ENHANCING TEACHING-LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

Abstract

This four-year project, which started in January 2001 is seeking to develop subject-specific conceptual frameworks to guide institutional, faculty or departmental development of teaching-learning environments. The frameworks will seek to integrate findings from research both with the professional knowledge of academic staff and with national and institutional criteria describing high quality teaching and learning. By working collaboratively with departmental partners we are exploring ways of enhancing the system-wide capacity for research-based practice. The project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council as part of the UK-wide Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP). The programme as a whole is intended to strengthen the research base informing the quality of teaching and learning in the UK. It is committed to pursuing useful research and seeks to involve teachers very directly in the ongoing work of the project.