53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Seminars and Tutorials: 2 (Professional and Higher Education) - Softcover

Strawson, Hannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907076298 ISBN 13: 9781907076299

Publisher: The Professional and Higher Partnership, 2012

Synopsis

Seminars and tutorials are staples of higher and professional education courses - but running them well and ensuring that they are effective is not easy. 53 interesting things to do in your seminars and tutorials provides practical suggestions, each tried and tested, for ways to develop your professional practice. The book is designed for dipping into to find ideas to dovetail with your own approach and context. Abstract: 53 practical ideas for the organisation and running of seminars and tutorials are presented. They cover: ways to begin; student-led seminars; groupwork; student participation and responsibility; evaluation; written material; and the expression of feelings. For each of the ideas, a problem or issue is identified and a practical teaching or learning method is proposed. In many cases the method is illustrated with examples. In addition, potential obstacles are considered. Overall, the ideas are designed to help reflective practitioners in professional and higher education broaden their repertoire of pedagogical techniques. Key terms: higher education; learning; pedagogy; professional education; seminars; study; teaching; tutorials.The topics covered are wide-ranging. They include: ways to begin; student-led seminars; groupwork; student participation and responsibility; evaluation; written material; and the expression of feelings.

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Product Description

53 Interesting Things to Do in Your Seminars and Tutorials This is a professional how-to book for teaching staff in higher or professional education.The topics covered are wide-ranging. They include: ways to begin; student-led seminars; groupwork; student participation and responsibility; evaluation; written material; and the expression of feelings. Full description

About the Author

Hannah Strawson is a lawyer. Graham Gibbs was professor at the Oxford Learning Institute at the University of Oxford. Trevor Habeshaw and Sue Habeshaw lectured at the University of Western England.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Professional and Higher Partnership
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1907076298
• ISBN 13: 9781907076299
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144