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“I am very much in favour of the critical approach the TALESSI project has been developing. I am pleased to see the students developing this skill.”
“I like the way the TLRs address the philosophy of science and the way we think about environmental science.”
“The fear of alienating ‘hard’ science staff could be a problem with some TLRs.”
“The overall aim - to position all knowledge as provisional - is challenging for second year Geography undergraduates.”
“I find the TALESSI materials very useful as a stimulus but no substitute for preparing my own materials. I find it hard to be spontaneous when I have not personally designed the material.”
“The TLR concept is potentially useful because it saves me time in developing teaching materials.”
“I would have preferred the TLRs to include additional material to make the teacher’s task … easier … for example, copies of relevant textual extracts that have been tailored for the task; frequently raised queries and ways of tackling them.”
“All TLRs have to be integrated into course programmes; they don’t stand alone.”
“I would have been grateful for a range of ideas related to different approaches to assessment.”
"At a departmental and institutional level we are in the process of putting together a teaching and learning strategy and I am confident that my experience in piloting the TLRs will form a valuable contribution to the discussions taking place institutionally. At a discipline-wide level ... there is a pressing need for new models of teaching and learning and ... many of the TLRs ‘fit the bill’ or are at least on the way to doing so.”