Who should attend?
This session will be of interest to anyone looking for practical guidance on how to develop their teaching.
Course Description:
Ken Bain's classic book, What the Best College Teachers Do, is the starting point for this session. Ken Bain's research identified outstanding teachers in higher education and set out to discover what they did to engage and challenge students.
This session includes:
What the best teachers know about how we learn
How they prepare to teach
What they expect of students
How they conduct class
How they treat students
Course Tutor:
Alan Mortiboys has extensive experience working in education and staff development, both in the UK and abroad. For the past 25 years he has worked in Educational Development in Higher Education. Most recently he was at Birmingham City University as Professor of Educational Development, leading the Postgraduate Certificate in Education programme for academic staff. He now works independently providing staff and educational development for professionals in education, health care and other public sectors. Alan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His publications include How to be an Effective Teacher in Higher Education (Open University Press 2010) and Teaching with Emotional Intelligence (Routledge 2012).
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will:
Have the opportunity to review their current practice
Determine whether and how their teaching could be informed by Bain's findings.
Other courses by Alan Mortiboys:
Effective Classroom Management / Helping Your Students Make the Most of Feedback / Making the Most of Language: Written and Verbal Communications / Using Active Listening Skills to Enhance Learning / Inspirational Teaching
UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF)
This workshop is particularly relevant to these dimensions of the framework:
Areas of Activity: A2
Core Knowledge: K2; K3
Professional Values: V1; V2
Find out more about the Framework here.
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