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Producing Pedagogy
Author(s): Lorelle Burton (Author), Ann Dashwood (Author), Jill Lawrence (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: June 14, 2013
- Language: English
- Print length: 205 pages
- ISBN-10: 1443845922
- ISBN-13: 9781443845922
Book Description
Higher education worldwide is operating in a highly volatile context, a consequence of rapid globalisation, constricting funding and intense technological change. These forces challenge assumptions about work, productivity, and international demand for knowledge, skills and resources, igniting needs for highly competent and educated graduates. To remain viable, universities have to build their capacity to respond promptly, positively and wisely to an interlaced combination of “change forces”. One approach is to redesign learning and teaching to enhance subject discipline knowledge and skills. An alternative approach is to develop a learning and teaching framework that builds institutional knowledge and capabilities and connects them to the university’s strategic plan. Taking a longitudinal perspective, covering seven years and three separate research projects, this book focuses on the alternative approach. Producing Pedagogy describes the development and subsequent evaluation of a whole-of-institution approach to pedagogy, based on five associated principles: Sustainability, Engagement, Scholarship, Flexibility, and Contextual Learning. This refereed volume collates insights about the development of the pedagogy using as its case study a regional Australian university.
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About the Author
Professor Lorelle Burton is Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ). Registered as a psychologist, Lorelle has received multiple local and national teaching excellence awards. She has authored market-leading first year Australian psychology textbooks and heads national research projects on factors that impact on student learning. Lorelle currently leads USQ collaborations with community groups promoting community capacity building and well-being. Associate Professor Jill Lawrence is Associate Dean (Learning and Teaching) in the Faculty of Arts at USQ. Jill’s research on learning and teaching in higher education and enhancement of the student and staff experience led to the award of an inaugural national ALTC citation with Eleanor Kiernan and an individual Australian Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence in 2007. Jill has served on institutional and faculty learning and teaching committees and assessed national teaching excellence citations and grants. Dr Ann Dashwood is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics & TESOL in the Faculty of Education at USQ. Accepted into the USQ Teaching Academy for teaching enhancement of TESOL in higher education contexts, she now supervises doctoral candidates in the broad discipline of Applied Linguistics. Across the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Ann contributes as a teacher-researcher in classroom discourse and second language learning and teaching. Dr Alice Brown is an educator with 25 years’ experience in early childhood, primary and tertiary settings. She is recognised by her peers for innovative practice, leadership and teaching excellence through learning and teaching awards and fellowships and as an invited member of the USQ Teaching Academy. Alice presents and publishes in the area of learning and teaching in Higher Education and was a finalist in Lecturer of the Year 2009.
