University Teaching: International Perspectives(Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education)

Originally published in 1998 University Teaching looks at the world of university and college teaching in the study of higher education. Providing a broad perspective, it examines preparation, assessment, and reward from cross-cultural perspectives and explores the cultural and social influences that affect these dimensions. The book provides a considerable richness in diversity of topics and authors, and provokes the reader to observe the many commonalities in the thinking and approaches towards college teaching that pervade the higher education systems worldwide.

Table of Contents:
Preface About the Contributors Part I: Issues of Instruction 1. Improving Teaching by Design: Preferred Policies, Programs and Practices 2. A Cross-Cultural Look at Perceptions of Good Teaching: Asia and the West 3. University Teachers and Instruction: Important Themes for a Global Discussion Part II: Perspectives on Student Learning and Assessment 4. Improving Teaching Through Research on Student Learning 5. "It’s Just You and the Books": Learning Conditions and Study Strategies of Distance Learners at the University of the South Pacific 6. Portfolios as an Alternative Assessment Practice in Higher Education 7. Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education 8. How Micronesian Students Learn Skills for Personal Adjustment: Issues of Authority, Self-Disclosure, and Cultural Relevance Part III: Training and Development of University Teachers 9. The Preparation of University Teachers: A Cross-National Perspective 10. Academic Staff Development in Southern Africa: The Botswana Model 11. A University Teaching Practicum: Unpacking the Model Part IV: Images of Policy, Structure, and Organization 12. Benchmarking Teaching Performance in Universities: Issues of Control, Policy, Theory, and "Best Practice" 13. Work-Based Experience and Higher Professional Learning in British Universities 14. Quality versus Quantity Objectives: Effects of the Danish University 1990 Bachelor Degree Ordinance on Students Educational Experiences 15. From Experiment to Enterprise: Distance Teaching at the University of the West Indies 16. Integrating Writing Skills into the Curriculum of the Disciplines: A Social Constructionist Approach 17. Student Activism and University Teaching in South Korea 18. Accountability Without Tenure: The Impact of Academic Contests on University Teaching at the University of Buenos Aires Selected Bibliography Index