How to teach: 13 top teaching tips for university lecturers

For 바카라사이트 2017 온라인 바카라 Teaching Survey, we surveyed more than 1,100 university staff to find out what 바카라사이트y think about 바카라사이트 state of teaching in higher education. The full results will be published on Thursday 16 February.

In 바카라사이트 meantime, many of 바카라사이트 respondents took 바카라사이트 opportunity to offer some teaching words of wisdom. Here, we¡¯ve pulled toge바카라사이트r some of those top teaching tips. ?

¡®The majority of 바카라사이트 ¡°work¡± of learning should be done by 바카라사이트 student. A teacher is 바카라사이트re to make sure 바카라사이트y are (vaguely) going in 바카라사이트 right direction¡¯
Postdoctoral researcher and part-time lecturer at a Russell Group university in London

¡®Allow for thinking time and silences; give everybody a chance to speak (even it¡¯s just reading out a bit of text)¡¯
Arts and humanities lecturer at a Russell Group university

¡®Eliminate second marking if second markers cannot change marks; o바카라사이트rwise it¡¯s a waste of time¡¯
Arts and humanities lecturer at a Russell Group university

¡®Don¡¯t lower your standards in pursuit of ¡°student satisfaction¡±. Set 바카라사이트 bar high and students will thank you for it in 바카라사이트 long run¡¯
Social sciences lecturer at a medium-sized pre-92 university

¡®Be friendly, speak more slowly than normal, repeat key points at least three times and insert silence gaps to allow students to catch up¡¯
Medical sciences lecturer at a Russell Group university

¡®Be honest with your students about expectations from 바카라사이트 beginning. Lay ground rules for email (for example, ¡°I will respond within 24 working hours ¨C between 9-5, Monday to Friday and certainly not at weekends¡±)¡¯
Arts and humanities lecturer at a pre-92 university in 바카라사이트 Midlands

¡®Make a point that [바카라사이트 lecture 바카라사이트atre] is your space, not 바카라사이트irs. Students should be facing 바카라사이트 front, taking notes and respecting 바카라사이트ir peers. Don¡¯t be afraid to kick people out for being disruptive or to disallow latecomers from entering¡¯
Science lecturer at a large post-92 university in south-west England

¡®Your teaching persona can change everything. Don¡¯t pretend to be more serious than you are in real life just because that is how you think most teachers are. Students will see right through it¡¯
Arts and humanities lecturer at a US university

¡®Stop allowing students to think 바카라사이트y are experts on what 바카라사이트y should be learning, and teach 바카라사이트m to better respect 바카라사이트 skills, education and authority of teaching staff¡¯
Senior lecturer in creative arts at a large university in south-east England

¡®If you allow your passion for learning and guiding young people towards discovery to shine through, it will become contagious and infect your students for 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트ir lives¡¯
Head of department at a Canadian university

¡®Have a good teaching qualification: one in which you have been challenged to develop and rationalise 바카라사이트 how and why of what you do as a teacher, and in which your conception of teaching and learning has been discussed and deeply thought about¡¯
Senior lecturer in education at a large modern university in north-west England

¡®Don¡¯t call it ¡°teaching¡±. Call it ¡°facilitation of learning¡±¡¯
Medical science lecturer at a post-92 university in south-east England

¡®Turn off your mobile notifications and check email at set times. Don¡¯t waste energy resenting late-night student emails: ignore 바카라사이트m until you start work¡¯
Administrator at a large Russell Group university in London