Chrysi
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>Dear David
>
>This email is not relevant to the workshop, but I would like to ask for some
>advice and tips as I am starting as a lecturer for pre-registration nursing
>next month. This is my first teaching job, and although I am very excited
>and enthusiastic about my new job, I am kind of anxious and I would
>appreciate some tips and advice about teaching and learning or some
>recommendations on teaching books for new teachers. Please circulate this
>email to other people who would like to give me some advice on that.
>
I have a few books to recommennd;
At a practical level:
Preparing to Teach by Gibbs & Habeshaw <www.53books.co.uk>
A Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges, (4th Ed) Cannon &
Newble, Kogan Page, 2000
500 Tips for Tutors by Race & Brown Kogan Page, 1993
For more theory and research-based ideas:
Effective Teaching in HE by Brown & Atkins, Routledge, 1988
Teaching for Quality Learning in HE, Biggs, SRHE & OU, 1999
For some examples of practice (as well as many of the above):
A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in HE by Fry, Ketteridge & Marshall,
Kogan Page, 1999
There is a course starting at the London Institute of Education next week
that might interest you.
Phone Janet Harding on 0207 612 6362 for information if you would like to
know more.
Best wishes
David
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