Browse by author: resources involving Christopher Barnatt.

(Nottingham University Business School)

Approaches to studying for learning at university.

I thought, well, in a minute, you know, we've done all this sort of paper planning and people and equipment… (4 min 10s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Clarifying assessment criteria and setting expectations.

I think in Nigeria the years of your performance are equally weighted, every year so, for example, if you are doing a… (5 min 3s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Connecting international teaching with research.

I've had students that have done projects in Hong Kong and China and Spain. I've had PhD… (3 min 49s video by Christopher Barnatt; September 2009).

Course planning: managing modules across campuses.

If you are a Nottingham academic in the UK and the school which has got the participation of overseas campus is… (3 min 54s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Critical thinking: developing students' independence.

My sense is that they come to study law here and they're expecting someone to say Okay, welcome to law school.… (4 min 45s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Giving a broader perspective using culturally varied examples.

When we come to content, clearly, you could talk to a physicist who's going to say, well, you know, the laws of… (4 min 28s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

How can you accommodate diversity in a large group?

It's a question of trying to find a balance between scaring the ones who've never done it before and not boring the ones who've got some experience with it… (5 min 39s video by Christopher Barnatt; January 2004).

How do you keep your audience's attention?

I think this is a really important point. You said "how do you keep the audience's attention for 50 minutes?", I think… (6 min 36s video by Christopher Barnatt; January 2004).

If lecturing is a performance, how do you prepare?

A lot of people tend to think that you prepare a lecture by looking at the content and looking at the actual slides etc. When… (3 min 32s video by Christopher Barnatt; January 2004).

Inclusivity as a basis for group discussions.

Interaction in the class or the seminar is very important. No. 1 is that it ventilate your doubt about certain… (4 min 26s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

An international curriculum.

Chris Barnatt: I'm always keen to try and find examples which come from as many different places as possible. I teach a lot… (3 min 5s video by Christopher Barnatt; February 2011).

International perspectives broaden a class debate.

What do you get out of a discussion? Eric Masika: I get different views of how to look at same thing. We're looking at… (4 min 28s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Managing noise during the lecture.

I think there are possibly a number of strategies for dealing with it and to some extent it depends on how well you know the group and… (5 min 58s video by Christopher Barnatt; January 2004).

Sharing resources on modules taught across campuses.

Initially we were coming at things from a very different perspective because the people teaching the module on… (3 min 25s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Strategies to address a reluctance to ask questions in lectures.

People are often too shy to raise issues, but one of the things that I tend to do periodically through the lectures… (5 min 55s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Student expectations about teaching in Nottingham.

They have far more contact time over there. When I went to China that's the first thing that really stuck out.… (5 min 6s video by Christopher Barnatt; November 2009).

Study skills support for international students.

Students can either make appointments to come see me one on one or in a group, and throughout the year, I also… (4 min 30s video by Christopher Barnatt; September 2009).