
On becoming an innovative university teacher : reflection in action
Title:
On becoming an innovative university teacher : reflection in action
Author:
Cowan, John, 1932-
ISBN:
9780335199945
9780335199938
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Publication Information:
Buckingham ; Philadelphia, PA : Society for Research into Higher education & Open University Press, 1998.
Physical Description:
xi, 173 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. What is Meant in Education by 'Reflecting'? -- 3. What Does Reflection Have to Offer in Education? -- 4. Is There a Methodology You Can and Should Follow? -- 5. What Can You Do to Encourage Students to Reflect? -- 6. What is Involved for Students in Analytical Reflection? -- 7. What is Involved in Evaluative Reflection? -- 8. How Can You Adapt Ideas from My Teaching, for Yours? -- 9. How Should You Get Started? -- 10. How Can Such Innovations Be Evaluated? -- 11. Where Should You Read about Other Work in This Field? -- A Postscript: Final Reflections.
Abstract:
This unusual book begins each chapter by posing a question with which college and university teachers can be expected to identify; and then goes on to answer the question by presenting a series of examples; finally, each chapter closes with 'second thoughts', presenting a viewpoint somewhat distinct from that taken by John Cowan. This book will assist university teachers to plan and run innovative activities to enable their students to engage in effective reflective learning; it will help them adapt other teachers' work for use with their own students; and will give them a rationale for the place of reflective teaching and learning in higher education.
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