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Academic practice
...being about some aspects of what has come to be known as "academic practice", meaning the practical aspects of how to prepare, present and assess work in accordance with current standards and expectations in (UK) universities.
Writing at Master's Level I frequently encounter mature students signing up for a Master's degree (in this case in education) who need guidance on what is expected, above and beyond the formal material in the handbook (click on the link for that). These notes are based on what I tell them and the kind of feedback I put on their initial submissions. (Note that once they have settled in I raise the game a bit, and that other disciplines will have different expectations.)Assignment Presentation Guidelines These were prepared to for the back of a course handbook for similar reasons to those above, but a number of people wanted to access them, so here they are. Note that once again they may not suit every discipline.
Marking Shell This is a customisable combination of a MS WordTM mailmerge report and an ExcelTM datasource to balance providing useful feedback to students with ease of marking for colleagues working with large student groups.
Baking an essay Slightly more frivolous, but this is a recipe I offer to students who are out of the habit of writing essays, which some of them have found useful.
Mayonnaise model of teaching I confess: I do not follow my Schemes of Work and Session Plans most of the time. When asked, this is how I describe what I do. The major problem is that not all my students like mayonnaise.
Links on curriculum and learning This is a big file, so expect to wait a bit on a slow connection: it is what it says, together with some basic annotations.
ATHERTON J S (2002) Doceo: [On-line] UK: Available: Accessed:
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James Atherton
last updated
13 December
2002