With a focus on practical, implementable strategies to enhance learning experiences, the extensively updated sixth edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit is an essential guide for those new to teaching in Higher Education, as well as a companion to improve the practice of more experienced teachers.

Centred around the Race model of learning, which proposes a pragmatic exploration of how students learn, it offers research-informed practical tips and advice, with question prompts to cement knowledge, key tips to enhance best practice, and chapter outcomes to help shape learning. This edition has been fully updated to recognise changing approaches to higher education learning including online and distance learning and consideration of how of AI and Large Language Models are impacting on ways of teaching and assessing students. Covering all of the need-to-know information that is essential to thrive in tertiary teaching environments, this book includes information on:

Understanding how students really learn, including online and hybrid learning
Ways to increase student motivation and engagement
Ways to design assessments that are both authentic and compassionate
Pragmatic and positive ways of using feedback to enhance learning
Practical advice on large and small group teaching
Advice on looking after yourself in stressful working contexts
Some thoughts on where higher education is moving next.

This accessible toolkit is based on decades of experience of higher education and is written with authority and clarity in a jargon-free style. An invaluable guide, it is a must-read for every higher education professional.

About the Author:

Phil Race is Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, UK.

Sally Brown is a UK-based independent higher education consultant. She is Emerita Professor of Higher Education Diversity in Teaching and Learning at Leeds Beckett University and Visiting Professor at Edge Hill University, UK.

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