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> Reply-To: Fiona Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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> Improving Student Learning Through Teaching
> The 14th Improving Student Learning (ISL) conference will be held on
> 4-6
> September 2006 at the University of Bath, UK.
>
> The major aim of the Improving Student Learning symposia is to provide
> a forum which brings together those who are primarily researchers into
> learning in higher education and those who are primarily practitioners
> concerned more pragmatically with improving their practice, but from
> whichever starting point, papers are only accepted if they take a
> sufficiently scholarly, research-based approach.
>
> More details about the conference can be found at:
> www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/1_ocsld/isl2006/
>
> Theme
> It is interesting that it has taken us 14 years before choosing this
> year's theme – Improving Student Learning Through Teaching. At first
> sight, not a particularly radical idea, but we must not forget that
> "teaching without learning is just talking" (Angelo and Cross, 1993,
> p3).
>
> Call for papers
> Please submit your paper proposal online at
> www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/1_ocsld/isl2006/call_form.html. The
> closing date for submissions is 31 January 2006, and authors will be
> notified by the end of March whether their paper has been selected for
> presentation.
>
> Location
> Bath is a beautiful city which stands on the River Avon among the
> hills
> of England’s West Country. The city’s compactness and striking
> architecture – Roman baths and sweeping Georgian terraces – combine to
> produce one of the most elegant sights in Europe.
>
> History of the ISL conference
> In 1993, the first Improving Student Learning Symposium was held at
> Warwick University in the UK. Since then it has become an established
> event on the international calendar, with up to 200 participants from
> over 15 countries at each conference.
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