Pedagogy

Learn more about pedagogy and how different theories of teaching and learning work across higher education. Here, academics offer insights into a variety of pedagogies, drawing on their own teaching experience alongside research, to provide practical advice on what instructional methods work best for different university contexts, disciplines and classes.

By Eliza.Compton, 2 July, 2024

What block learning taught me about meeting diverse student needs

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In block learning, where time is condensed, students are at a greater risk of falling behind. Here, Kevin Merry explains how formative assessment can drive targeted instruction and enable students to accelerate their learning
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 25 June, 2024

RIP assessment?

Illustration of human and robot in an arm wrestle
How can educators make learning and human intelligence visible in the age of GenAI? Abby Osborne and Christopher Bonfield outline a model to rethink assessment and reward non-AI knowledge and understanding
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 7 June, 2024

Yes, and… Using improv to build students’ confidence in the classroom

Students doing group work
Through exercises borrowed from improvisational theatre, students can use imaginative thinking and creative problem-solving, learn to think outside the box and embrace ambiguity, writes Joe Conto. Here, he offers ways to help the post-Covid generation reconnect
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 3 June, 2024

Talking to students about AI

robot tin can telephone
Socio-economic, cultural, geographic and other factors mean that some students know more about AI than others, and we can’t have an effective discussion about AI and academic integrity until we all know what we’re talking about, writes John Weldon
Pedagogy