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Promoting Civility: A Teaching Challenge
Richardson, Steven M., editor.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1999
From the Publisher
If we take a passive view of classroom behavior, we fail in a crucial part of our role as educators: creating a democratic and effective learning environment for a diverse student body
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"Cooperative Controversies in the Classroom"
Bredehoft, David J.
College Teaching 39, no. 3 (1991): 122-125
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"Building Confidence and Community in the Classroom"
Huston, J. Dennis
Teaching Excellence 3, no. 1 (1991)
1991
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"Competence is What You Do When You Make a Mistake"
Smith, Ronald A.
Teaching Excellence 4, no. 2 (1992)
1992
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"Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom"
Sorcinelli, Mary Deane
in The Handbook of College Teaching (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994), 365-373
1994
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"Testing the Limits of Tolerance in a Course on Religion and Sexual Diversity"
Smith, Theresa S.
College Teaching 47, no. 2 (1999): 55
1999
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"The Classroom as a Negotiated Social Setting: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Faculty Members' Behavior on Students' Participation"
Auster, Carol J. and Mindy MacRone
Teaching Sociology 22 (1994): 289-300
1994
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Learning and Motivation in the Postsecondary Classroom
Svinicki, Marilla
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2004
From the Publisher
While there is much available research and theory about learning and motivation, until now there has been no resource that translates esoteric findings into everyday language and examples that can be readily applied in college classrooms. This book brings the findings and theories of educational psychology to classroom faculty, helping them to adopt a scholarly approach to understanding their students' learning problems.
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New Paradigms for Testing Student Learning: Addressing Faculty and Student Classroom Improprieties
Braxton, John M. and Alan E. Bayer, Editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2004
From the Publisher
Changes in instructional paradigms are leading to changes in the way student achievement is tested, including group testing, online testing and authentic testing. This issue discusses the theory and practice of these new forms of testing and offers practical suggestions for instructors considering their use.
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Talking Race in the Classroom
Bolgatz, Jane
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
2005
From the Publisher
This lively book will help new and veteran teachers develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to successfully address racial controversies in their classrooms. The author first explains what race and racism mean and why we need to talk about these topics in schools. Then, based on an in-depth study of a high school classroom, she shows what happens when teachers and students talked about race and racism in a history...
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"Teaching Controversial Issues"
Center for Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004
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"Managing Classroom Conflict"
Center for Teaching and Learning
Center for Teaching and Learning, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2004
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Planning Classroom Management: A Five-Step Process to Creating a Positive Learning Environment, Second Edition
Bosch, Karen
Corwin Press, a SAGE Publications Company, Thousand Oaks, CA
2006
From the Publisher
Increase student learning with an effective classroom management plan!
One of the most challenging tasks for teachers is classroom management that ensures high levels of achievement for all students. In this updated edition, Karen Bosch helps preservice and experienced teachers develop classroom management plans tailored to their specific needs and skills. She discusses a five-step process that includes introspection,...
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"Managing Student Reactions to Controversial Issues in the College Classroom"
Whitten, Lisa
Transformations 4, no. 1 (1993): 30-43
1993
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"How to Make Your Students Cry: Lessons in Atrocity, Pedagogy, and Heightened Emotion"
Friedman, Natalie
Council of Societies for the Study of Religion Bulletin 32, no. 1 (2003): 3-8
2003
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Feeling Power: Emotions and Education
Boler, Megan
Routledge, New York, NY
1999
From the Publisher
Megan Boler combines cultural history with ethical and multicultural analyses to explore how emotions have been disciplined, suppressed or ignored at all levels of education and in educational theory. Feeling Power begins by charting the philosophies and practices developed over the last century to control social conflicts arising from gender, class and race. The book traces the development of progressive pedagogies from civil...
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The Act of Teaching (DVD)
From the Publisher
Teachers can convey their ideas more powerfully if they take time to improve their presentation skills. The Act of Teaching , Nancy Houfek, Head of Voice and Speech for the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University, leads a workshop that stresses the importance of communication with the whole self in order to reach an audience. Throughout the workshop, she introduces participants to the same techniques that actors...
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