Professionalism in Practice Key Directions in Higher Education Learn
This book acts as a highly practical guide for new and experienced lecturers, learning supporters and leaders in Higher Education; and offers plentiful examples and vignettes showing how learning can be brought to life through activity and engagement. It
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Professionalism in Practice
Kay Sambell · Sally Brown · Linda Graham
Professionalism in Practice Key Directions in Higher Education Learning, Teaching and Assessment
Kay Sambell Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement Edinburgh Napier University Edinburgh, Scotland
Linda Graham Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing Northumbria University Newcastle, UK
Sally Brown Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University and Independent consultant Newcastle, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-54551-6 ISBN 978-3-319-54552-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54552-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017938135 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © bogdandreava Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
As university educators and scholars, we are fully committed to creating for our students learning environments that engage and nurture them so that they achieve the very best that they can do. Paul Ramsden (2003: p. 97) argues that high quality teaching: implies recognising that students must be engaged with the content of learning tasks in a way that is likely to enable them to reach understanding…Sharp engagement, imaginative inquiry and finding of a suitable level and style are all more likely to occur if teaching methods that necessitate student energy, problem-solving and cooperative learning are employed.
Our purpose in this text is to provide key directions for all professionals engaged in teaching and supporting student learning in higher education by offering down-to-earth, practical and research-informed guidance on how to motivate students to
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