Melbourne Graduate School of Education Centre for the Study of Higher Education

Tutoring and Demonstrating

 

 

Tutoring and Demonstrating

A guide for the University of Melbourne

book

Richard James & Gabrielle Baldwin

Centre for the Study of Higher Education
The University of Melbourne, Australia
1997

CONTENTS

Foreword and introduction

1. The learning environment at the University of Melbourne

The quality of the student experience, Interactive teaching and learning, New directions and challenges

2. Fundamentals

Ideas about teaching and learning, What qualities do undergraduate students admire in their teachers?, What characteristics define an effective learning group?, Making learning objectives explicit

3. Getting started

Learning to teach and the concerns of beginning teachers, Knowing your subject, Preparing to teach, Getting the first session right, Finding out what the learner knows, Advice for tutors and demonstrators educated outside Australia

4. Specific skills

Developing questioning skills, Encouraging attendance, Encouraging participation, Responding to students who behave badly

5. Student diversity: recognising and valuing difference

Valuing the perspectives of women and men, Supporting students with disabilities, Cultural diversity in the classroom

6. Teaching formats in higher education

I. Leading discussions

II. Students presenting seminar papers

III. Guiding group projects

IV. Leading problem-solving sessions

VI. Problem-based learning

VII. Clinical tutoring

7. Assessment, feedback and support

Assessment and grading, Providing students with feedback on their progress, Offering support, Services for student referral

8. Improving your teaching

Getting feedback: using student evaluation of teaching, Getting feedback: evidence from student achievement, Acting on the findings

9. Your career development: advice for graduate students

Creating a teaching portfolio

Presenting your research

Professional development opportunities

Conditions of employment

10. A guide for self-evaluation

References and further reading


© 1997, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne.

Sections of this guide may be reproduced for teaching purposes, with appropriate acknowledgement of the authors.

Printed copies are freely distributed to teaching staff of the University of Melbourne. Other people may request printed copies from the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at a cost of AUD20.00 per copy plus postage.

Please contact Dr Richard James for any communication regarding this home page.

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