This unique collection shows what happens when one university takes on the challenge of developing the scholarship of teaching and learning with a view to enhancing students' learning experiences. Authors from the sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences, and from the health sciences, demonstrate the research they have done to investigate their students' learning. The editors, Angela Brew and Judyth Sachs, have captured the intricacies of teaching and learning in different academic domains in this rich and varied collection. The book explores students' responses to contemporary art, to multicultural music and to architecture for the poor and dispossessed. It explores students' ability to transfer mathematical knowledge from one subject to another; how students learn to talk like a pharmacist, or understand basic concepts in physics; how students are prepared for university study in first year classes or in the operating theatre; how they learn to write like a scientist; how they learn in online discussions and how they understand group work and group assessment. Each chapter is grounded in rigorous research and scholarship and indicates actions that have been taken to improve teaching and students' learning. This book is a remarkable demonstration of scholarly teaching practice from a single institution. It should be read by all teachers and managers in higher and tertiary education institutions interested in developing teaching and learning.

Table of Contents:
Preface About the book Contributors 1. Approaches to the scholarship of teaching and learning Angela Brew Part 1: researching students’ understandings and experiences 2. Same words, different meanings: learning to talk the scientific language of pharmacy Erica Sainsbury and Richard Walker 3. Learning and teaching of basic sciences in the health related professions in the 21st century Laura Minasian-Batmanian and Jennifer Lingard 4. Moral conflict, cultural pluralism and contemporary visual arts education Ann Elias 5. Here, alive and accessible: the role of an inquiry-based fieldwork project in changing student attitudes to cultural diversity in music education Kathryn Marsh 6. The development of epistemic fluency: learning to think for a living Peter Goodyear and Robert Ellis Part 2: researching student assessment 7. Evaluating student perceptions of group work and group assessment Fiona White, Hilary Lloyd and Jerry Goldfried 8. Assessment of understanding in physics: a case study Ian Sefton and Manjula Sharma Part 3: researching students’ preparedness for university study 9. Students’ experiences of learning in the operating theatre Patricia M. Lyon 10. The student experiences study: using research to transform curriculum for Indigenous health sciences students Susan Page, Sally Farrington and Kristie Daniel-DiGregorio 11. An integrated approach to teaching writing in the sciences Charlotte Taylor and Helen Drury 12. Investigating students’ ability to transfer mathematics Sandra Britton, Peter New, Andrew Roberts and Manjula Sharma 13. Participatory action research in an arts transition program Nerida Jarkey Part 4: cycles of research and curriculum change 14. A collaborative approach to improving academic honesty Mark Freeman, Henriikka Clarkeburn and Lesley Treleaven 15. Transforming learning: using structured online discussions to engage learners Helen Wozniak and Sue Silveira 16. Informing eLearning software development processes with the student experience of learning Rafael Calvo, Robert Ellis, Nicholas Carrol and Lina Markauskaite 17. www.theglobalstudio.com: towards a new design education paradigm? Anna Rubbo 18. Research-led curriculum development in time and organisational management skills at the Faculty of Health Sciences Barbara Adamson, Tanya Covic, Peter Kench and Michelle Lincoln 19. Competency-based curriculum: permanent transition in dentistry Tania Gerzina Part 5: the challenges and triumphs of transformation 20. Encouraging the scholarship of learning and teaching in an institutional context Tai Peseta, Angela Brew, Kim McShane and Simon Barrie 21. Learning to be a scholarly teaching faculty: cultural change through shared leadership Rosanne Taylor and Paul Canfield 22. The scholarship of teaching in a research-intensive university: some reflections and future possibilities Judyth Sachs References Index