INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING

& LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
 

A Hannan, S English & H Silver, University of Plymouth

Interview schedule - lecturers

1. Nature of project, ethics protocol.

2. Interviewee's title, position and current responsibilities.

3. Own teaching
Description of nature of current undergraduate teaching responsibilities - what methods used? Why?

4. What pressures/incentives for change in methods of teaching & learning have you experienced?

5. Have you tried to introduce new methods of teaching & learning yourself? Why/why not? If yes - what support did you         experience? What obstacles have you faced?

6. Is there funding to support the introduction of new methods of T&L? If so, how is it allocated? How would you go about getting some?

7. Institutional culture

• Do you sense that there is a school/department/faculty/university culture which determines the kinds of innovation in T&L that take place?
  
• Is it possible to introduce innovations in T&L which do not fall within current school/department/faculty/university plans and priorities?
  

8. Importance of T&L

• How important are teaching and learning in this school/department/faculty/university?
  
• Can you place T&L in the context of the priorities of your school/department/faculty/university?
  

9. Policy
Is there a policy on T&L in the school/department/faculty/university? Is it a reality or a fiction?

10. How does T&L fare in comparison to research in particular? RAE?

11. Is excellence in teaching and/or involvement in innovation in T&L rewarded? If so how?

12. What part have the following played in relation to developments in T&L:

• quality assessment, internally and externally;
  
• national initiatives such as EHE, FDTL, TLTP, LTDI (Scotland), CTI, DfEE, others?
  

13. Subject

• Are you a member of any subject network beyond this institution?
  
• Have there been any pressures from your subject community to bring about changes in T&L?
  

14. How do you see the future of T&L? Likely influence of ILT? QAA?

15. I'll obviously be very careful not to write up any of this in a manner by which you can be identified. However, is there anything you've just told me which I should be particularly careful about? Anything I should check with you first before I use it?