Artistry of Teaching in Higher Education

Helen King is Professor and Director of Learning Innovation, Development & Skills at Bath Spa University, UK. Her career in educational development spans nearly three decades including leading roles within three UK universities and several UK-wide learning and teaching enhancement projects and organisations and as an independent consultant collaborating nationally and internationally.

• Part I: Creativity, Improvisation and Context; 1. Taking the “art” in “artistry” literally: an art-based theory of teaching expertise; 2. Blackholes and Revelations: understanding everyday creativity in higher education teacher practice; 3. The embodied realm of teaching; 4. Expertise is . . . never having to say you are sorry: academic development and the artistry of improvisation; 5. The artistry of teaching as culturally self-aware, learning-centred, imaginative co-creation; Part II: Authenticity and Professional Identity; 6. Authenticity in delivering contextual pedagogy and materials in cyber security; 7. Developing online communities of practice through relational pedagogy; 8. The MIPA model of professional identities of dance teachers: negotiating professional identities in and across higher education; 9. From disciplinary expertise to academic artistry: the shifting professional identity, expertise and artistry of the programme leader; 10. The many identities of a Learning Technologist (and how to make the most of them); Part III: Developing the Artistry of Teaching; 11. Developing the artistry of teaching and approaches to learning: what we can learn from those teaching theatre improvisation; 12. The characteristics of expertise in online teaching in higher education; 13. Developing the artistry of language teaching through practitioner research; 14. Facilitating in the moment: being ready for change; 15. Professional development for artistry in higher education