Inspiring students : case studies in motivating the learner /
By: Fallows, Stephen J.
Contributor(s): Ahmet, Kemal.
Series: Staff and educational development series.Publisher: London : Kogan Page, 1999Description: xii, 179 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0749428724; 9780749428723:.Subject(s): Education, Higher -- Case studies | Motivation in education -- Case studiesDDC classification: 370.154Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Inspiring students: an introduction / Stephen Fallows and Kemal Ahmet -- Experiential learning through practicals / Kemal Ahmet and Stephen Fallows -- Teaching science to non-science students using a student-centered classroom / Calvin S. Kalman -- Problem-based learning / Peter Ommundsen -- Enhancing motivation and learning through collaboration and the use of problems / John R. Savery -- Simulation in management education / Mark W. Teale -- Inspiring students in a health studies programme / Andrea Riesch Toepell -- Introducing computing and information systems / Jonathan Lean, Terry Mangles and Jonathan Moizer -- Introducing communication skills / Susan Nichols -- Library and information skills for the reluctant student / Carol Primrose -- Communications skills using legal, ethical and professional issues / AC Lynn Zelmer -- Mathematics appreciation / Josefina Alvarez -- Working with students to enhance an unpopular course / Anne Arnold and John Truran -- Student-led investigations to introduce statistics / Graham Clarke -- Work-based assessments to improve learning / John Flynn -- The biology of numbers / Philip Hammond [et al] -- Introducing an interdisciplinary course / Balasubramanyam Chandramohan -- The 'art' in introducing technology to non-technologists / Ian McPherson.
In collating evidence from North America, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, the contributors to this guide describe strategies that practising university teachers have used to inspire students.