Newsletter Issue 11 - Summer 2008

The summer 2008 edtion of the ESCalate newsletter

In the last edition for the 2008 academic year, our Director Tony Brown, sets the scene for this newsletter by exploring the psychology behind the student experience of Higher Education.

Then by featuring a variety of articles, this edition takes the reader through many contemporary issues in Education.

So in this issue we have...

1. Towards a new psychology of student learning - Dr Tony Brown (editorial)

2. Bringing life to the material - Doug Parkin

3. Developing academic skills with a diverse student body - Dr Tracy Johnson

4. Teacher education in the UK - Professor Ian Menter

5. Making the most of PDF's - Tech Dis, Dr Simon Ball

6. Learner-centredness and the class of 130 - Dr Jenny Moon

7. Developing and enhancing learning and Teaching through and internal knowledge exchange network- Professor Ron Ritchie

8. Meeting the ECM Agenda in HE: some issue for CPD - Dr Mike Calvert and Dr Steve Coombs

9. Towards a psychodynamic model of the student experience - Dr Tony Brown

10. The hidden carers in today's society - Laura Brown

11. National Teaching Fellows, individual awards 2008

12. In Conversation with...Dr Julie Hughes

13. Events page