Case studies on teaching in higher education /
Peter Schwartz and Graham Webb.
- 162 pages ; 24 cm.
- Teaching and learning in higher education .
- Teaching and learning in higher education .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-152) and index.
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Simon Cartwright and Paul Wilkinson: Making known evaluation criteria for style and content; dealing with a 'difficult' student and admitting being wrong -- Just Desserts: Student-teacher interaction outside the classroom - handling 'an incident' -- Did She or Did She Not?: Plagiarism - establishing intent and how to deal with it -- Too Much 'Glasnost' in the Classroom?: Student-teacher communication and perceptions of the teaching/learning contract -- A Disgruntled Teacher.?: Poor assignments and effective communication of what is required; dealing with student complaints -- Blue Moves: Responding to 'an incident' in class -- Goodies and Baddies: Introducing innovative teaching methods in an uncongenial environment -- The Unexpected Telephone Call: The role of teachers in counselling students -- The Discontented Student: The teaching/learning contract and differing expectations; choices on participation and their consequences -- Samuel's Seminars: A challenge to a teacher's authority and credibility by a senior colleague; the teacher's response and student reactions -- The 'A' versus 'D' Project: Making individual exceptions to general rules - when and in what circumstances -- Barry's Field Trip: Allowing individual expression and the implications for others -- The Late Assignments: Late assignment penalties - negotiation and implementation of a contract -- The Obesity Outburst: Student and teacher expectations of class sessions; dealing with a challenge -- A Case of Credibility: Teaching a mixed group with differing expectations; handling differences between taught material and textbooks -- The Median Marks Issue: Teachers' rights to introduce their own practices and colleagues' rights to question them -- Tokenism: Gender issues and credentials; difficulties of discussion in large, traditional lecture settings -- Animal Rights: Handling conscientious objections -- The Shared Course: Dealing with students' dissatisfaction with a colleague -- The Case of the Emotional Professor: Student-teacher rapport and accepting cultural and language differences -- Annotated Bibliography -- Appendix: The Use of Teaching Case Studies in Seminars for Staff Development -- Subject Index.