European University Institute Library

Designing courses for higher education, Susan Toohey

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-210) and index

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Designing courses for higher education

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Susan Toohey

Susan Toohey focuses not on teaching techniques but on the strategic decisions which must be made before a course begins. She provides realistic advice for university and college teachers on how to design more effective courses without underestimating the complexity of the task facing course developers. In particular, she examines fully the challenges involved in leading course design teams, getting agreement among teaching staff and managing organizational politics. She also explores the key role played by academics' own values and beliefs (often unexamined) in shaping course design and student experience. In doing so, she offers course designers both an understanding and a framework within which to clarify their own teaching purposes

Acknowledgements. Introduction. Pressures for change. The course design process. Beliefs, values and ideologies in course design. Thinking about goals and content. The structure of the course. Making learning opportunities more flexible. Deciding on goals and objectives for units of study. Choosing teaching strategies. Assessment. Implementing the new course. References. Index