Presenting higher education teaching as a performative, creative and improvisational activity, Teaching with Confidence in Higher Education explores how skills and techniques from the performing arts can be used to increase the confidence and enhance the performance of teachers.

Richard Bale is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a Senior Teaching Fellow in Educational Development at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London, UK.

Chapter 1: Teaching and Performance. Chapter 2: Mirror, Mirror... Reflecting on and Reviewing your Teaching Performance. Chapter 3: Performance Anxiety and Stage Fright. Chapter 4: The Voice. Chapter 5: The Body. Chapter 6: Improvisation: Preparing for the Unprepared. Chapter 7: Performance, Active Learning, and Inclusivity. Concluding Remarks.