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Making Teaching Work provides a down-to-earth, jargon-free book for teaching staff in universities and colleges, and includes reference tsome of the best modern literature on assessment, teaching and feedback By focusing on the learner in a variety of situations and contexts, the book explores how teachers can help learners tmake learning happen The authors emphasise teaching smarter - helping busy, hard-pressed teachers tincrease the efficiency as well as effectiveness of their work Written with both full-time and part-time staff in mind, this book allows teaching staff tbalance the various tasks which make up their workload, including the increasing paperwork and administration they encounter whilst carrying out assessment, teaching and providing feedback tstudents The book addresses a wide range of aspects of assessment, learning and teaching in post-compulsory education including:How tprovide a supportive learning environment - including online learningHow tdesign and manage formative assessment and feedbackHow tsupport diverse students - including addressing and achieving student satisfactionDeveloping teaching - including lecturing, small-group teaching, supporting individual learning and dealing with disruptive studentsHow tuse research timprove teachingCreatively designing curriculumPromoting student employabilityBroadening horizons - including widening and deepening participationAddressing and achieving student satisfactionIt is a self-sufficient and thought-provoking resource about teaching and learning for all practitioners in post-compulsory education
