Masters Level Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Issues in Design and Delivery

Description

Masters level study requires a distinct set of approaches to teaching, learning and assessment, yet there is often little discussion of these issues, or support for staff. This much needed handbook redresses that balance by providing targeted support for those working with academic, professional and applied Masters programmes. Ideal for newly qualified and experienced staff alike, this book covers everything you need to know to develop effective practices in Masters teaching, including designing, managing and reviewing a curriculum, and delivering effective student support. The text brings together contributions from a wide range of academics who have extensive practical experience of teaching at Masters level nationally and internationally. Through sharing examples of innovative practice and student-centred learning advice, this book provides thought-provoking support for all those working to develop and enhance Masters programmes.

Pauline Kneale is Director of the Pedagogic Research Institute and Observatory, Plymouth University, UK. She has been teaching Masters students in UK and Irish universities, and tutoring new academic staff teaching at this level, for over thirty years.

'Set to become the definitive work on Masters level learning, teaching and assessment, this comprehensive and inspiring volume should be essential reading for the multiple stakeholders engaged in the Masters level educational enterprise.' - Lorraine Stefani, University of Auckland, New Zealand 'A well-informed and perceptive overall vision of the current context of Masters level teaching, the key issues that need to be addressed and the conceptual and theoretical groundings on which principles and practice might be constructed.' - Andrew Northedge, The Open University, UK