Essential Elements of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Research and Development in Higher Education, Volume 4. Papers Presented at the Annual Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (7th, Melbourne, Victoria, May 9-12, 1981).

Forty-four papers from the 1981 conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society are presented that focus on issues related to the planning of learning, technique and art in teaching, and judging the effectiveness of learning. Among the papers and authors are: "Planning the Means by Which Teaching and Learning Should Occur" (W. G. Malcolm); "The Climates of Teaching and Learning That Australian University Teachers Establish in Their Undergraduate Classes" (J. Genn); "Planning for Distance Learning" (N. Westwood); "Teaching Your Discipline to Students of Another" (V. Ullrich); "Supervision of Post-Graduate Research Students" (I. Moses); "Students Teach Students" (D. V. Queis, M. Frilling); "Some Suggestions on Implementing a Successful System of Student Evaluation" (J. F. Henderson); "Language and Study Skills across the Disciplines" (L. Marshall); "Special Entry Students in Tertiary Education" (R. Osman); "Mature Age Students in Tertiary Courses" (L. Greagg); "Exit Interviews--Talking to Those Who Leave" (N. Lawler); "Barriers to Instructional Development in Universities and Colleges" (I. D. Thomas, H. R. Poole); and "The New Technicalities of Educational Technology" (E. C. Snell). (SW)