Course Design and Assessment (Hardcover)

Kathy Lund Dean

ISBN 10: 1800374755 / ISBN 13: 9781800374751

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, 2022

About this Item

Hardcover. Course Design and Assessment offers design strategies, educator-in-action perspectives, and real-world suggestions for engaged educators, creating inclusive and meaningful learning opportunities and developmental student growth. With a brief history situating engaged learning among educational models, the book shows the vital and practical connections between an educators overall learning philosophy and their pedagogical choices.The authors unpack the definitions and practices common to engaged learning, exploring the assumptions educators make about students, teaching, learning, and instructional contexts that underlie engaged educators pedagogical decisions. Ultimately a vehicle for inclusive learning and transparent design, the book outlines pre-course planning steps, suggestions for adjusting the course mid-stream, and a thorough discussion of assessment activities with planning and implementation steps.For beginning and advanced instructors worldwide, this book serves as a real-world workbook and resource for engaged course design and assessment practices. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Course Design and Assessment (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800374755
• ISBN 13: 9781800374751
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Course Design and Assessment offers design strategies, educator-in-action perspectives, and real-world suggestions for engaged educators, creating inclusive and meaningful learning opportunities and developmental student growth. With a brief history situating engaged learning among educational models, the book shows the vital and practical connections between an educator’s overall learning philosophy and their pedagogical choices.

The authors unpack the definitions and practices common to engaged learning, exploring the assumptions educators make about students, teaching, learning, and instructional contexts that underlie engaged educators’ pedagogical decisions. Ultimately a vehicle for inclusive learning and transparent design, the book outlines pre-course planning steps, suggestions for adjusting the course mid-stream, and a thorough discussion of assessment activities with planning and implementation steps.

For beginning and advanced instructors worldwide, this book serves as a real-world workbook and resource for engaged course design and assessment practices.

About the Author

Kathy Lund Dean, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Leadership and Ethics and Professor of Management, Department of Business and Economics, Gustavus Adolphus College, Nancy S. Niemi, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Charles J. Fornaciari, Lindback Research Chair, Professor of Management, Department of Management and Leadership, La Salle University, US