SEDA Series
About the Book Series
Written by experienced and well-known practitioners and published in association with the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), each book in the series contributes to the development of learning, teaching and training and assists in the professional development of staff. The books present new ideas for learning development and facilitate the exchange of information and good practice.
Understanding and Developing Student Engagement
1st Edition
Edited
By Colin Bryson
March 03, 2014
Enhancing the student experience, and in particular student engagement, has become a primary focus of Higher Education. It is in particularly sharp focus as Higher Education moves forward into the uncertain world of high student fees and a developed Higher Education market. Student engagement is a ...
Developing Effective Part-time Teachers in Higher Education: New Approaches to Professional Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Fran Beaton, Amanda Gilbert
November 20, 2012
Part-time teachers have become an increasing part of the workforce in universities throughout the world. They work in a sector undergoing enormous change and debate about the purposes of the university for individuals, societies and economies. As part-time employees, however, they are not ...
Understanding Undergraduates: Challenging our preconceptions of student success
1st Edition
By Celia Popovic, David A. Green
May 04, 2012
Most university teachers have ideas about the typical good or not-so-good student in their classes, but rarely do they share these thoughts with others. By keeping quiet about the preconceptions – or stereotypes – they harbour, teachers put themselves at risk of missing key evidence to help them ...
Researching Learning in Higher Education: An Introduction to Contemporary Methods and Approaches
1st Edition
By Glynis Cousin
December 17, 2008
Across the world, universities are transforming their teaching and learning practices to meet the challenges facing Higher Education in the 21st century. Research into teaching and learning in Higher Education has never been a more important issue. Growing numbers of academics across ...
Teaching International Students: Improving Learning for All
1st Edition
Edited
By Jude Carroll, Janette Ryan
October 18, 2006
Teaching International Students explores the challenges presented to lecturer and student alike by increased cultural diversity within universities. Packed with practical advice from experienced practitioners and underpinned by reference to pedagogic theory throughout, topics covered include: ...
The Realities of Change in Higher Education: Interventions to Promote Learning and Teaching
1st Edition
Edited
By Lynne Hunt, Adrian Bromage, Bland Tomkinson
September 19, 2006
The Realities of Change in Higher Education explores the theory and practice of the everyday reality of change to promote learning and teaching in universities. Drawing on international case studies, it analyses a range of practical strategies to promote change that enhance students’ learning. ...
Changing Higher Education: The Development of Learning and Teaching
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Ashwin
October 19, 2005
Making sense of the many changes that have taken place in learning and teaching in higher education in recent years, Changing Higher Education also offers insights into how higher education might develop in the future. Using the work of Lewis Elton as a starting point, leading ...
Quality Issues in ICT-based Higher Education
1st Edition
Edited
By Rakesh Bhanot, Stephen Fallows
April 19, 2005
Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly reliant on ICT for providing enhanced teaching and learning, and lecturers are adopting new methods of working and ways of teaching with technology all the time. However, without structure and commitment, these changes...
Education Development and Leadership in Higher Education: Implementing an Institutional Strategy
1st Edition
Edited
By Kym Fraser
December 20, 2004
In today's highly competitive and globalized higher education market, leaders and managers find themselves considering the same issues of quality assurance, increased participation, the potential of new technologies and improving standards of teaching, learning and leadership. Education development...
Enhancing Staff and Educational Development
1st Edition
Edited
By David Baume, Peter Kahn
September 29, 2004
Systematic support for improving education and learning in further and higher education has moved to centre stage in recent years- a phenomenon reflected in the booming membership of professional development bodies. This title complements the authors' introductory Guide to Staff and Educational ...
A Guide to Staff & Educational Development
1st Edition
Edited
By David Baume, Peter Kahn
June 01, 2003
Systematic support for improving education and learning in further and higher education, has moved to centre stage in recent years. This is reflected in the increasing membership of professional bodies. Most new staff are encouraged to engage in staff development programmes, but receive little...
Reshaping Teaching in Higher Education: A Guide to Linking Teaching with Research
1st Edition
By Rosanna Breen, Angela Brew, Alan Jenkins, Roger Lindsay
December 01, 2002
Linking research with teaching is one of the main topics in the educational development world. This practice based guide shows how academic research activity can be connected to academic teaching activity, to ensure that neither operates in a vacuum - and each can be enhanced by the ...