| Abstract: | This article brings together several themes in research on learning in higher education from the perspective of a classroom teacher. The aim is, on the one hand, to show how research translates into classroom practice and, on the other, to enthuse teachers to consult that research literature and make their own translations. These remarks originally focussed on using the results of the Course Experience Questionnaire administered to students graduating from Australian universities, but the lens has been widened here. After distinguishing teaching from learning, the article concentrates on five themes in good teaching. They concern choice, self‐evaluation, variety, workload and feedback. This article makes recommendations about evaluation, in which the Course Experience Questionnaire has a place. It descends from the abstractions of evaluation to offer observations on good teachers as individuals and closes with a perspective on the movement to enhance teaching in universities. |
