Teaching Matters: A video on university teaching

The Teaching Matters DVD highlights the work of academics whose teaching has been rated highly by their students. Each video segment demonstrates a different aspect of the academic’s teaching and includes an account of their choice of teaching technique. Interviews with students explain how participants in the class respond to the academic’s approach to teaching.

	Tutorial in Political Theory Virginia Watson engages her students through managed discussions, group work and student presentations after an in-class debate.
	Tutorial in Law  Penny Crofts demostrates how to incorporate group presenations with a question and answer structure and use the whiteboard to encourage learning opportunities.
	Lecture in Marketing Paul Burke sets clear ground rules for student behaviou in his lecture on statistics for 350 business students.
	Lecture in Mathematics  Mary Coupland & Anne Gardner team teach a mathematics lecture to show how theory relates to practice for engineering students.
	Laboratory Class in Physics Les Kirkup leads an inquiry-based laboratory class that includes group work and student presentations.
	Lecture in Information Technology Julia Prior highlights the importance of learning students names, managing the discussion and scheduling regular breaks when you lecture to 150 Information Technology students.
	Lecture in Accounting Greg Pazmandy has a high number of international students and requires answers to set questions to encourage language skill development.
	Lecture in Human Biology David van Reyk uses diagrams and anecdotes to help nursing students understanding senstive lecture material.

Also Avaialble:  Teaching Matters 1993

The four videos are:

1. Lectures
    
2. Tutorials
    
3. Practicals
    
4. Assessment

Each video contains case studies of university lecturers or tutors teaching their students and reflecting on their aims and approaches. Students comments encourage an emphasis on the connections between teaching and student learning. Each video is accompanied by a booklet, including descriptions of points to note in the case studies, with issues for reflection and discussion.

The case studies show examples of good teaching practice including: teaching in large classes, creating interaction in lectures; facilitating tutorials participation; developing students' laboratory skills; encouraging students' creativity; giving students feedback; using peer assessment. They can be used on their own as triggers for workshop discussion, or used with the booklets as a resource for independent learning.

Produced in collaboration with a project team from the University of Technology, Sydney, these videos offer a high quality resource for academics and academic developers alike.

Cost

Each video with accompanying booklet is available for $33.00*, or you may purchase the complete set of four for $110.00*, plus postage costs. The prices for overseas video sales are AUD$30.00 each and AUD$100.00 for the set, plus postage costs.

* Prices include GST

Ordering

To purchase these videos please mail or fax a purchase order to:
(Attention: Enza Mirabella)
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007
Australia

Fax: +61 2 9514 1666

Cheques/bank drafts should be made payable to the University of Technology, Sydney.