How best to engage your learners in purposeful conversations
April 29, 2014
Video >> Catherine Haines, University of Nottingham on “How best to engage your learners in purposeful conversations” at the Students in Conversation conference, April 2014. Session abstract: Much educational activity rests on learners discussing material on which they then formulate and answer questions. This session seeks to identify specific behaviours which teachers can use to …
Learning in groups – seminars and projects
October 14, 2013
Video >> Student views on the value of learning with others and ways to make sure the group works together well. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
Supporting face-to-face collaborative learning using a Mahara group blog
July 26, 2013
Gordon Joyes: The context: “The MA in Learning, Technology and Education is a course designed for professionals involved with learning technologies. This is currently a f2f course but will have an online version in July 2013. Moodle VLE is used, but a range of other technologies are used to enhance the learning experience but also …
Doing Theology with Richard Wagner
June 27, 2013
Four of Professor Richard H Bell’s students speak about their experiences of taking his 20 credit module in the Autumn Semester 2012-13. Sarah Ellerington (Theology and Religious Studies 3): “‘Doing Theology with Richard Wagner’ was a fantastic module – extremely interesting and really different from any of the Theology modules I’ve done before. People usually …
Small group teaching for undergraduates in the School of Law
June 21, 2013
Prof. Stephen Bailey: “Small group teaching has been a feature of the Undergraduate programme in Law for at least forty years, and indeed probably throughout its history. Forty years ago, almost all law subjects were taught by a combination of lectures and tutorials. Most were year-long (semesters were not introduced by the University until much …
Using stories to encourage student empathy
January 30, 2013
Charley Baker: “The theoretical and pedagogic background to using literature, narratives, stories, autobiographies and fiction (and other humanities) in the education of clinical professionals is the subject of a growing body of research, with accompanying fierce debate about its educational utility. Tischler (2010, p. 2) suggests that current clinical curriculums “don’t nurture the student’s whole …
Optimising small group teaching in Psychology
September 21, 2010
Antonia Hamilton: Background & Significance “Small group teaching (tutorials) forms an essential part of the psychology course and is valued by students, with many students asking for more contact with tutors. However, the quality of small group teaching can be very variable, as noted in the recent National Students Survey results for University of Nottingham. …
Guiding students in reading for seminars
June 26, 2010
Video >> Kate: “What can you do to help and support students who are maybe struggling with those skills?” Nick Thomas: “We tailor the reading list very closely, or at least I do, for the seminars so that the recommended titles are made very clear for that particular seminar. It’s very clear which books are …
Learning Sets as a strategy to enable learning from a work placement
January 26, 2010
Video >> Alison: “I think the role of the learning set, for me, in bringing students and mentors to share their practice is to develop critical thinking, to actually enable students and mentors to critically discuss, have time to reflect, have time to think about and challenge practice and then usually take some action, personal …
Inclusivity as a basis for group discussions
November 24, 2009
Video >> Kingsley Udeh: “Interaction in the class or the seminar is very important. No. 1 is that it ventilate your doubt about certain areas, you say your ideas, in fact sometimes you think an idea is correct, but when you say it during discussion you discover that it’s not right or that it’s not …
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