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, 18 December, 2024

Inclusive co-teaching can draw on educators’ lived experience

Multiracial group of three people looking at a computer
Joint teaching between academic faculty and experts by experience offers not only professional development for future teachers, but benefits student understanding as well. Here’s how to put it into practice
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 13 December, 2024

‘What artists do is say the quiet bits out loud’

subconscious mind concept
As teachers, we know our students will face the harsh demands of creativity and problem-solving in their daily professional lives – and we need to help them tap into deeper places that lead to novel solutions to intractable problems
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 12 December, 2024

Portfolio assessment may be the key to deeper learning

A woman working at a desk, viewed from above
Portfolio assessment has proved to be an innovative way to track students' progress in economics classes, making learning deeper and more meaningful. Here’s how to do it
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4minutes
By kiera.obrien, 9 December, 2024

The renaissance of the essay starts here

A woman works on an essay, using her laptop and several books
In the age of AI, has long-form writing in higher education reached a dead end? Martin Compton and Claire Gordon discuss the unique aspects of the essay and introduce a manifesto to revitalise it
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6minutes
Pedagogy