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 sara.custer, 29 September, 2022

THE podcast: teaching 101 tips from your peers

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Podcast discussing building resilience and protecting well-being among university staff and students
In this episode of the THE Campus podcast, we feature short tips from university educators around the world, forming a mini teaching community offering advice from how to personalise learning to what types of pedagogy you should know about
By Miranda Prynne, 15 September, 2022

Do we need to grade students’ presentation skills?

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Woman giving a presentation
Presentation skills are considered essential by employers, but does this mean they should be graded at university? Marking can distract from the goal of improvement, and there are better ways to motivate students, says Axel Wieneke
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By Eliza.Compton, 7 September, 2022

Four steps to robust and respectful classroom discussion

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Diverse group of students in discussion
This video offers a four-part approach that gives space for students to speak up eagerly in classroom debates and shows them how to disagree well. Brian Ray, director of the Poe Business Ethics Center at the University of Florida, explains how to put it into practice
Pedagogy