- 228 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book offers insightful reflections on academic development practices. The contributors engage the reader painstakingly in the dynamics of professional learning and effective teaching. This volume facilitates the examination of the need for reflection that leads to professional maturity. All educational institutions seek teachers who continuously search for effective strategies in improving student success. The contributors uncover a variety of approaches as they evince proven suggestions. The chapters are refreshing and edifying. This book is essential for all teachers, lecturers and trainers who want to improve their teaching practice immensely. Professor Vuyisile T. MsilaResearcher at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, University of South Africa.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- 1. Approaches to academic excellence in higher education
- Theme 1 - Teaching and Technology Support
- 2. Evaluating concepts of teaching excellence in higher education
- 3. Student evaluation of teaching (SET) as a means of improving teaching
- 4. Implementing an LMS in a low maturity context
- 5. Implementing blended learning
- 6. Institutional mapping and scaffolding of entrepreneurship education
- Theme 2 - Student Support
- 7. SI-based tutorial and mentoring programme
- 8. Fostering undergraduate mathematical proficiency
- 9. Student orientation
- Theme 3 - Academic Development: Prospects and Possible Future Trajectories
- 10. Emerging paradigms for academic development
- 11. Epilogue