This is for No. 4 of the series: Student Learning and University Teaching
Edited by Noel Entwistle, Peter Tomlinson and Julie Dockrell
This monograph issue brings together descriptions of distinctive contributions to research into teaching and learning in higher education provided by international scholars in the field. The common theme is the attempt to understand the ways in which students or young professionals go about learning, studying and preparing for their future professional roles, and how university teachers can support that learning. Teaching and learning in higher education can be seen as an interactive system that depends on the characteristics of the student, the specific nature of the subject matter, and the whole teaching-learning environment being provided. Given the complexity of this whole system, the research reported here inevitably concentrates on just parts of that whole, but together it provides a convincing portrayal of teaching and learning in higher education, with important implications for practice.
Monographs published so far
No 1: Learning and Teaching Reading
Edited by Rhona Stainthorp & Peter Tomlinson
This first monograph provides understanding on how reading develops, what may be the causes of reading difficulties and how empirical evidence can develop rational teaching approaches.
No 2: Development and Motivation: Joint Perspectives
Edited by Leslie Smith, Colin Rogers and Peter Tomlinson
The main focus of this monograph is the crucial link between cognition and motivation under development; it also addresses the question about how to make progress towards a joint model of motivation and development.
No 3: Pedogogy - Teaching for Learning
Edited by Rhona Stainthorp and Peter Tomlinson
This monograph covers current psychological contributions to pedagogy, a systematic understanding of teaching and learning, by way of an illustrative set of international contributions dealing with issues relevant to mainstream schooling across the age range.
No 4: Student Learning and University Teaching
Edited by Noel Entwistle, Peter Tomlinson and Julie Dockrell
This monograph brings together descriptions of distinctive contributions to research into teaching and learning in higher education.
No 5: Learning Through Digital Technologies
Edited by Jean Underwood and Julie Dockrell
This monograph focuses on the understanding that psychological theories and processes bring to the role of digital technologies in a range of formal and informal learning situations.
No 6: Teaching and Learning Writing
Edited by Vincent Connelly, Anna L. Barnett, Julie E. Dockrell and Andrew Tolmie
This monograph presents recent international research on the teaching and learning of writing. The purpose of the monograph is to inform education professionals about this exciting new research which we hope will, in turn, contribute to improved practice and performance in the classroom.
No 7: Understanding number development
Edited by Vincent Connelly, Anna L. Barnett, Julie E. Dockrell and Andrew Tolmie
Proficiency with numbers is important for everyday life, employment, and the study of natural and social sciences. This monograph features contributions from eminent developmental psychologists who have been concerned to make connections between developmental psycholgy and the theory and practice of education, particularly in mathematics. Their research is advancing understanding of the factors responsible for diversity in children's mathematical attainment and interventions that are effective in supporting mathematical development.
Forthcoming
No 8: Antisocial behaviour in schools