University Teaching: International Perspectives

by Forest,James J.F.

• ISBN13: 9780815324607
• ISBN10: 081532460X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-06-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

University and college teaching is an important topic in the study of higher education around the world. This collection of original essays provides a broad perspective on the issue by examining preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives, and exploring the cultural and social influences that affect these dimensions.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(4)
About the Contributors	xi
ISSUES OF INSTRUCTION	3	(70)
1. Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices	3	(16)
W. Alan Wright
2. A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West	19	(16)
David Watkins
3. University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion	35	(38)
James JF Forest
PERSPECTIVES ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT	73	(150)
4. Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning	73	(40)
Noel Entwistle
5. "It's Just You and the Books": Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific	113	(24)
France Mugler
Roger Landbeck
6. Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education	137	(24)
Kari Smith
7. Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education	161	(42)
Theodore Panitz
Patricia Panitz
8. How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance	203	(20)
Kyle D. Smith
Seyda Turk Smith
Iain K.B. Twaddle
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS	223	(52)
9. The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective	223	(14)
Graham Gibbs
10. Academic Staff Development in Southern Africa: The Botswana Model	237	(22)
Michael J. Herrick
11. A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model	259	(16)
John Dwyer
IMAGES OF POLICY, STRUCTURE, AND ORGANIZATION	275	(158)
12. Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and "Best Practice"	275	(30)
Margaret Robertson
13. Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities	305	(20)
Terry Hyland
14. Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students' Educational Experience	325	(20)
Tronie Rifkin
15. From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies	345	(16)
Howard A. Fergus
16. Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructionist Approach	361	(32)
Sheila Vance
Glenda Crosling
17. Student Activism and University Teaching in South Korea	393	(16)
Yung Che Kim
18. Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires	409	(24)
Marcela Mollis
Daniel Feldman
Selected Bibliography	433	(20)
Index	453