Pedagogy

Learn more about pedagogy and how different theories of teaching and learning work across higher education. Here, academics offer insights into a variety of pedagogies, drawing on their own teaching experience alongside research, to provide practical advice on what instructional methods work best for different university contexts, disciplines and classes.

By Miranda Prynne, 12 October, 2022

Counter-mapping as a pedagogical tool

Student exploring a city using a map
Engaging students with urban spaces can contextualise and deepen learning and bring in inclusive perspectives. Daniel Gutiérrez-Ujaque and Dharman Jeyasingham explain how counter-mapping can be used as a pedagogical tool
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3minutes
By sara.custer, 29 September, 2022

THE podcast: teaching 101 tips from your peers

Podcast discussing building resilience and protecting well-being among university staff and students
In this episode of the THE Campus podcast, we feature short tips from university educators around the world, forming a mini teaching community offering advice from how to personalise learning to what types of pedagogy you should know about
By Eliza.Compton, 21 September, 2022

Classroom management techniques you don’t get taught

Man holding a mask
‘Fake it till you make it’ is a useful motto for new university teachers facing a classroom of antsy students for the first time. Here are seven basic skills to master
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3minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 15 September, 2022

Do we need to grade students’ presentation skills?

Woman giving a presentation
Presentation skills are considered essential by employers, but does this mean they should be graded at university? Marking can distract from the goal of improvement, and there are better ways to motivate students, says Axel Wieneke
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3minutes
Pedagogy