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    UNIVERSITY TEACHING
    International Perspectives

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    Other Books by Dr. Forest:

    Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia
    (2 Volumes, co-edited with Dr. Kevin Kinser). ABC-CLIO, 2002

    I Prefer to Teach: An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching. Routledge-Falmer, 2001

     

     

     
     

    Preface

    About the Authors

    Bibliography of Research on Teaching and Learning

     

     

    Issues of Instruction

     
    1.
    Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices
    by W. Alan Wright
     
    2.
    A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West
    by David Watkins
     
    3.

    University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion
    by James JF Forest

     
         
      Perspectives on Student Learning and Assessment  
    4.
    Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning
    by Noel Entwistle
     
    5.
    “It’s Just You and the Books”: Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific
    by France Mugler and Roger Landbeck
     
    6.
    Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education
    by Kari Smith
     
    7.
    Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education
    by Theodore Panitz and Patricia Panitz
     
    8.
    How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance
    by Kyle D. Smith, Seyda Turk. Smith, and Iain K.B. Twaddle
     
         
      Training and Development of University Teachers  
    9.
    The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective
    by Graham Gibbs
     
    10.
    Academic Staff Development in South Africa: The Botswana Model
    by Michael J. Herrick
     
    11.
    A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model
    by John Dwyer
     
         
      Images of Policy, Structure, and Organization  
    12.
    Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and “Best Practice”
    by Margaret Robertson
     
    13.
    Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities
    by Terry Hyland
     
    14.
    Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students’ Educational Experience
    by Tronie Rifkin
     
    15.
    From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies
    by Howard A. Fergus
     
    16.
    Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructivist Approach
    by Sheila Vance and Glenda Crosling
     
    17.
    Student Activitism and University Teaching in South Korea
    by Yung Che Kim
     
    18.
    Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires
    by Marcela Mollis and Daniel Feldman
     
       

    Abstract

    University and college teaching, and the assessment and reward of teaching are among the most important topics in higher education worldwide, and increasing in importance. However, surprisingly little has been done towards collaboratively presenting the growing wealth of quality research on university and college teaching from other parts of the world to academics in the United States, and providing a cross-cultural perspective on this key topic. In the U.S., most of the common policy and methodology options considered by our academics and new professionals are indigenous to our nation. While the policies and methods used in foreign countries cannot be copied, insights from other countries can inform our discussions. There are many dimensions under the general rubric of university and college teaching, including preparation, assessment, and reward. In an international perspective, within each of these dimensions resides a number of cultural and social influences, such as language, religion, and history.

    While a considerable richness of different perspectives and topics is offered by this book, a main concern is to provoke the reader to observe the many commonalities in the thinking and approaches towards college teaching that pervade higher education systems worldwide, and from these commonalities derive the insights needed to address the challenges of today’s higher education environment. The chapters of the volume address either broad themes of policy and specific issues of methodology, from national, regional, or international perspectives. The collection of authors – most of whom have published widely on the topic of teaching and learning in higher education – is truly international.

     
    Please feel free to contact the editor for more information:
    E-mail: Forest@higher-ed.org
     

     

         This book is available for purchase from Amazon.com  

    Other Books by Dr. Forest, available on Amazon.com:

    Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia
    (2 Volumes, co-edited with Dr. Kevin Kinser). ABC-CLIO, 2002

    I Prefer to Teach: An International Comparison of Faculty Preference for Teaching
    Routledge-Falmer, 2001

     

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