Effective teaching in large STEM classes / edited by Anna Wood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wood, Anna, editor.

Institute of Physics (Great Britain)

Series:

IOP series in physics education.

IOP series in physics education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Effective teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : ill. (some col.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2023]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

Biography/History:

Dr. Anna Wood is an education researcher at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on learning in large classes in physics, and on the use of technology to support learning. She has researched, written, and run workshops about peer instruction, the use of electronic voting devices, lecture capture, and the interactions in large classes, and has developed the FILL (Framework for Interactive Learning in Lectures) tool for accurately characterising activities in lectures. Dr Wood has published widely on these topics including in Physical Review, Physics Education Research, Teaching in Higher Education and Technology, Pedagogy and Education.

Summary:

This book provides an accessible and research-informed introduction to teaching large classes, aimed at teachers from across the STEM subjects, at all stages of their careers, who want to provide the most effective teaching and learning experiences for their students. A central theme throughout is that active learning is an important aspect of good-quality teaching. This is explored in detail through both practical guidance for implementing such techniques as well as through an accessible introduction to the theoretical and pedagogical issues that underpin its use, supported by case studies. The text provides an introduction for university teachers interested in using approaches such as the flipped classroom, and offers discussion on how to quantify activities within classrooms through observation tools, and what the future of teaching large classes might look like. Key Features: Provides a practical guide to effective teaching of large classes in STEM subjects at university level; Takes an evidence-based approach and synthesises the theoretical and pedagogical issues that are important for teachers to understand; Provides an overview of the literature supporting active learning approaches; Discusses the flipped classroom, strategies for introducing interactivity into classes, and the use of technology such as electronic voting systems; Includes the role of assessment in large classes; Proposes a view of the future of large classes, including the role of hybrid teaching.

Contents:

1. Large classes in STEM education

potential and challenges / Anna K. Wood and Nicolas Labrosse

2. Active learning in large classes / Anna K. Wood

3. Practical approaches to active learning / Alison Voice

4. Using classroom observation tools to characterize large classes / Anna K. Wood and George Kinnear

5. Authentic and inclusive (summative) assessments / Firas Moosvi and Simon Bates

6. Computer-marked assessment and concept inventories / Sally Jordan

7. Case study 1 : an introductory physics course / Ross K. Galloway

8. Case study 2 : tailored active blended learning in a foundation year chemistry module / Simon J. Lancaster, Daniel Elford and Eleanor Gill

9. Case study 3 : an introductory linear algebra course / Pamela Docherty

10. Case study 4 : personalised learning by student-posed questions during biology lectures / Heather McQueen

11. Case study 5 : the learning assistant model for engaging students / Valerie K. Otero

12. Effective teaching in large classes; looking through and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic / Simon Bates and Firas Moosvi.

Notes:

"Version: 20230801"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on September 5, 2023).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780750352314

0750352310

9780750352307

0750352302

OCLC:

1393242540