TY - BOOK AU - Kahn, Peter AU - Walsh, Lorraine TI - Developing your teaching T2 - Key guides for effective teaching in higher education SN - 0415372720 PY - 2006/// CY - Abingdon PB - Routledge KW - LEARNING KW - TEACHING, methods N1 - Why improve your teaching? -- Evidence-based teaching -- Inspiration for teaching -- Personal strategies for learning from experience -- Learning from others -- Creating a support network -- Mentoring -- Investigations and development projects -- Making a case - synthesising insights into teaching -- Conclusion - ensuring continued development, scholarship of teaching and learning -- Appendix: Resources for improving your teaching N2 - Hardback; For new as well as more experienced lecturers, this motivational book is packed with accessible and practical advice, grounded in learning theory. The authors show how to take a step back, reflect on your current practice and take measures to improve it. A wide range of creative and innovative ideas are explored including: using feedback from peers and students turning your understanding into practice getting involved in support networks working with mentors using teaching to progress your career ER -