This volume contests the current higher educational paradigm of using objectives and outcomes as ways to measure learning. Instead, the contributors propose approaches to learning that draw upon the creative arts and humanities, including cinema, literature, dance, drama, and visual art. Such approaches, they argue, can foster deeper learning, even in subjects not normally associated with these forms of creativity. Drawing on their own practical experience in developing new educational methods, the contributors embody a refreshing alternative perspective on teaching, learning, and assessment.

About the Author

Paul McIntosh is a research fellow in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen Mary University London.

Digby Warren is a university learning and teaching coordinator and program leader for the master's program in learning and teaching in higher education at London Metropolitan University.

Reviews

'The chapters provide great ideas for teachers to enliven their sessions and modules ... By aiming to close the gap between academic learning and professional application the writers have shown how an imaginative approach has real, practical and lasting value.'

-- International Professional Development Association, Professor Kit Field



Book Information
ISBN 9781841505169
Author Paul McIntosh
Format Hardback
Page Count 284
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 671g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 178mm * 17mm