Tom Burns & Sandra Sinfield 
Teaching, Learning and Study Skills 
A Guide for Tutors

′This is an essential guide for anyone aspiring to teach in Higher Education in the UK. Not just because it is packed with practical tips and even lecture notes but crucially because it explains the nature of university teaching in the wake of the ′widening participation′ agenda… In summary this book is well worth reading′
– Educate Journal

This is a book for tutors, lecturers and teachers in further and higher education, who need to teach their students how to study, learn and communicate effectively. Based around the same techniques and contents as Tom and Sandra′s book Essential Study Skills, which is itself based on many years experience of teaching and mentoring students in higher education, this book is intended to work with traditional and non-traditional students.

The material will be suitable for institutions concerned with widening participation; with student retention; with quality enhancement; with equal opportunities and with professional and staff development.


SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills hub for tips, resources and videos on study success!

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – and How to Use This Book

University Teaching, Widening Participation and Study Skills

How to Assess – A Short Preface on Assessment

How to Understand Our Students

How to Promote an Effective Transition to University – and Raise Student Awareness of What Is Expected of Them

How to Promote Student Self-Confidence

How to Promote Effective Organization and Time Management

How to Promote Effective Research and Reading Strategies

How to Promote Effective Note-Making

How to Promote Effective Presentations and Seminars

How to Promote Effective Writing

How to Support Effective Revision and Exam Techniques

How to Support Effective Group Work

How to Promote Reflective Practice

How to Promote Overall Success

Über den Autor

Sandra Sinfield has worked as a laboratory technician, a freelance copywriter, an Executive Editor (Medicine Digest, circulation 80, 000 doctors) and in the voluntary sector with the Tower Hamlets Research and Resource Centre and with the Islington Green School Community Play written by Alan, Whose Life is it Anyway?, Clarke and produced at Sadler′s Wells. Sandra is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development actively involved in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (www.aldinhe.ac.uk). Some time ago she, along with Tom Burns, developed the student-facing Study Hub (www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub) and the staff-facing Take5 website and blog (http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/take5/), the latter offering engaging and innovative learning, teaching and assessment practices to support staff with learning development work.Working in the Centre for Professional and Educational Development at London Metropolitan University, she continues to develop learning, teaching and assessment innovations with a special focus on engaging praxes that ignite student curiosity and develop power and voice.