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, 31 August, 2022

Targeted teaching: meeting students where they are

Asian teacher
Teaching students according to their strengths and shortcomings, stimulating their interest in learning and building confidence in learning, is not only part of Chinese education philosophy, it promotes students’ all-round development
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 25 August, 2022

Make classroom connections by drawing from the slow movement

Tortoise walking down a road - representing how slow and steady can be more effective than fast
An introduction to the slow movement and its ideology to show how it can inspire approaches to building connection in the classroom, purposefully scaffolding moments of connection into teaching and relating these to learning
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6minutes
By dene.mullen, 18 August, 2022

Communities of practice: how to help them thrive

Communities of practice are an excellent way for staff and faculty to share knowledge
There are few better ways for staff to build and share knowledge within institutions, but while communities of practice can evolve organically, they also need nurturing
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 12 August, 2022

Please follow the following: user guidance tasks as assessments

Image of people using a guidance manual
Challenging students to create user guidance manuals relevant to their subject, explaining how something should be used or carried out, is an effective way to assess their applied knowledge, Russ Woodward and Nicola Pattinson explain
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 1 August, 2022

Student-led knowledge exchange using Wikipedia

Image of a Wikipedia screen
Challenging students to draft or enhance Wikipedia entries is an effective way to develop their subject knowledge, research and writing skills, as Adrian Man-Ho Lam explains
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 19 July, 2022

The rise and rise of the lecture-tainer

Fire-eater
Falling class attendance and shorter student attention spans present challenges for university teachers. Sandi Mann offers advice for tackling the boredom conundrum
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4minutes
Pedagogy