The Scholarship of Teaching And Learning in Higher Education

by Perry, Raymond P.; Smart, John C.

• ISBN13: 9781402049446
• ISBN10: 1402049447
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Pivotal to the transformation of higher education in the 21st Century is the nature of pedagogy and its role in advancing the aims of various stakeholders. This book brings together pre-eminent scholars from Australia, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA to critically assess teaching and learning issues that cut across most disciplines. In addressing long-standing and newly emerging issues, the researchers examine the scientific evidence on what constitutes effective teaching in college classrooms, on the psychometric integrity of measures of teaching effectiveness, and on the use of such measures for tenure, promotion, and salary decisions. Systematically explored throughout the book is the avowed linkage between classroom teaching and motivation, learning, and performance outcomes in students. In so doing, the book deals with the nexus between knowledge production by researchers and knowledge utility for end-users made up of classroom instructors, department heads, deans, directors, and policymakers. The book will appeal to researchers interested in teaching and learning, faculty members developing evidence-based pedagogical practices, academic administrators and policymakers responsible for instituting teaching and learning protocols, and faculty development officers promoting the effective teaching practices.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
Contributors	p. xi
Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An Evidence-Based Perspective	p. 1
An Introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
From Athens and Berlin to LA: Faculty Scholarship and the Changing Academy	p. 11
Teaching and Learning in a Research-Intensive University	p. 23
Understanding New Faculty: Background, Aspirations, Challenges, and Growth	p. 39
Research on Teaching in Higher Education
Identifying Exemplary Teachers and Teaching: Evidence from Student Ratings	p. 93
Commentary: Commentary and Update on Feldman's (1997) "Identifying Exemplary Teachers and Teaching: Evidence from Student Ratings"	p. 130
Low-inference Teaching Behaviors and College Teaching Effectiveness: Recent Developments and Controversies	p. 145
Commentary: Research on Low-Inference Teaching Behaviors: An Update	p. 184
Teachers' Nonverbal Behavior and its Effects on Students	p. 201
Faculty Cultures and College Teaching	p. 263
Students' Evaluations of University Teaching: Dimensionality, Reliability, Validity, Potential Biases and Usefulness	p. 319
The Dimensionality of Student Ratings of Instruction: What We Know and What We Do Not	p. 385
Commentary: The Dimensionality of Student Ratings of Instruction: An Update on What We Know, Do not Know, and Need to Do	p. 446
Good Teaching Makes a Difference-And we Know What It Is	p. 457
Research on Learning in Higher Education
Perceived (Academic) Control and Scholastic Attainment in Higher Education	p. 477
Emotions in Students' Scholastic Development	p. 553
Contextual Determinants of Motivation and Help Seeking in the College Classroom	p. 611
A Motivational Analysis of Academic Life in College	p. 661
Commentary: Update on Educational Policy, Practice, and Research from a Self-worth Perspective	p. 713
Student Motivation and Self-Regulated Learning in the College Classroom	p. 731
Index	p. 811
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