162 pages
234mm x 163mm
ISBN-10: 1 897898 82 7
ISBN-13: 978 1 897898 82 6
January 2001

A collection of readings focusing on applications of innovations in learning and teaching in economics and business education at undergraduate level.

Intended readership - All who are interested in the processes of learning and teaching in higher education.
Contents
Introduction - Peter Reynolds
On teaching and learning - Steve Hodkinson
Assessment criteria for learning and teaching economics - Peter Davies
Introducing peer-group assessment in undergraduate economics programmes: theory, pitfalls and development - Nick Adnett
Developing a portfolio through tutorial groups - Gwen Coates
Learning from the web - John Ramsay
Opportunities to enhance the student learning experience using a virtual learning environment - Mike Clements and Mark Smalley
What can we learn about computer-based learning from the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme's flagship product? - André Clark
Towards a communications and information technology intensic=ve learning environment: supplementing a political economy module - David Donald, Alan Hutton and Jim Byrne
Learning through doing: live case-study method in management education - Lee Zhuang
Challenging conventional wisdom through active learning: The case of the global brand - Ian Wilson

Peter Davies is Reader and Head of the Centre for Economics and Business Education at Staffordshire University Business School.
Steve Hodkinson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Development) and Head of Education at Brunel University.
Peter Reynolds is Associate Dean at Staffordshire University Business School.
Nick Adnett, Gwen Coates, John Ramsay, Mike Clements, Mark Smalley, Ian Wilson and Lee Zhuang are all at Staffordshire University Business School.
David Donald, Alan Hutton and Jim Byrne work at Glasgow Caledonian University.
André Clark is at the University of Glamorgan.
All are experienced university teachers.