Section 9: Further readings and resources

The Teaching and Learning Centre offers a wide range of events on teaching and learning. Class teachers are most welcome to sign up for them. One-to-one support is also freely available (eg: including meetings, teaching observation, advice and support on specialist issues, and access where necessary to external training and support). The Centre has a wide range of books, videos and other teaching resources concerned with many aspects of teaching, learning and student study support, contact the TLC for further details. The Library also holds a growing number of books. And the web has masses of material - check out links from the TLC website (www.lse.ac.uk/collections/TLC/), the LSE Library electronic resources (http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/elelib.htm ) link pages such as SOSIG (www.sosig.ac.uk ), and the Higher Education Academy, Subject Network www.headacademy.ac.uk/subjectnetwork.htm. Nearby, in Bedford Way (near Russell Square) is the Institute of Education (www.ioe.ac.uk) with its extensive library on teaching and learning matters. This has a number of subject specialist educational journals, and a substantial Higher Education section.

Below are some suggestions of further reading first on class teaching, and then on student study support. They are all available in the LSE Library and the class mark is given.

Class teaching

The first books listed are practical, containing a number of simple 'hints and tips'. Preparing to teach contextualises these tips to some extent with ideas about theories of learning.

Gibbs, G and Habeshaw, T (1989) Preparing to Teach: an introduction to effective teaching in higher education, Technical & Educational Services Ltd, Bristol, pp 255. LB2393 G43

Habeshaw, S; Habeshaw, T and Gibbs, G, (1988) 53 interesting things to do in your seminars and tutorials, Technical and Educational Services, Bristol, pp 136. LB1032 H11 

For more on running discursive classes see:

Brookfield, Stephen D and Preskill, Stephen (1999) Discussion as a way of teaching : tools and techniques for university teachers, Open University Press, Buckingham, pp 191. LB2393.5 B87

For ideas on alternative ways of teaching quantitative subjects see the subject centres for Economics www.economics.heacademy.ac.uk and Mathematics www.mathstore.ac.uk and the Math Centre www.mathcentre.ac.uk 

For some detailed guidance on assessment, and in particular essay marking see:

Rowntree, Derek (1987) Assessing students : how shall we know them? Kogan Page, London, pp273. LB3056.G7 R88 

Brown,G; Bull, J and Pendlebury, M. (1997) Assessing student learning in higher education, Routledge, London, pp317. In particular chapter 5 Assessing Essays. LB2367.G7 B87

Student support

A useful first line of resources on student study matters is the LSE Learning World (http://learning.lse.ac.uk ) website which includes PowerPoint presentations, session notes and links to resources on a range of study skills topics, (eg: essay writing, exam preparation, dissertations, reading, time management etc).

In addition, you may want to encourage students to read things for themselves. The Library has a number of items, for example:

Dunleavy, Patrick (1986) Studying for a degree in the humanities and social sciences, Macmillan, London, pp213 LB2395 D92

Drew, Sue and Bingham, Rosie (1997) The student skills guide, Gower, Aldershot, pp439. LB2395 D77.

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