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The academic's role in supporting placement mentors.

Alison: Well, the students are given an assessment of practice record, which has a range of proficiency statements that the… (3 min 21s video by Alison Clark et al.; January 2010).

Advising students on reading: prioritising reading lists.

What kind of help and support do you give for students in helping them focus and direct their readings, in your… (1 min 46s video by Andrew Fisher; June 2007).

Alan Jenkins on mainstreaming undergraduate research.

Alan Jenkins: The serious issue is that the relationship between people's interest in their teaching, and commitment to their… (9 min 28s video by Alan Jenkins; April 2009).

Altering lectures in response to student input.

Does the student voting actually affect what you deliver in the lecture? Andrew: Yes, yep, it does. I know where I… (3 min 19s video by Andrew Fisher; February 2008).

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 Stephanie Bridges et al.; November 2009).

Asking questions of students in lectures.

Your average class, I would probably break it about 4 times with a straightforward question. In many of the subjects I teach it… (2 min 28s video by Liz Sockett; July 2004).

Assessing practical work.

I take your point about a group project being individually marked and who didn't really pull their weight and who didn't comprehend… (5 min 10s video by Kathy Simmons et al.; January 2004).

Assessment: in class multiple-choice.

If they are making any errors of description then we can talk them through "that's not really the gizzard that's the ovary… (2 min 36s video by Julian Wiseman et al.; January 2007).

Becoming a professional practitioner.

Jo: Within, like, nursing, it's all evidence based, isn't it? So, you know, to justify what you do, you have to learn and… (3 min 10s video by Jo-anne Fisher et al.; January 2010).

Beginning a session with an exercise.

"OK. Could you, first of all, look inside your pack and find the vocabulary list. Now as future language teachers you're all… (1 min 37s video by Do Coyle; July 2004).