Understanding Learning And Teaching: The Experience in Higher Education

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK), Feb 1, 1999 - Education - 194 pages
Prosser and Trigwell argue that the question to how university teachers can improve the quality of student learning lies in determining how students perceive their unique learning situations. Their book outlines the key principles underlying successful teaching and learning in higher education, and is a key resource for all university teachers.
 

Contents

Chapter 1 Learning and teaching in higher education
1
Chapter 2 A model for understanding learning and teaching in higher education
10
Chapter 3 Students prior experiences of learning
26
Chapter 4 Students perceptions of their learning situation
58
Chapter 5 Students approaches to learning
83
Chapter 6 Students learning outcomes
108
Chapter 7 Experiences of teaching in higher education
137
Chapter 8 Understanding learning and teaching
164
Appendix Approaches to teaching inventory
176
References
180
Index
188
The society for research into higher education
195
Back cover
199
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Michael Prosser is Professor and Director of the Academic Development Unit at La Trobe University in Australia. He has taught and researched in universities in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. He has been professionally engaged in research in teaching and learning in higher education for over 15 years. He taught physics in universities for over 25 years.

Keith Trigwell is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology, Sydney. He taught chemistry to students at the University of Western Australia and the Open University in the UK before shifting to an academic development role with Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia in 1984. His research has focused on student learning, teaching and leadership in universities.

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