackson, Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour, Leeds University Business School, UK

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1035309548
• ISBN 13: 9781035309542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 154