1. Enhancing the Student Experience John Gardner 10 May 2012 1

2. Principles for Effective Teaching and Assessment My students learn from listening to me … but learn most from … me listening to them

3. Effective Teaching … 1.Recognizes the importance of prior experience and learning

4. Effective Teaching … 2.Requires lecturers to reflect on their own learning and teaching to ensure continuous updating and improvement

5. Effective Teaching … 3.Promotes the active engagement of students through a wide variety of pedagogic strategies

6. Effective Teaching … 4.Promotes the development of positive attitudes to learning

7. Effective Teaching … 5.Encourages social processes that support students to work together to construct their knowledge

8. Effective Teaching … 6.Enables students to think for themselves and releases their creativity

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10. Effective Assessment … 1.Is essential to effective learning 2.Recognizes how students learn 3.Fosters motivation 4.Promotes a shared understanding of learning goals and assessment criteria

11. Effective Assessment … 5.Helps students know how to improve 6.Develops students’ self- assessment abilities 7.Offers sensitive and constructive feedback

12. Thank You Sources: ARG 2002 10 principles for assessment; TLRP 2007 10 principles for effective pedagogy