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Staff Development Resources

The following is a list of books and audio-tapes that are available from the Personnel Office, or that are available from the School Library (especially books related to teaching and research supervision):

Books on Management

TitleAuthor
Management Shapers* - seriesIan MacKay
Managing For The First TimeCherry Mill
Decision Making & Problem SolvingJohn Adair
Managing Your TimeIain Maitland
Appraisal DiscussionTerry Gillen
Leadership SkillsJohn Adair
The Manager As Coach & MentorEric Parsloe
Motivating PeopleIain Maitland
Working In TeamsAlison Hardingham
Persuasive Reports & ProposalsAndrew Leigh
Making Meetings WorkPatrick Forsyth
Negotiating, Persuading & InfluencingAlan Fowler
Presentation SkillsSuzy Siddons
Conquer Your StressCary L. Cooper & Stephen Palmer
AssertivenessTerry Gillen
Writing Job DescriptionsAlan Fowler
The Selection InterviewPenny Hackett
Asking QuestionsIan Mackay
Listening SkillsIan Mackay
Introducing NLPSue Knight
Telephone SkillsPatrick Forsyth
Customer CareFrances And Roland Bee

* Published by the Institute for Personnel and Development

Personal Development Tapes

TitleAuthor
Achieving ExcellenceLou Heckler
First Time ManagerJoan Laconetti & Patrick O'Hara
Getting Things DoneEd Bliss
How To Deal With Difficult PeopleDr R Brinkh am & Dr R Kirschner
How to Delegate WorkDick Lehr
How To Listen PowerfullyBrian Battles
Leadership TrainingLou Heckler
Memory PowerSteve Model
Self Esteem & Peak PerformanceJack Cranfield
Speed ReadingTalking Retirement
Team BuildingMark Sunburn

Language Tapes

TitleAuthor
Deutsch Direkt (Stage 1 German)BBC
Paso Doble (Stage 2 Spanish)BBC
SwahiliEducational Service Teaching
Working With French (Development Level)Margaret Mitchell
Working With Spanish (Level 2)Tim Connell
German Dictionary:German-English, English-GermanCollins Gem

Videos Available

IN THE SCHOOL LIBRARY*
TitleAuthor 
Thesis WritingUniversity of Strathclyde
Research SupervisionUniversity of Strathclyde
WITH THE SED TEAM
Visual Display Health and Safety PackageDesign and Ergonomic Consultant
Strategy for SafetyDesign and Ergonomic Consultant
Fire Safety - The FatsSafety Videos

*Ask at the Library Enquiry Desk, Research Collection 

Books to support Learning about Teaching in Higher Education

(All of the books listed below are available in the LSHTM School Library)

TThe following is taken from the Course Handbook for the Certificate in Learning and Teaching (CILT), Section 9, Reading and Resource List.

Core text

  • Fry H, Ketteridge S, Marshall S. A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. 2nd Edition. London: Kogan Page, 2003

Recommended reading

  • Exley, K. and Dennick, R. Small Group Teaching, tutorials, seminars and beyond. Routledge, 2004
  • Exley, K, and Dennick, R. Giving a Lecture, from presenting to teaching. Routledge 2004
  • Haines, C. Assessing Students' Written Work, marking essays and reports. Routledge 2004
  • Chin, P. Using C&IT to Support Teaching. Routledge 2004
  • Kahn, P, and Walsh, L. Developing Your Teaching: Ideas, Insight and Action. Routledge 2006
  • Ramsden, P. Learning to Teach in Higher Education. 2nd Edition.
    RoutledgeFalmer 2003

Additional books and resources available to candidates in the Library

The books listed below have been grouped under very broad headings. However, many cover a range of subject areas and so the groupings should not be seen as definitive. For example "The Lecturer's Toolkit" covers far more than just large group teaching.

PGCILT: Additional books and resources available to candidates in the School Library

TitleAuthor(s)
Teaching Practice and Educational Development in HE, general 
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: the Reflective ProfessionalGreg Light and Roy Cox
A Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges: A Guide to Improving Teaching MethodsRobert Cannon and D Newble
Preparing to Teach: an Introduction to Effective Teaching in Higher EducationGraham Gibbs and T Habeshaw
Teaching for Quality Learning at UniversityJohn Biggs
Effective Teaching in Higher EducationGeorge Brown and M Atkins
Re-shaping Teaching in Higher EducationAlan Jenkins and others
Rethinking University TeachingDiana Laurillard
The Theory and Practice of TeachingPeter Jarvis
Work-based Learning: a new Higher Education?David Boud and N Solomon
ABC of Learning and Teaching in MedicineP Cantillon, L Hutchinson and DF Wood
Teaching with IntegrityBruce Macfarlane
Teaching Made Easy - A Manual for Health ProfessionalsK Mohanna, D Wall and R Chambers
Education Development and Leadership in Higher EducationKym Fraser
One-to-One TeachingGina Wisker, Kate Exley, Maria Antoniou
Improving the Quality of Student LearningGraham Gibbs
Seven Decisions when Teaching StudentsDonald Bligh, David Jaques, D. Warren Piper
Preparing to Teach: An Introduction to Effective Teaching in Higher EducationGraham Gibbs, Trevor Habeshaw
Teaching Students to Learn: A Student-Centred ApproachGraham Gibbs
Never Mind the Teaching, Feel the LearningPhil Race
Adult / Student Learning 
Learning in Groups: A Handbook for Improving Group WorkingDavid Jacques
Learning in Groups: A Handbook for Face-to-face and Online EnvironmentsDavid Jaques, Gilly Salmon
The Theory and Practice of LearningPeter Jarvis and others
Action Learning HandbookAnne Brockbank and Ian McGill
Understanding and Facilitating Adult LearningS Brookfield
Learners, Learning and AssessmentP Murphy
Foundations of Problem-Based LearningM Savin-Baden and C Howell Major
Culture and Processes of Adult Learning, A ReaderMary Thorpe and others
Using Experience for LearningDavid Boud and others
Making Sense of Experiential Learning Diversity in Theory and PracticeSusan Warner Weil
Manifesto for LearningJanet Collins, Joe Harkin, Melanie Nind
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal ExperienceMihalyi Csikszentmihalyi
How we ThinkJohn Dewey
Experience and EducationJohn Dewey
Pedagogy of the OppressedPaulo Freire
Frames of Mind: Theory of Multiple IntelligencesHoward Gardner
The Experience of LearningF Marton, N Entwhistle, D Hounsell
Lecturing and Presentation 
Lecturing - a practical guideSally Brown and Phil Race
What's the Use of LecturesDonald Bligh
2000 Tips for LecturersPhil Race
The Lecturer's ToolkitPhil Race
Assessment and Feedback 
The Student Assessment HandbookLee Dunn and others
Assessing Students Learning in Higher EducationG Brown, J Bull and M Pendlebury
Assessing Learners in Higher EducationS Brown and P Knight
Assessing Skills and PracticeR Pickford and S Brown
Strategies for Diversifying Assessment in Higher EducationS Brown, C Rust and G Gibbs
Innovative Assessment in Higher EducationC Bryan and K Clegg
Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement - Practical Solutions for aiding learning in H&FEN Falchikov
The Student Assessment Handbook : New Directions in Traditional and Online AssessmentL Dunn, C Morgan, M O'Reilly, S Parry
Teaching and Curriculum Design 
The Module and Programme Development HandbookJennifer Moon
The Module and Programme Development Handbook (Ringbinder)Jennifer Moon
The Challenge of Problem-based LearningDavid Boud and G Feletti
Designing LearningChristopher Butcher, Clara Davies, Melissa Highton
On-line and Distance Learning and Computer-based Learning 
Educational Development Through Information and Communications TechnologyStephen Fallows and Rakesh Bhanot
E-ModeratingGilly Salmon
E-tivitiesGilly Salmon
Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: successful development of online and web-based learningF Lockwood and A Gooley
Flexible Learning in a Digital WorldB Collis and J Moonen
Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the On-line ClassroomJossey Bass Wiley
Rethinking Pedagogy for a Digital AgeHelen Beetham, Rhona Sharpe
Learning in Groups: A Handbook for Face-to-face and Online EnvironmentsDavid Jaques, Gilly Salmon
Management and Leadership in HE 
Learning to Lead in Higher EducationPaul Ramsden
The Effective AcademicH Fry, S Ketteridge and S Marshall
Strategic Leadership of Change in Higher EducationStephanie Marshall
The Realities of Change in Higher EducationLynne Hunt, Adrian Bromage
The Higher Education Manager's HandbookPeter McCaffery
Theories of Educational Leadership and ManagementTony Bush
Departmental Leadership in Higher EducationPeter Knight, Paul Trowler
Changing Higher EducationPaul Ashwin
General Management 
The Leadership ChallengeJames Kouzes, Barry Posner
On Becoming a LeaderWarren Bennis
Leading ChangeJohn Kotter
In Search of ExcellenceThomas Peters, Robert Waterman
Understanding OrganizationsCharles Handy
Understanding Voluntary OrganizationsCharles Handy
The One Minute ManagerKenneth Blanchard, Spencer Johnson
Mintzberg on Management: Inside Our Strange World of Organizations (Hardcover)Henry Mintzberg
The John Adair Handbook of Management and LeadershipJohn Adair
Reflective Practice 
Developing Portfolios for Learning and AssessmentVal Klenowski
Learning JournalsJennifer Moon
Reflection in Learning and Professional DevelopmentJennifer Moon
Handbook of Reflective and Experiential LearningJennifer Moon
Facilitating Reflective Learning in Higher EducationAnne Brockbank and Ian McGill
Trouble-shooting Your TeachingGeoffrey Squires
Becoming a Reflective PractitionerC Johns
The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in ActionD Schon
On Becoming an Innovative University Teacher, Reflection in ActionJohn Cowan
Reflection Turning Experience into LearningDavid Boud and others
Promoting Reflective Teaching: Supervision in ActionGunnar Handal, Per Lauvas
Educating the Reflective PractitionerDonald Schon
Tutoring and Supervision 
Supervising the PhD: A Guide to SuccessS Delamont
Research Supervision (Kit)Rowena Murray
A Handbook for Doctoral SupervisorsS Taylor and N Beasley
The Doctoral Examination Process: a handbook for students, examiners and supervisorsP Tinkler and C Jackson
A Handbook for Personal TutorsS Wheeler and J Birtle
Writing Study GuidesDavid Kember
How to Write a ThesisRowena Murray
How's your dissertation going : students share the rough reality of dissertation and project workLiz Hampson
Writing your dissertation: the bestselling guide to planning, preparing and presenting first-class workD Swetnam
The Student's Guide to Preparing Dissertations and Theses
B Allison and P Race
Helping Doctoral Students WriteBarbara Kamler, Pat Thomson
Quality Assurance and Enhancement 
Quality Assurance in Higher EducationRoger Brown
The Academic Quality HandbookPatrick McGhee
A Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher EducationJude Carroll
Improving the Quality of Student Learning based on…Graham Gibbs
Diversity and inclusion 
Towards Inclusive Learning in Higher EducationMike Adams, Sally Brown
The Dynamics of Managing DiversityGill Kirton, Anne-Marie Greene
Teaching International StudentsJudith Carroll, Janette Ryan
A Guide to Teaching International StudentsJanette Ryan
Other 
A Guide to Staff and Educational DevelopmentPeter Kahn and David Baume
Academic and Educational DevelopmentRanald Macdonald and James Wisdom
Research Methods in Education, 5th EditionL Cohen and L Manion
Adult Education and the Postmodern Challenge, Learning Beyond the LimitsRobin Usher
53 Interesting Communication Exercises for Science StudentsSue Habeshaw
Teaching in LaboratoriesDavid Boud and others
Speaking Technically: A Handbook for Professional Scientists and Engineers on how to Improve Technical PresentationsSinclair Goodlad
Linking Teaching and Research in Disciplines and DepartmentsAlan Jenkins, Mick Healey and Roger Zetter
Series Collections 
Teaching More Students Series: 
Problems and Course Design StrategiesGraham Gibbs and others
Lecturing to More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Discussion with More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Assessing More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Independent Learning with More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Supporting More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Labs and Practical with More Students and Fewer ResourcesGraham Gibbs and others
Fieldwork with More StudentsAlan Jenkins
Learning to Teach Series: 
Running Tutorials and SeminarsD Baume and C Baume
Making PresentationsD Baume and C Baume
Assessing Students' WorkD Baume and C Baume
Powerful Ideas in Teaching and LearningD Baume and C Baume
Assisting in Laboratories and FieldworkD Baume and C Baume
53 Interesting: 
… things to do in your lecturesG Gibs
… things to do in seminars and tutorialsS Habeshaw
… ways to supervise student projects, dissertations and thesisV Lewis and S Habeshaw
… ways to promote equal opportunities in educationV Lewis and S Habeshaw
… ways to write opn learning materialsP Race
… problems with large classesS Habeshae, T Habeshaw and G Gibbs
… ways to teach: 12 do-it-yourself staff development exercisesS Habeshae, T Habeshaw and G Gibbs
500 Tips… 
500 Tips for Open and Online LearningPhil Race
500 Tips for TutorsPhil Race, Sally Brown
500 Tips on AssessmentPhil Race, Sally Brown, Brenda Smith
Harvard University - Derek Bok Center Series on College Teaching (DVD) 
Thinking Together: Collaborative Learning in Science and From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics, Disc 1The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
Race in the Classroom: The Multiplicity of Experience and Women in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion, Disc 2The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
Teaching in America: A Guide for International Faculty and What Students Want: Teaching from a Student's Perspective, Disc 3The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
The Art of Discussion Leading: A Class with Chris Christensen and The Art of the Lecture: Justice, a Harvard University Course in Moral Reasoning, Disc 4The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
How to Speak: Lecture Tips from Patrick Winston and Technically Speaking: Making Complex Matters Simple, Disc 5The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
The Act of Teaching Part 1: Theater Techniques for Classrooms and Presentations; Part 2: Physical and Vocal Exercises, Disc 6The Derek Bok Center For Teaching And Learning
Teaching Practice and Educational Development in HE, general 
Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: the Reflective ProfessionalGreg Light and Roy Cox
A Handbook for Teachers in Universities and Colleges: A Guide to Improving Teaching MethodsRobert Cannon and D Newble
Preparing to Teach: an Introduction to Effective Teaching in Higher EducationGraham Gibbs and T Habeshaw
Teaching for Quality Learning at UniversityJohn Biggs
Effective Teaching in Higher EducationGeorge Brown and M Atkins
Re-shaping Teaching in Higher EducationAlan Jenkins and others
Rethinking University TeachingDiana Laurillard
The Theory and Practice of TeachingPeter Jarvis
Work-based Learning: a new Higher Education?David Boud and N Solomon
ABC of Learning and Teaching in MedicineP Cantillon, L Hutchinson and DF Wood
Teaching with IntegrityBruce Macfarlane
Teaching Made Easy - A Manual for Health ProfessionalsK Mohanna, D Wall and R Chambers
Adult / Student Learning 
Learning in Groups: A Handbook for Improving Group WorkingDavid Jacques
The Theory and Practice of LearningPeter Jarvis and others
Action Learning HandbookAnne Brockbank and Ian McGill
Understanding and Facilitating Adult LearningS Brookfield
Learners, Learning and AssessmentP Murphy
Foundations of Problem-Based LearningM Savin-Baden and C Howell Major
Culture and Processes of Adult Learning, A ReaderMary Thorpe and others
Using Experience for LearningDavid Boud and others
Making Sense of Experiential Learning Diversity in Theory and PracticeSusan Warner Weil
Lecturing and Presentation 
Lecturing - a practical guideSally Brown and Phil Race
What's the Use of LecturesDonald Bligh
2000 Tips for LecturersPhil Race
The Lecturer's ToolkitPhil Race
Assessment and Feedback 
The Student Assessment HandbookLee Dunn and others
Assessing Students Learning in Higher EducationG Brown, J Bull and M Pendlebury
Assessing Learners in Higher EducationS Brown and P Knight
Assessing Skills and PracticeR Pickford and S Brown
Strategies for Diversifying Assessment in Higher EducationS Brown, C Rust and G Gibbs
Innovative Assessment in Higher EducationC Bryan and K Clegg
Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement - Practical Solutions for aiding learning in H&FEN Falchikov
The Student Assessment Handbook : New Directions in Traditional and Online AssessmentL Dunn, C Morgan, M O'Reilly, S Parry
Teaching and Curriculum Design 
The Module and Programme Development HandbookJennifer Moon
The Module and Programme Development Handbook (Ringbinder)Jennifer Moon
The Challenge of Problem-based LearningDavid Boud and G Feletti
On-line and Distance Learning and Computer-based Learning 
Educational Development Through Information and Communications TechnologyStephen Fallows and Rakesh Bhanot
E-ModeratingGilly Salmon
E-tivitiesGilly Salmon
Innovation in Open and Distance Learning: successful development of online and web-based learningF Lockwood and A Gooley
Flexible Learning in a Digital WorldB Collis and J Moonen
Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the On-line ClassroomJossey Bass Wiley
Management and Leadership in HE 
Learning to Lead in Higher EducationPaul Ramsden
The Effective AcademicH Fry, S Ketteridge and S Marshall
Reflective Practice 
Developing Portfolios for Learning and AssessmentVal Klenowski
Learning JournalsJennifer Moon
Reflection in Learning and Porfessional DevelopmentJennifer Moon
Handbook of Reflective and Experiential LearningJennifer Moon
Facilitating Reflective Learning in Higher EducationAnne Brockbank and Ian McGill
Trouble-shooting Your TeachingGeoffrey Squires
Becoming a Reflective PractitionerC Johns
The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in ActionD Schon
On Becoming an Innovative Uinversity Teacher, Reflection in ActionJohn Cowan
Reflection Turning Experience into LearningDavid Boud and others
Tutoring and Supervision 
Supervising the PhD: A Guide to SuccessS Delamont
Research Supervision (Kit)Rowena Murray
A Handbook for Doctoral SupervisorsS Taylor and N Beasley
The Doctoral Examination Process: a handbook for students, examiners and supervisorsP Tinkler and C Jackson
A Handbook for Personal TutorsS Wheeler and J Birtle
Writing Study GuidesDavid Kember
How to Write a ThesisRowena Murray
How's your dissertation going : students share the rough reality of dissertation and project workLiz Hampson
Writing your dissertation: the bestselling guide to planning, preparing and presenting first-class workD Swetnam
The Student's Guide to Preparing Dissertations and ThesesB Allison and P Race
Quality Assurance and Enhancement 
Quality Assurance in Higher EducationRoger Brown
The Academic Quality HandbookPatrick McGhee
A Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher EducationJude Carroll
Improving the Quality of Student Learning based on…Graham Gibbs
Other 
A Guide to Staff and Educational DevelopmentPeter Kahn and David Baume
Academic and Educational DevelopmentRanald Macdonald and James Wisdom
Research Methods in Education, 5th EditionL Cohen and L Manion
A Guide to Teaching International StudentsJanette Ryan
Adult Education and the Postmodern Challenge, Learning Beyond the LimitsRobin Usher
53 Interesting Communication Exercises for Science StudentsSue Habeshaw
Teaching in LaboratoriesDavid Boud and others
Series Collections 
Teaching More Students Series: 
Problems and Course Design StrategiesGraham Gibbs and others
Lecturing to More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Discussion with More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Assessing More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Independent Learning with More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Supporting More StudentsGraham Gibbs and others
Labs and Practical with More Students and Fewer ResourcesGraham Gibbs and others
Fieldwork with More StudentsAlan Jenkins
Learning to Teach Series: 
Running Tutorials and SeminarsD Baume and C Baume
Making PresentationsD Baume and C Baume
Assessing Students' WorkD Baume and C Baume
Powerful Ideas in Teaching and LearningD Baume and C Baume
Assisting in Laboratories and FieldworkD Baume and C Baume
53 Interesting: 
… things to do in your lecturesG Gibs
… things to do in seminars and tutorialsS Habeshaw
… ways to supervise student projects, dissertations and thesisV Lewis and S Habeshaw
… ways to promote equal opportunities in educationV Lewis and S Habeshaw
… ways to write opn learning materialsP Race
… problems with large classesS Habeshae, T Habeshaw and G Gibbs
… ways to teach: 12 do-it-yourself staff development exercisesS Habeshae, T Habeshaw and G Gibbs

Journals

(Journals that will be subscribed to from January 2007 - will also be available on-line)

  • Innovation in Education and Teaching International
  • International Journal for Academic Development
  • Journal of Further and Higher Education
  • Studies in Higher Education
  • Medical Education
  • Medical Teacher

The following link will search the Library catalogue and pull up a list of the titles which have been tagged as Staff and Educational Development:
http://unicorn.lshtm.ac.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=staff+adj+development

A few other items available on request from Staff and Educational Development

TitleAuthor(s)
The Lecturer's Toolkit (Second Edition)Phil Race
Managing Assessment, Student and Staff PerspectivesHEA Publication
Learning and Employability SeriesLTSN Generic Centre
Assessment SeriesLTSN Generic Centre
E-learning SeriesLTSN Generic Centre
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