| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 152 pages) |
| Series |
500 Tips |
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500 Tips
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Valuing Students; 1 Enhancing quality through student induction; 2 Student handbooks; 3 Making mature students feel welcome; 4 Providing for part-time students; 5 Providing for overseas students; 6 Graduation; 7 Getting people to come back; Chapter 2 Valuing Staff; 8 Enhancing quality through staff induction; 9 Enhancing the quality of training; 10 Using appraisal to enhance quality; 11 Managing stress; 12 Maintaining morale; 13 Coping with turbulent times |
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Chapter 3 Enhancing Learning Through Teaching And Assessment14 Student learning support; 15 Learning environment quality; 16 Quality of learning outcomes; 17 Enhancing student projects; 18 Making student projects purposeful; 19 Enhancing laboratory work; 20 Learning in small groups; 21 Ringing the changes in groupwork; 22 Enhancing large-group teaching; 23 Enhancing the quality of assessment; 24 Diversifying assessment; Chapter 4 Quality Processes; 25 Reviewing systems; 26 Record-keeping; 27 Practising equal opportunities; 28 Enhancing the quality of committees; 29 Choosing external examiners |
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30 The role of external examinersChapter 5 Feedback And Evaluation; 31 Designing structured feedback questionnaires; 32 Designing open feedback questionnaires; 33 Feedback from interviews with students; 34 Establishing a culture of student feedback; 35 Feedback from student representatives on course committees; Chapter 6 Preparing For Quality Assessment Visits; 36 Preparing for quality visits; 37 Writing a self-assessment document; 38 Quality on the day; 39 Quality of library and computing services; 40 Practising for observation; 41 Making use of feedback from observers |
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42 Preparing new staff for observation43 Motivating experienced staff regarding teaching observation; 44 Working out which qualities to observe in lectures; 45 Working out what to observe in small-group teaching; Chapter 7 Caring for the Campus; 46 Helping people find their way about the campus; 47 Early mornings and late evenings; 48 Weekends; 49 Keeping things going during vacations; 50 Some suggestions about car parking; 51 Quality on the Internet; Conclusions; References And Further Reading; Index |
| Summary |
Provides practical, realistic and wide ranging suggestions about how quality can be measured, maintained and improved. Highlights quality issues such as : valuing students and staff; enhancing learning through feedback and evaluation and preparing for assessment visits |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 148) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Universities and colleges -- Administration.
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Universities and colleges -- Business management.
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Universities and colleges -- Business management
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Universities and colleges -- Administration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Race, Philip
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Smith, Brenda (Brenda M.)
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| ISBN |
9781136355486 |
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1136355480 |
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9781136355554 |
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1136355553 |
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