&8220;Biggs and Tang, now with Kennedy, have ensured this new edition remains an international leader for university teaching for the next decade.&8221;Denise Chalmers AM, Emeritus Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia&8220;This book, a fifth edition, can truly be called a &8220;classic&8221; on the topic of teaching, learning and curriculum design in higher education.&8221;Michael Prosser, Honorary Professorial Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia&8220;You should be inspired to increase the quality of your teaching, your learning, and your learning about teaching.&8221;John R. Kirby, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology, Queen&8217;s University, CanadaThe concept of constructive alignment has supported generations of students and teachers within higher education. It is a &8216;backward design&8217; method of teaching where the student outcomes are identified first and the teacher then designs teaching activities to enable students to achieve those outcomes, assessing how well they have been achieved.