Curriculum Design

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* Barnett, Parry & Coate (2001) Conceptualising Curriculum Change, Teaching in Higher Education Vol. 6 No. 4

Baume, C and Baume, D. First Words on Course Design

* Biggs, J. (1999) What the student does: teaching for enhanced learning Higher Education Research and Development Vol. 18, no 1 pp. 57-75

Guide to Curriculum Design: Enquiry-Based Learning Peter Kahn and Karen O’Rourke, University of Manchester, HEA

* Knight, P. (2001) Complexity and Curriculum: a process approach to curriculum making, Teaching in Higher Education Vol. 6, No. 3 pp. 369-381

Land, R. et al (2005) Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge (3): Implications for Course Design and Evaluation, From: Land R, Cousin G, Meyer JHF and Davies P (2005) Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge (3): Implications for Course Design and Evaluation in Improving Student Learning – Equality and Diversity. C.Rust (Ed), OCSLD, Oxford

* Manouchehri, A (2002) Developing teaching knowledge through peer discourse
Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 18, Issue 6, August 2002, Pages 715-737

* Neumann, Parry, & Becher, T. (2002) Teaching and Learning in their Disciplinary Contexts: a conceptual analysis, Studies in Higher Education Vol. 27, No. 4

Nicol,D.J. & Boyle, J. T. (2003) Peer Instruction versus Class-wide Discussion in large classes: a comparison of two interaction methods in the wired classroom. Studies in Higher Education vol.28 no.4 pp.457-473

Ramsden, P. (2003) Learning to teach in higher education (2nd ed.)

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Learning Outcomes

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* Allan (1996) Learning Outcomes in Higher Education, Studies in Higher Education Vol. 21, No 1

Entwistle, N. (2004) Learning Outcomes and Ways of Thinking

* Hussey, T. & Smith P. (2002) The trouble with Learning Outcomes, Active Learning in Higher Education, Vol. 3, No. 3, 220-233

* Hussey, T. & Smith, P. (2003) The Uses of Learning Outcomes, in Teaching in Higher Education Vol. 8 no. 3 pp 357-368

Jackson, Wisdom, & Shaw (2003) Guide for Busy Academics: Using Learning Outcomes To Design A Course And Assess Learning (currently awaiting response from HEA).

Student Diversity & Equal Opportunities 

CELT briefing paper on Equal Opportunities in teaching and learning 

Disability legislation: practical guidance for academic staff from the Higher Education Academy

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingandlearning/inclusion/alldisplay?type=resources&newid=ourwork/inclusion/Disability/DisabilityLegislationPracticalGuide_revised2010&site=york