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1. Peer Learning in Higher Education

   Learning from and with Each Other

   Edited by Boud, David, Cohen, Ruth, Sampson, Jane (all of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

   While peer learning is often used informally by students - and for many can form an essential part of their HE experience - this book discusses methods of developing more effective learning through the systematic implementation of peer learning approaches....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Learning Contracts

   A Practical Guide

   By Anderson, Geoff, Boud, David, Sampson, Jane

   Learning contracts have been a successful feature of many university/continuing education programmes over the last 20 years but many staff are still unfamiliar with them or have difficulty using them. This guide introduces the learning contract to those considering using them on their courses....

   To Be Published September 29th 2013 by Routledge
3. Feedback in Higher and Professional Education

   Understanding it and doing it well

   Edited by David Boud, Elizabeth Molloy

   Learners complain that they do not get enough feedback, and educators resent that although they put considerable time into generating feedback, students take little notice of it. Both parties agree that it is very important. Feedback in Higher and Professional Education explores what needs to be...

   Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
4. Changing Practices of Doctoral Education

   Edited by David Boud, Alison Lee

   Postgraduate research has undergone unprecedented change in the past ten years, in response to major shifts in the role of the university and the disciplines in knowledge production and the management of intellectual work. New kinds of doctorates have been established that have expanded the scope...

   Published August 11th 2008 by Routledge
5. Rethinking Assessment in Higher Education

   Learning for the Longer Term

   Edited by David Boud, Nancy Falchikov

   Assessment is a value-laden activity surrounded by debates about academic standards, preparing students for employment, measuring quality and providing incentives. There is substantial evidence that assessment, rather than teaching, has the major influence on students’ learning. It directs...

   Published February 14th 2007 by Routledge
6. Productive Reflection at Work

   Learning for Changing Organizations

   Edited by David Boud, Peter Cressey, Peter Docherty

   This book is an accessible entry point into the theory and practice of work reflection for students and practitioners. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, it covers management, education, organizational psychology and sociology, drawing on examples from Europe, the Middle East, North America and...

   Published November 9th 2005 by Routledge
7. Peer Learning in Higher Education

   Learning from and with Each Other

   Edited by Boud, David, Cohen, Ruth, Sampson, Jane (all of the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

   While peer learning is often used informally by students - and for many can form an essential part of their HE experience - this book discusses methods of developing more effective learning through the systematic implementation of peer learning approaches....

   Published September 30th 2001 by Routledge
8. Understanding Learning at Work

   Edited by David Boud, John Garrick

   Work now invariably requires a continual focus on learning: to improve productivity, to enhance the flexibility of employees and to develop and transform organizations. This volume brings together leading experts from the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand to critically evaluate the...

   Published March 24th 1999 by Routledge
9. The Challenge of Problem-based Learning

   By David Boud, Grahame Feletti

   Problem-based learning is a way of constructing and teaching courses using problems as the stimulus and focus for student activity. This edition looks at the topic in the light of changes since the first edition (1991). There are new chapters on the impact of PBL, and inquiry and action learning....

   Published April 30th 1998 by Routledge
10. Working with Experience

    Animating Learning

    Edited by David Boud, Nod Miller

    Published November 27th 1996 by Routledge