High impact pedagogies - Gulf University, Bahrain

High impact pedagogies The story so far…

Chickering and Gamson 1987 “Apathetic students, illiterate graduates, incompetent teaching, impersonal campuses - so rolls the drumfire of criticism of higher education.”

Good practice in UG education? “But how can students and faculty members improve undergraduate education? Many campuses around the country are asking this question. To provide a focus for their work, we offer seven principles based on research on good teaching and learning in colleges and universities.”

4 Chickering and Gamson 1987

"Good practice in undergraduate education”

Encourages contacts between students and faculty. Develops reciprocity and cooperation among students. Uses active learning techniques. Gives prompt feedback. Emphasizes time on task. Communicates high expectations. Respects diverse talents and ways of learning.

Kuh (2008) on engaged student learning First-year seminars and experiences Common intellectual experiences (such as the core curriculum) Learning communities Writing-intensive courses Collaborative assignments and projects Undergraduate research

Diversity and global learning in courses or programs that examine “difficult differences” Service – or community-based learning Internships Capstone courses and projects

5 21/07/2017

‘Engaged student learning: high impact strategies to enhance student achievement’ Professor Carol Evans

6 21/07/2017

HEA research project 2015

https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resource/engaged-student-learning-high-impact-strategies-enhance-student-achievement

Filtering process for Professor Carol Evan’s publication

7 21/07/2017

Guess what approaches

are inside the golden envelope!

What works?

Key approaches that work from Professor Carol Evans’ study for HEA

visual representations; co-operative/collaborative learning; inquiry (including simulations); problem/ project based learning; students as producers/co-assessors, and self-assessors.

9 Carol Evans – Slide from presentation at HEA Soc Sci Conference 2015 in Session 6.1. Go to https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events-conferences/event/inspire-%E2%80%93-sharing-great-practice-social-science-teaching-and-learning to download her full presentation..

Dominant pedagogical approaches:

active; collaborative; experiential; critically reflective; strong emphasis on assessment.

10 Carol Evans – Slide from presentation at HEA Soc Sci Conference 2015 in Session 6.1. Go to https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events-conferences/event/inspire-%E2%80%93-sharing-great-practice-social-science-teaching-and-learning to download her full presentation..

21/07/2017

11

Some innovative pedagogies 1. Visual representations (concept maps, mind maps, time

lines) 2. Simulations/ Inquiry based learning 3. Problem based/project based learning 4. Games/gamification 5. Team-based learning 6. Just in Time teaching (JiTT) 7. Flipped learning

12 21/07/2017