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Some considerations about teaching in Higher Education
Carlos Cortinhas and Juliette Stephenson
“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”
Socrates
“Numerous are the academic chairs, but rare are wise and noble teachers.”
Einstein
Why talk about Teaching (Quality)?
• Student satisfaction is becoming increasingly
important• N.S.S., M.A.C.E., League Tables, …• £9,000 fees: students as customers
• Increasingly important for career progression
• Rewarding
Challenges about Teaching (Quality)
• Economics Departments/Business School tend to
be larger recruiters so classes tend to be larger
than average• Larger number of EU/International Students than
other degrees• Variable attendance/effort• Heterogeneous background of students• Time pressures (Research)
Teaching
• Teaching is not the same as presenting
• Presenting:• Informed (and homogenous) audience• Aim is to relay information• Naturally interested and attentive
• Teaching:• Uninformed (and heterogeneous) audience• Aim is to develop understanding
Teaching
• Lecturing Vs Small Group Teaching
• Lecturing:• Mostly one-way communication• Interaction possible but not always easy
• Tutorial/Seminars:• Two way communication is desired and expected• Often based on small group activity
Teaching:
• “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Einstein
• Avoid “death by PowerPoint”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpvgfmEU2Ck
• Do not make strong assumptions about student’s past knowledge of the topic – Investigate the background/knowledge of your students
• Understand that different students have different styles of learning (E.g., Visual – Auditory – Kinaesthetic); Bloom’s Taxonomy
• ‘Real world’ applications
Engaging and Motivating students: Using technology-enhanced learning experiences
Audience Response Systems
Audience Response Systems (also known as “clickers”):
Audience Response Systems
Audience response systems are devices that allow interaction
between a presenter and his/her audience.
TurningPoint is a free software that is built inside Microsoft
PowerPoint and allows you to create multiple-choice, multiple-
response questions with minimum effort.
University of Exeter Business School
Main technology-based tools already implemented at the Business School:
Particularly useful for:
Increasing participation and motivation in (large) classes
Getting immediate feedback on whether students are
learning
Getting immediate feedback on students preferences on
specific topics
Stimulating discussion in large group teaching
Conduct Classroom Experiments
University of Exeter Business School
If elections were held today, who would you vote for?
1. Conservatives2. Labour3. Liberal Democrats4. Others5. Do not know/would
not vote
Turningpoint Reports:
TurningPoint generates a large number of different user
reports through Microsoft Excel and Word.
University of Exeter Business School
Engaging and Motivating students: Using technology-enhanced learning experiences
Using Smartphones in the classroom (ResponseWare)
ResponseWare Login
ResponseWare
Web Address: http://www.rwpoll.com/Session ID: STATS
In which area would you say your research falls into?
1. Microeconomics2. Macroeconomics and Monetary
Economics3. International Economics4. Financial Economics5. Public Economics6. Labour Economics7. Others
Micr
oeconomics
Mac
roeco
nomics and M
o...
International E
conomics
Financia
l Eco
nomics
Public Eco
nomics
Labour E
conomics
Others
32%
15%12%
15%
9%
12%
6%
Numerical: What is the current Bank of England Official Bank Rate ?
1 2 3 4 5 6
50%
10% 10%10%10%10%
Rank Responses1 0.52 0.253 0.64 0.755 26 Other
Values: 0.5, {0.5, 0}Value Matches: 10
Essay:What is Trefler (1995)’s “Missing Trade” Puzzle ??
Recommendations:
• Attend a (free) Residential Workshop for new
Economic Lecturers (Economics Network) • Next will take place on April, 16 and 17 at Bristol University• http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/events/newlecs
• Consult the Handbook for Economic Lecturers (http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/handbook)
• Become a Fellow of the Higher Education
Academy• https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/professional-recognition/hea-fellowships/become-fellow-hea
ResponseWare: Examples The lecturer posts a PowerPoint slide with a questionAfter the vote the results appear both on the lecturer’s presentation and on the smartphone/tablet/laptop...
And it appears on the mobile device’s screen...
ResponseWare: Examples Unlike clickers, you can also have numerical responses slides....
ResponseWare: Examples And essay slides....