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Teaching Subject Teaching in Higher Education - A Case for Statistics

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Vol: 
3
Num: 
4
Author(s)
Authors: 
Neville Davies
Warren Gilchrist
Abstract: 
Both the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ILTHE) and the Learning and Teaching Support Networks (LTSNs) are committed to discipline-based educational training for academic staff. However, many Higher Education (HE) staff development and induction programmes only cover generic aspects of teaching. A few do include a guest presentation or two from subject experts, but, in general, we have found relatively little input concerned with the particular issues and problems that face teachers of specific subjects and topics in HE. Yet there are many compelling reasons for much greater input of subject-based material in all programmes for teachers of HE subjects…
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Keywords: 
Statistics, subject teaching, higher education, bridging generic and subject teaching of new staff, continuing professional development (CPD), initial professional development (IPD), tradition in school teaching, BEd, PGCE, Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Centre for Statistical Education (CSE), HE Teaching Statistics material, discipline characteristics, subject characteristics, maths, mathematics, social sciences, science, business, lecturer’s perspective, overview of statistics in HE, learning statistics, teaching statistics, feedback and assessment in statistics, computer supported statistics teaching, virtual learning environment (VLE), Blackboard, Certificate in Teaching Statistics in HE, Professional Affairs Committee (PAC)
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