Learning development in higher education / edited by Peter Hartley ... [et al.].

By:

Hartley, Peter

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Universities into the 21st centuryPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.Description: xi, 270 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

0230241484 (pbk.)
9780230241480 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

370.1523 HAR

Contents:

Defining learning development -- Supporting students in transition -- Developing effective academic practice -- Students and technology -- Looking into the future.

Summary: This book shows how learning development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK\'s largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	370.1523 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100465542

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book shows how Learning Development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK's largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes important insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.

Defining learning development -- Supporting students in transition -- Developing effective academic practice -- Students and technology -- Looking into the future.

This book shows how learning development enhances the student experience and promotes active engagement. Written by staff from the UK\'s largest collaborative Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), the book includes insights for everyone interested in supporting student retention, progression and success.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements (p. viii)
Series Editors' Preface (p. ix)
Notes on the Contributors (p. x)
Introduction (p. 1)
Section A Defining Learning Development (p. 11)
1 What is Learning Development? (p. 13)
2 Learning Development in Higher Education: Community of Practice or Profession? (p. 28)
3 Is Learning Development 'Part of the Problem'? (p. 40)
4 Raising the Student Voice: Learning Development as Socio-political Practice (p. 53)
Section B Supporting Students in Transition (p. 65)
5 A Personal Development Planning Perspective on Supporting Student Transition into Higher Education (p. 67)
6 Learning Developers Supporting Early Student Transition (p. 79)
7 The Case for One-to-One Academic Advice for Students (p. 91)
8 The Assignment Success Programme (p. 102)
9 Enabling Transitions through Inclusive Practice (p. 114)
Section C Developing Effective Academic Practice (p. 127)
10 Building Student Confidence in Mathematics and Numeracy (p. 129)
11 Negotiating and Nurturing: Challenging Staff and Student Perspectives of Academic Writing (p. 143)
12 Learning Resources that Students will Use: Producing a Web-based Multimedia Resource to Improve Group and Teamwork Skills (p. 155)
13 The Student as Producer: Learning by Doing Research (p. 169)
14 Visualising Learning (p. 183)
Section D Students and technology (p. 197)
15 When Worlds Collide: the Paradox of Learning Development, E-learning and the 21st-Century University (p. 199)
16 Defining and Supporting the New Digital Students (p. 212)
17 Friend or Foe? The Impact of New Technologies on Student Time Management at University (p. 225)
Section E Looking Into the future (p. 239)
18 Looking Back and Looking Into the Future (p. 241)
19 Learning Development: Work in Progress (p. 253)
Index (p. 259)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter Hartley is a National Teaching Fellow and Professor of Education Development in the Centre for Educational Development at the University of Bradford, UK.
John Hilsdon is a National Teaching Fellow and Head of Learning Development at the University of Plymouth, UK.
Christine Keenan is Learning and Teaching Fellow at Bournemouth University, UK.
Sandra Sinfield is Co-ordinator for and Senior Lecturer in Learning Development at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Michelle Verity is Head of Student Enterprise and Development at York St John University, UK.