Understanding learning and teaching : the experience in higher education /

Prosser, Michael, 1949-

Understanding learning and teaching : the experience in higher education / Michael Prosser and Keith Trigwell. - Buckingham : Open University Press, 1999. - ix, 194p.

Co-published with the Society for Research into Higher Education.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-187) and index.

How can university teachers improve the quality of student learning? In this text, Prosser and Trigwell argue that the answer lies in determining how students perceive their unique learning situations. How can university teachers improve the quality of student learning? Prosser and Trigwell argue that the answer lies in determining how students perceive their unique learning situations. In doing so they draw upon the considerable body of educational research into student learning in higher education which has been developed and published over the past three decades; and they enable university teachers to research and improve their own teaching.This book outlines the key principles underlying successful teaching and learning in higher education, and is a key resource for all university teachers.




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