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Title	Promoting student-centred forms of learning across an entire university
Authors	Kember, D1
Keywords	Active learning Conceptions of teaching Quality enhancement Student-centred learning Teaching and learning environment
Issue Date	2009
Publisher	Springer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-1560
Citation	Higher Education, 2009, v. 58 n. 1, p. 1-13 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9177-6
Abstract	Many academics see themselves primarily as experts in their discipline and hold content-oriented conceptions of teaching. It can then be difficult to persuade them to adopt forms of teaching incorporating active student engagement, even though there is evidence for the effectiveness of such forms of learning. This article describes a university-wide initiative to promote student-centred forms of teaching and learning. The campaign included: models of good practice from award-winning teachers, compulsory teachers training courses for new junior teachers and teaching assistants, projects funded by teaching development grants, a diagnostic programme-level survey accompanied by counselling over results and programme reviews. Evidence of impact comes from the overall university-level results of the programme survey, which showed marked increases, over a 2 year period, on each of the nine scales used to obtain feedback on the quality of the teaching and learning environment. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
ISSN	0018-1560 2011 Impact Factor: 1.061 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.040
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9177-6
ISI Accession Number ID	WOS:000266452200001
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dc.description.abstract	Many academics see themselves primarily as experts in their discipline and hold content-oriented conceptions of teaching. It can then be difficult to persuade them to adopt forms of teaching incorporating active student engagement, even though there is evidence for the effectiveness of such forms of learning. This article describes a university-wide initiative to promote student-centred forms of teaching and learning. The campaign included: models of good practice from award-winning teachers, compulsory teachers training courses for new junior teachers and teaching assistants, projects funded by teaching development grants, a diagnostic programme-level survey accompanied by counselling over results and programme reviews. Evidence of impact comes from the overall university-level results of the programme survey, which showed marked increases, over a 2 year period, on each of the nine scales used to obtain feedback on the quality of the teaching and learning environment. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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dc.identifier.citation	Higher Education, 2009, v. 58 n. 1, p. 1-13 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10734-008-9177-6
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dc.identifier.issn	0018-1560 2011 Impact Factor: 1.061 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.040
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-1560
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dc.relation.references	References in Scopus
dc.rights	The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
dc.subject	Active learning
dc.subject	Conceptions of teaching
dc.subject	Quality enhancement
dc.subject	Student-centred learning
dc.subject	Teaching and learning environment
dc.title	Promoting student-centred forms of learning across an entire university
dc.type	Article

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