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"An Instructor Survival Kit for Use with Large Classes"
Gleason, Maryellen
American Association for Higher Education Bulletin 39, no. 2 (1986): 10-14
1986
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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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"But How Do We Get Them to Think?"
Weiss, Carol A.
Teaching Excellence 4, no. 5 (1992)
1992
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"Challenges of the Introductory Course"
Dunham, Robert E., and Maryellen Gleason
in Rejuvenating Introductory Courses (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1984), 39-51
1984
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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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"Cooperative Learning Returns to College: What Evidence Is There That It Works?"
Johnson, David, Roger Johnson and Karl Smith
Change July/Aug (1998): 27-35
1998
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"Designing Effective Group Activities: Lessons for Classroom Teaching and Faculty Development"
Michaelsen, Larry, L. Dee Fink and Arletta Knight
To Improve the Academy 16 (1997): 373-397
1997
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"Education: A Core List of Web Resources for Researchers and Teachers"
Ariew, Susan
Choice 37, no. 8 (2000): 1409-1421
2000
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"Exceptionally Effective College Teachers"
Guskey, Thomas R.
in Improving Student Learning in College Classrooms, (Springfield, IL: Charles L. Thomas Pub., 1988), 15-29
1988
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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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Teaching Nonmajors: Advice for Liberal Arts Professors
Arvidson, P. Sven
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
2008
From the Publisher
Delivers uncomplicated and useful techniques for better teaching to nonmajors in liberal arts courses.
Teaching Nonmajors focuses on what dedicated teachers want to know how can I teach better in the classroom? Unlike most books on teaching, this book delivers uncomplicated and immediately useful techniques and strategies for teaching required courses to nonmajors. Providing practical examples and brief anecdotes drawn from...
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College Teaching: Developing Perspective Through Dialogue
Galbraith, Michael W.
Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL
2008
From the Publisher
"College Teaching: Developing Perspective Through Dialogue" casts a wide net over the topic of teaching in college. It begins with the notion that to understand what it means to be a good college teacher, self-awareness is essential. From there it provides helpful guidelines for beginning teachers, as well as to more experienced ones, about the instructional process and the academic activities outside the classroom that are...
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"Learning and Teaching in the 21st Century: Trends and Implications for Practice"
Magolda, Marcia Baxter, and Patrick T. Terenzini
Journal of College Student Development (2002)
2002
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"Lessons From the Learning Classroom"
Noel, Terry W.
Journal of Management Education 28, no. 2 (2004): 188-206
2004
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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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"Navigating the Bumpy Road to Student-Centered Instruction"
Felder, Richard, and Rebecca Brent
College Teaching 44, no. 2 (1996): 43-47
1996
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"Questions to Guide Effective Team Teaching"
Staff
Focus on Faculty 10, no. 1 (2002): 3
2002
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"Talk and Chalk: The Blackboard as an Intellectual Tool"
O'Hare, Michael
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 12, no. 1 (1993): 238-246
1993
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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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"Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons From Cognitive Science"
van Gelder, Tim
College Teaching 53, no. 1 (2005): 41-46
2005
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"Teaching in Action: Criteria for Effective Practice"
Smith, Ronald, and Fred Schwartz
Teaching Excellence 1, no. 7 (1990)
1990
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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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"The Medicine Wheel: Emotions and Connections in the Classroom"
Frederick, Peter J.
To Improve the Academy 10 (1991): 197-214
1991
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"The Power of Story"
Frederick, Peter J.
American Association for Higher Education Bulletin 43, no. 3 (1990): 5-8
1990
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"Where a Magic Dwells: A Teaching Casebook for Instructors of Religion in the University"
Division of Religious and Theological Studies, Boston University
Division of Religious and Theological Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA (1999)
1999
From the Publisher
This is a collection of case studies written by professor and by graduate students teaching in the field of religion. Each case highlights one or more teaching problem (or possibility), some facet of the mystery of teaching (and learning to teach) at the college level. Each case is intended to spark conversations about a particular collegiate teaching situation.
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"Why More Isn't Less: The Case for Collaborative Teaching"
Sorenson, D. Lynn
Focus on Faculty 10, no. 1 (2002): 4-5
2002
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"Windows on Practice: Cases about Teaching and Learning"
Hutchings, Pat
Change Nov/Dec (1993): 14-21
1993
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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Diversity
Timpson, William M., Raymond Yang, Evelinn Borrayo, and Silvia Sara Canetto
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
2005
From the Publisher
Diversity is vitally important to today's classroom, but many college teachers remain uncertain as to how to handle this sensitive subject. Compiled from the real-life experiences of over a dozen professors and experts, 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Diversity tackles this question head on. Taking you from the classroom to the committee meeting to the the community at large, this book offers hands-on advice for improving diversity...
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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Professors
Magnan, Robert, editor
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1990
From the Publisher
Whether you're new to teaching or an experienced veteran, this is a book you'll want to keep handy. From pre-term activities right through final exams, grading, and evaluation, 147 Practical Tips covers all the important phases of the teaching process.
Educators use 147 Practical Tips for a quick idea to spice up a class. Teaching and learning centers keep shelf copies as a reference for faculty and teaching assistants....
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147 Practical Tips for Using Icebreakers with College Students
Magnan, Robert
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
2005
From the Publisher
Building a sense of community in the classroom is key to fostering a safe and supportive environment for learning. Icebreakers are designed specifically for this purpose to create that sense of a community of learners, working together.
If you are considering using icebreakers for the first time, these tips offer convincing reasons for using them and suggest specific icebreakers for specific situations.
If...
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Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, Vol. 13, No. 1
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Adult Learning Methods: A Guide for Effective Instruction, Third Edition
Galbraith, Michael W., editor
Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL
2004
From the Publisher
Twenty-seven American academics and educational consultants contribute 22 chapters providing practitioners with an overview of adult learning, and practical information regarding methods and techniques for use in a range of educational settings. The third edition is oriented toward a more formal instructional environment than were previous editions. Some chapters from the second (1998) edition have been deleted, the remaining...
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Advancing Faculty Learning Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Creamer, Elizabeth G. and Lisa R. Lattuca, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2005
From the Publisher
This volume addresses the limitations of an instrumental perspective on collaboration and explores why stakeholders in higher education should refocus attention on collaboration as a source of faculty learning. The chapters establish a theoretical basis for thinking about faculty learning and then use case studies to explore this topic in the context of service or outreach, research, and teaching.
Included as well are...
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Advocacy in the Classroom: Problems and Possibilities
Spacks, Patricia Meyer, editor
St. Martin's Press, New York, NY
1996
From the Publisher
Noted literary critic Patricia Meyer Spacks has gathered together a group of both liberal and conservative professors to answer the question of whether or not a teacher can still bring passionate commitment to an idea into the classroom as a way of engaging students in a meaningful way.
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Applying the Science of Learning to University Teaching and Beyond
Halpern, Diane F. and Milton D. Hakel, editors
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2002
From the Publisher
It is sadly true that most of the way we teach and learn is uninformed by laboratory findings in human cognition. Although researchers have made considerable progress in understanding the cognitive and social variables that mediate in the learning process, very little of this basic knowledge has been translated into practice, many research questions that are critically important for directing educational reform remain unanswered,...
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Awakening Minds: The Power of Creativity in Teaching
Downton, James, Jr.
Humanics Trade Group, Atlanta, GA
2003
From the Publisher
Awakening Minds is an invitation to change. It brings a creative spirit to education through experiences that expand awareness, lead to new choices, and cultivate change. Discover how teaching can serve your life purposes and how creative thinking surprises the mind so novel ideas come quickly. Learn to use "deep listening," "strategic questioning," and "effective coaching" to increase your effectiveness as a teacher and make...
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Basics of Teaching for Christians: Preparation, Instruction, Evaluation
Pazmio, Robert W.
Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI
1998
From the Publisher
Helps educators regain focus in their teaching by offering a concise guide to their craft's essential elements: preparation, instruction, and evaluation.
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Better Teaching, More Learning: Strategies for Success in Postsecondary Settings
Davis, James R.
Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1993
From the Publisher
Davis argues that post-secondary instructors have to improve their performance in the classroom not only by better understanding how teachers teach, but also how learners learn. He translates recent research on learning into a form useful for college teachers, and then integrates it with current thinking on teaching to construct a framework for effective classroom communication.
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Chalk Talk: E-advice from Jonas Chalk, Legendary College Teacher
Qualters, Donna M. and Miriam Rosalyn Diamond
New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK
2004
From the Publisher
This book presents a national award-winning approach to encouraging dialogue among interdisciplinary faculty about ways to reflect on and broaden their repertoire of teaching skills. Based on the "Dear Abby" advice column format, the process was developed to initiate a dialogue on best practices, successes, and ways to address frustrations in teaching.
Faculty from four different disciplines (math, chemistry, physics...
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Changing College Classrooms: New Teaching and Learning Strategies for an Increasingly Complex World
Halpern, Diane F. et. al.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1994
From the Publisher
"This book is an exciting and highly useful addition to the literature on higher education and teaching. It provides concrete information and suggestions for the improvement of teaching, student learning, and the whole educational process" - from the foreword by Lee R. Kershner, former Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, California State University System (CSU), and Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley, co-chair, Advisory Board....
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Classroom Research: Early Lessons from Success
Angelo, Thomas A., editor
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1991
From the Publisher
Since 1986, when K. Patricia Cross first began to write and speak about Classroom Research, faculty across the country have been inspired by her vision of a learner-centered, teaching-directed approach aimed at understanding and improving student learning. In the intervening five years, hundreds of college teachers at dozens of institutions have taken up her challenge to become "Classroom Researchers," engaging in the systematic...
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Creative Teaching Methods
LeFever, Marlene D.
Cook Ministry Resources, Colorado Springs, CO
1996
From the Publisher
Open a new chapter in creative teaching with this immensely practical book that inspires students and teachers on ways to bring God's living Word to life in the classroom. Initial edition has been field-tested in church and college seminary classrooms.
Put What You Teach in Reach of Your Students
-- Step-by-step descriptions and examples show how to use drama, role-play, mime, simulation, readings, music, art and much...
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Dilemmas in Teaching: Cases for Collaborative Faculty Reflection
Anson, Chris, Lesley Cafarelli, Carol Rutz, Michelle Weis, editors
Mendota Press, Madison, WI
1998
From the Publisher
Designed to spark reflection and lively dialogue in College and university departments and faculty development programs, Dilemmas in Teaching is a collection of short, insightful cases that will strike a chord with experienced faculty and help prepare newer faculty and teaching assistants for the complexities of their chosen profession. Written by faculty as part of a six-year project sponsored by The Collaboration for the...
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Disciplinary Differences in Teaching and Learning: Implications for Practice
Hativa, Nina and Michele Marinocovich
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1995
From the Publisher
This volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning increases our knowledge and understanding of the causes and consequences of disciplinary differences in the patterns of teaching and learning, in the instructional strategies to increase teaching effectiveness, in the culture and environment in which teaching takes place, and in faculty and students' attitudes, goals, beliefs, values, philosophies, and orientations toward...
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Educating Culturally Responsive Teachers
Villegas, Ana Maria and Tamara Lucas
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY
2002
From the Publisher
Offering a conceptual framework and practical strategies for teacher preparation in schools with increasingly diverse racial and ethnic student populations, this book presents a coherent approach to educating culturally responsive teachers. The authors focus on the importance of recruiting and preparing a diverse teaching force, as they propose a vision for restructuring the teacher education curriculum, reconceiving the pedagogy...
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Excellent Teaching in a Changing Academy: Essays in Honor of Kenneth Eble
Jussawalla, Feroza, ed.
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1990
From the Publisher
Are the new elitism and conservatism that are creeping into academia degrading undergraduate education? This volume seeks not to resolve the issues surrounding academia today but rather to mark the contested points in the debates on whether to incorporate cultural diversity in the curriculum, whether to compete for the research dollar, and how to evaluate faculty humanely in a changing atmosphere. As Eble urged, in the 1990s...
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First-Order Principles for College Teachers: Ten Basic Ways to Improve the Teaching Process
Boice, Robert
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1996
From the Publisher
This book discusses the first order principles (FOPs) of college teaching and their role as the easiest route to working happily and successfully in the classroom. Part 1 lists the 10 principles: (1) moderate classroom incivilities with pro-social immediacies; (2) wait actively for the fruits of one's teaching efforts; (3) begin before feeling ready; (4) work and teach in brief, regular sessions; (5) stop a lesson in a timely...
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Fieldguide for Teaching in a New Century: Ideas from Fellow Travellers CD-Printed TOC included. (see Notes below for additional resource)
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First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching
Johnson, Glenn Ross
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1995
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Handbook for College Teaching
Miller, W. R. and Marie F. Miller
PineCrest Publications, Sautee-Nacoochee, GA
1999
From the Publisher
The Handbook for College Teaching is designed for individuals with limited teaching experience at the post-secondary level. The book provides basic information of practical value to instuctors of adults in universities, community colleges, and other adult education settings. The book includes six chapters on the following subjects: the role and responsibilities of the instructor, planning and getting started, human learning,...
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Humor as an Instructional Defibrillator: Evidence-Based Techniques in Teaching and Assessment
Berk, Ronald A.
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2002
From the Publisher
Grab those paddles. Charge 300. Clear! "Ouch!" Now how do you feel? "Great!"
Humor can be used as a systematic teaching or assessment tool in your classroom and course Web site. It can shock students to attention and bring deadly, boring course content to life. Since some students have the attention span of goat cheese, we need to find creative online and offline techniques to hook them, engage their emotions, and focus...
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Innovations in Interdisciplinary Teaching
Haynes, Carolyn, editor
Oryx Press, Westport, CT
2002
From the Publisher
According to this book, interdisciplinary pedagogy is not synonymous with a single process, set of skills, method, or technique. Instead, it is concerned primarily with fostering in students a sense of self-authorship and a notion of knowledge that they can use to respond to complex questions, issues, or problems. Most faculty members have disciplinary terminal degrees, little preparation for teaching, and previous experience...
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Interdisciplinary Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning
Davis, James R.
American Council on Education and the Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ
1995
From the Publisher
James Davis offers a realistic and stimulating examination of interdisciplinary theory and practice. In addition to providing specific tips on successful team teaching, the book features information drawn from the professional literature, survey results, and useful examples from the author's personal experience. It also includes a listing of nearly 100 interdisciplinary, team-taught courses currently being offered at colleges...
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Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice
Weimer, Maryellen
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2002
From the Publisher
In this much needed resource, Maryellen Weimer-one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching-offers a comprehensive work on the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom. As the author explains, learner-centered teaching focuses attention on what the student is learning, how the student is learning, the conditions under which the student is learning, whether...
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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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Mastering the Techniques of Teaching, 2nd ed
Lowman, Joseph
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
Lowman expands his earlier model of effective teaching to place more emphasis on motivational skill and commitment to teaching. In this second edition, he presents still more options on how to organize classes and use group work to promote learning.
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Models of Teaching, 4th ed
Joyce, B. and Marsha Weil
Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA
1992
From the Publisher
Covers Major Models of Teaching. Teaching Models. Designed for use as a main or supplemental text in undergraduate- or graduate-level courses entitled Elementary Curriculum, Introduction to Instruction, Introduction to Teaching, Models of Teaching, and Instructional Methods.
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More Quick Hits: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers
Stocking, S. Holly, et al
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
1998
From the Publisher
Learning used to be taken for granted by teachers. No more. Growing numbers of teachers realize that teaching does not always promote learning. More Quick Hits offers simple but successful strategies that award-winning teachers have found promote learning.
Included among these strategies are tips for designing courses and environments that promote learning, and advice on creating learning communities communities where...
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No Angel in the Classroom: Teaching Through Feminist Discourse
Fisher, Berenice Malka
Rowman & Littlefield, Publishers, Lanham, MD
2001
From the Publisher
Taking a fresh look at questions that have long troubled teachers committed to social change, No Angel in the Classroom: Feminist Pedagogy as Political Practice provides a richly conceptualized and down-to-earth account of feminist teaching in higher education. Long-time feminist educator, Berenice Malka Fisher, gives a nuanced interpretation of second wave feminist consciousness-raising that bridges the gap between feminist...
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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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Practical Wisdom on Theological Teaching and Learning
Warford, Malcolm L., editor
Peter Lang, New York, NY
2004
From the Publisher
Contemporary theological education is facing profound changes. Fundamental shifts in both church and society have established a volatile context for theological teaching and learning. Seminaries are struggling with the growing diversity of their students, faculties, and institutional commitments. This book addresses these issues both contextually and historically, engages the nature of theological teaching and learning, and...
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Quick Hits: Successful Strategies by Award Winning Teachers
Bender, Eileen, et al
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN
1994
From the Publisher
The first Quick Hits were collected in 1991 at a colloquium of Indiana University faculty who had gathered to exchange tips about successful teaching. Each participant described a particular challenge and explained how he or she handled it. There are four main areas: General Teaching Tips, Student Motivation and Involvement, Philosophies of Teaching and Learning, and Discipline-Specific Ideas. Covered are such subjects as first...
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Relationships Between Teaching Faculty and Teaching Librarians
Kraat, Susan B., editor
Haworth Press, Binghampton, NY
2005
From the Publisher
This collection reflects the experiences of librarians, teaching faculty and library directors, whose perspectives range from cynicism to cautious optimism and idealism when it comes to working with teaching faculty. The volume includes case studies, surveys, sample questionnaires, statistics and a toolkit for establishing an effective library liaison program. The essays examine the teaching and learning environment, course...
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Rethinking Teaching in Higher Education: From a Course Design Workshop to a Faculty Development Framework
Saroyan, Alenoush, and Cheryl Amundsen, editors
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2004
From the Publisher
Teachers in higher education are constantly looking for ways to engage students and motivate them to respond creatively and actively to their disciplines -- but frequently lack the formal grounding in teaching to design effective courses and implement appropriate learning strategies.
This book reflects and incorporates McGill University's thirty years' experience developing teaching programs and workshops at its Centre...
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Seeing Through Teachers' Eyes: Professional Ideals and Classroom Practices
Hammerness, Karen
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
2006
From the Publisher
In this book, Karen Hammerness sheds light on the complex relationship between teachers' ideal and the realities of school life. Through the stories of four teachers, she reveals how teacher educators can help new teachers articulate, develop, and sustain their visions and assist them as they navigate the gap between their visions and their daily work.
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Journal on Excellence in College Teaching Vol. 12 No. 1
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Student-Assisted Teaching: A Guide to Faculty-Student Teamwork
Miller, Judith, James E. Groccia and Marilyn S. Miller, editors
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
2001
From the Publisher
This innovative book provides a range of models for undergraduate student-assisted teaching partnerships to help faculty, faculty developers, and administrators make learning more student-centered, more effective, and more productive.
Each of the 31 models included in this volume is supported with practical details and focuses on four main aspects of a specific peer-assisted learning environment: 1) implementation,...
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Successful Beginnings in College Teaching: How to Engage Your Students, and Keep Them Engaged, from Day 1
Provitera-McGlynn, Angela
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
2001
From the Publisher
Laying the groundwork for a successful semester starts with the first day of class. Author Angela Provitera McGlynn tells that the first day is not the day to pass out a syllabus and let everyone go. Rather, it's the day to set the context for the rest of the semester.
The author stresses the need for developing an atmosphere of respect for diversity while simultaneously providing a safe and exciting place to explore...
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Successful College Teaching: Problem-Solving Strategies of Distinguished Professors
Baiocco, Sharon A. and Jamie N. DeWaters
Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA
1998
From the Publisher
Open this book and you'll enter the classrooms of award-winning faculty. Their classes range from a lab section of nine students to a lecture hall of 400 students with standing room only. You'll observe the teaching style of these professors, their relationships with students, and most importantly, how they solve instructional problems. You'll discover the traits - innate and learned - that set distinguished teachers apart from...
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Teaching & Learning Through Inquiry: A Guidebook for Institutions
Lee, Virginia S., editor
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2004
From the Publisher
Inquiry-guided learning (IGL) refers to an array of classroom practices that promote student learning through guided and, increasingly independent investigation of complex questions and problems. Rather than teaching the results of others' investigations, which students learn passively, instructors assist students in mastering and learning through the process of active investigation itself. IGL develops critical thinking, independent...
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Teaching & Performing: Ideas for Energizing Your Classes
Timpson, William M. and Suzanne Burgoyne
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
2002
From the Publisher
To be or not to be. That is the question. To be a teacher-performer or not to be. Authors Timpson and Burgoyne assert that teachers are inherently performers and as such, techniques from the stage enhance and expand a teacher s ready repertoire of discipline-based content.
While teachers are trained as planners and scholars, very few are trained as performers. Using performance theory, the authors show how an educator...
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Teaching Alone, Teaching Together: Transforming the Structure of Teams for Teaching
Bess, James L. and Associates
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2000
From the Publisher
There are many excellent books on college and university teaching, but Teaching Alone, Teaching Together makes a uniquely valuable contribution.
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Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom
Feldman, Kenneth A. and Michael B. Paulsen
Ginn Press, Needham, MA
1994
From the Publisher
This comprehensive review of classic and recent research in the area addresses issues from diverse theoretical and philosophical perspectives including educationist, feminist, humanistic, psychological, sociological, anthropological, and more. Each section includes quantitative and qualitative research, a separate introductory essay, research reports, literature reviews, theoretical essays, and practitioner-oriented articles.
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Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors
Nilson, Linda B.
Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
1998
From the Publisher
This publication is designed to improve college instruction at the undergraduate level. Intended to be used as a tool box, it is a concise compilation of hundreds of teaching techniques and formats, classroom activities and exercises, suggestions to enhance instructor-student rapport, guidelines for assignments and papers, and tips for teaching any material more effectively. Concise summaries of teaching options and innovations...
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Teaching College: Collected Readings for the New Instructor
Weimer, Maryellen, and Rose Ann Neff, editors
Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
1998
From the Publisher
This popular collection of essays written by seasoned and committed educators, guides the first-time instructor through the phases of course planning, teaching, and evaluation.
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Teaching for Quality Learning at University
Biggs, John
Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Philadelphia, PA
1999
From the Publisher
John Biggs tackles how academics can improve their teaching in today's circumstances of large classes and diverse student populations. His approach is practical but not prescriptive. Teachers need to make decisions on teaching and assessment methods to suit their own circumstances. In order to do that they need a conceptual framework to inform their decision-making. Such a framework is clearly described and exemplified by this...
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Teaching for Understanding: What It Is and How to Do It
Newton, Douglas P.
Routledge, New York, NY
2000
From the Publisher
Teaching for Understanding describes the nature of understanding, strategies that support it, and factors which bear upon it in a way which makes it accessible to teachers in raining, practicing teachers, and lecturer in education. Its coverage includes understanding and its nature, constructing relationships and mental structures, surrogate teachers, metacognition, and assessment.
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Teaching Strategies: A Guide to Better Instruction
Orlich, Donald C., Robert J. Harder, Richard C.Callahan, Harry W. Gibson
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
2007
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This book provides proven teaching methods, coupled with the best of instructional theory, and is intended for use in undergraduate courses that teach instructional methods or techniques. A brief introduction to schooling and broad educational goals is offered in the first chapter. The following four chapters present the basic "tools" for effective and systematic teaching. The major topics include specifying instructional objectives;...
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Teaching the Bible: Practical Strategies for Classroom Instruction
Roncace, Mark and Patrick Gray, editors
Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta, GA
2005
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While books on pedagogy in a theoretical mode have proliferated in recent years, there have been few that offer practical, specific ideas for teaching particular biblical texts. To address this need, Teaching the Bible, a collection of ideas and activities written by dozens of innovative college and seminary professors, outlines effective classroom strategies -with a focus on active learning - for the new teacher and veteran...
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Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research and Theory for College and University Teachers, 9th ed.
McKeachie, Wilbert J., editor
D.C. Heath and Co., Lexington, MA
1994
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McKeachie's Teaching Tips provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday problems of university teaching and those that arise in trying to maximize learning for every student. The strategies suggested in the text are adaptable to specific classroom situations. The book does not suggest a "set of recipes" to be followed mechanically; it gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics...
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Teaching Well and Liking It: Motivating Faculty to Teach Effectively
Bess, James L.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
1997
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Any attempt to explain why someone is a good teacher--or is strongly motivated to teach effectively--involves a complex discussion of one of the oldest questions in human history: Why do people do what they do? In Teaching Well and Liking It, a distinguished group of internationally known scholars offers a sophisticated and stimulating look at the issues involved in motivating teachers to teach well in the challenging environment...
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Teaching, Questioning and Learning
Morgan, Norah and Juliana Saxton
Routledge, New York, NY
1991
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We learn by asking questions. We learn better by asking better questions. We learn more by having opportunities to ask more questions. The aim of this book is to help both teachers and students develop their questioning skills in order to share in the process of inquiry. "Teaching, Questioning and Learning" offers teachers practical suggestions, illustrated with examples from classroom experience, based upon current educational...
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The Art and Craft of Teaching
Gullette, Margaret Morganroth, editor
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
1984
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Good teaching does not come naturally or easily to anyone, even to those who seem to have a gift for it. This concise and lively guide developed from the faculty seminars of the Harvard-Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning contains hundreds of insights into the fine and difficult art of leading students to demand more of themselves, find new ways of solving problems, and awaken unsuspected talents. Filled with useful suggestions...
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The Art of Teaching
Parini, Jay
Oxford University Press, New York, NY
2005
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"Becoming an effective teacher can be quite painful and exhausting, taking years of trial and error. In The Art of Teaching, writer and critic Jay Parini looks back over his own decades of trials, errors, and triumphs, in an intimate memoir that brims with humor, encouragement, and hard-won wisdom about the teacher's craft." Here is a godsend for instructors of all levels, offering valuable insight into the many challenges that...
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The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom
Brinkley, Alan, Betty Dessants, Michael Flamm, Cynthia Fleming, Charles Forcey, Eric Rothschild
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
1999
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Unlike their counterparts on the secondary or primary school level, many who teach in colleges and universities have extensive training in their various disciplines, but surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself.. "The Chicago Handbook for Teachers is an extraordinarily helpful guide for all who face the challenge of putting together material for a course and then making it work. Representing teachers at...
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The Feminist Teacher Anthology: Pedagogies and Classroom Strategies
Cohee, Gail E., Elisabeth Daumer, Theresa D. Kemp, Paula M. Krebs, Sue Lafky, and Sandra Runzo
Teachers College Press, New York, NY
1998
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Each selected essay is introduced by its original author who updates the chapter topic. Drawing on examples from their own experiences, the authors provide practical classroom strategies such as readings and resources, writing assignments, classroom exercises, and guidance for using journals, multimedia workshops, and new technologies.
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The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching
various
John Wiley & Sons, San Francisco, CA
2003
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All teachers come to the profession with high ideals but few are prepared for the challenges posed by the complexities of classroom life. How can they remain passionate and inspired in the face of the daily realities of teaching? And how can teachers engage their students in the quest to know and discover?
Written by some of the most highly acclaimed teacher-writers, The Jossey-Bass Reader on Teaching includes excerpts...
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The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors
Filene, Peter
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
2005
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Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses.
Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they hit or strike out. Ideally, he says, teaching should resemble...
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The Missing Professor: An Academic Mystery
Jones, Thomas B.
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2006
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With more than a few misgivings but desperate to pay off her loans, Nicole Adams, a newly minted Ph.D. in philosophy, accepts an assistant professorship at Higher State, a small state university in "the middle of the Midwest". Little does she suspect that on just her second day, still flustered and disoriented in her new surroundings, she'll be plunged into a mystery. Crusty R. Reynolds Raskin, with whom she uneasily shares...
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To Improve the Academy , vol 20
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To Improve the Academy, Vol 16
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To Improve the Academy, vol 17
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To Improve the Academy, vol 18
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To Improve the Academy, vol 19
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To Improve the Academy, vol. 21
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To Improve the Academy, vol. 22
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Tools for Teaching
Davis, Barbara Gross
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
1993
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A rich compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practice of beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members. Forty-nine teaching tools cover both traditional tasks, writing a course syllabus, delivering a lecture and newer, broader concerns, such as responding to diversity, and using technology.
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Trouble-shooting Your Teaching: A step-by-step guide to analysing and improving your practice
Squires, Geoffrey
RoutledgeFalmer, London, UK
2003
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This self-assessment guide will help all teaching professionals - whether in higher education, schools or management training - to assess, critique, reflect on and improve practice.
The book is based on extensive research carried out at the Institute for Learning at the University of Hull. Fully practical, it looks at the generic skills of teaching, and guides readers to consider their own work both in the light of...
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Using Cases in Higher Education: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators
Honan, James P. and Cheryl Sternman Rule
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2002
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Using Cases in Higher Education: A Guide for Faculty and Administrators is an essential resource created for faculty and administrators who utilize case studies to analyze, assess, and respond to the complex and difficult issues facing higher education leaders. While this volume will prove useful with any case study, it is specifically designed to complement the series of casebooks and teaching notes, starting with Casebook...
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Using Cases to Improve College Teaching: A Guide to More Reflective Practice
Hutchings, Pat
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
1993
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This monograph explores practical and theoretical issues in use of case studies for college faculty to reflect on and improve instruction. Six chapters: (1) describe teaching case studies, with an overview of how and why they are used; (2) explore the rationale for their use within the frameworks of scholarship and professional development; (3) present three brief case studies and suggestions for their use in discussion; (4)...
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Voices of Experience: Reflections from a Harvard Teaching Seminar
Winkelmes, Mary Ann and James Wilkinson, editors
Peter Lang, New York, NY
2001
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In these twelve essays, academics in fields like psychology, literature, chemistry, music, sociology, history, and mathematics consider their teaching experiences, and the lessons they have learned from teaching. Discussing experiences both inside and outside of the classroom, the writers describe their successes and setbacks, their innovations and techniques, and their analyses of teaching as shaped by their own efforts. Conceptual...
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What the Best College Teachers Do
Bain, Ken
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
2004
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Winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize awarded annually by Harvard University Press for an outstanding book on education and society. What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer...
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Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, Vol. 12, No. 2
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Tools for Teaching, Second Edition
Davis, Barbara Gross
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2009
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This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Barbara Gross Davis's classic book Tools for Teaching presents the very latest in ideas and strategies for college teaching: hundreds of tools, tips, and methods, all grounded in research and best practices of faculty. Topics from the bestselling first edition have been extensively updated, and new sections have been added to reflect recent developments in classroom and online technology....
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On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching
James M. Lang
Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
2008
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You go into teaching with high hopes: to inspire students, to motivate them to learn, to help them love your subject. Then you find yourself facing a crowd of expectant faces on the first day of the first semester, and you think Now what do I do?
Practical and lively, On Course is full of experience-tested, research-based advice for graduate students and new teaching faculty. It provides a range of innovative...
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Teaching What You Don't Know
From the Publisher
Your graduate work was on bacterial evolution, but now you're lecturing to 200 freshmen on primate social life. You've taught Kant for twenty years, but now you're team-teaching a new course on Ethics and the Internet. The personality theorist retired and wasn't replaced, so now you, the neuroscientist, have to teach the "Sexual Identity" course. Everyone in academia knows it and no one likes to admit it: faculty often...
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Teaching First-Year College Students: Revised and Expanded Edition of Teaching College Freshmen
Erickson, Bette LaSere; Peters, Calvin B.; Strommer, Diane Weltner
Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA
2006
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Teaching First-Year College Students is a thoroughly expanded and updated edition of Teaching College Freshmen, which has become a classic in the field since it was published in 1991. The book offers concrete suggestions about specific strategies and approaches for faculty who teach first-year courses. The new edition is based on the most current research on teaching and learning and incorporates information about the demographic...
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"Co-Teaching - Training Professionals To Teach"
Eddy, Pamela
Tomorrow's Professor #739, http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/5739.html
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McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers
McKeachie, Wilbert J., and Svinicki, Marilla
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA
2006
From the Publisher
McKeachie's Teaching Tips provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday problems of university teaching and those that arise in trying to maximize learning for every student. The strategies suggested in the text are adaptable to specific classroom situations. The book does not suggest a "set of recipes" to be followed mechanically; it gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics...
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Teaching and Learning in College Introductory Religion Courses
Walvoord, Barbara E.
Blackwell Publishing, Malden MA
2008
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Introductory courses in theology and religion are taught at most colleges and universities across the US and UK. From public to private, non-sectarian to faith-based institutions, theology courses fulfill humanities general education requirements, and provide a foundational education for students intending further theological study. This book describes the best and most effective ways of teaching these courses. Offering practical,...
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Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning
Richlin, Laurie
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2006
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An acclaimed educator presents hands-on advice on teaching that meets today's emphasis on learning outcomes and assessment. This book is informed by the most up-to-date research on how people learn. It is suitable for all instructors in higher education - as well as high school teachers. Laurie Richlin has been running a workshop on course design for higher education for over fifteen years, modifying and improving it progressively...
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Teaching Your First College Class: A Practical Guide for New Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors
Lieberg, Carolyn
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2008
From the Publisher
No other teaching experience will feel quite like the first time an instructor walks into a classroom to face a class of students.
This book is a wise and friendly guide for new faculty and graduate student instructors who are about to teach for the first time.
It provides an introduction to the theory of teaching; describes proven strategies and activities for engaging students in their learning; and offers advice...
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The Art & Craft of College Teaching: A Guide for New Professors & Graduate Students
Rotenberg, Robert
Left Coast Press, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
2005
From the Publisher
The Art & Craft of College Teaching provides a hands-on, quick-start guide to the college classroom for those who are facing their first five years as independent teachers. In it, you'll find the answers to some of college teachings most common questions How do college students learn most effectively? What are the questions to consider when you develop a course for the first time? How does class size affect course design? How...
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Teaching Reflectively in Theological Contexts: Promises and Contradictions
Hess, Mary E., and Stephen D. Brookfield, eds.
Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, FL
2008
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Teaching Reflectively in Theological Contexts explores the dynamics, principles, contradictions and tensions of teaching within theological contexts. It offers practical suggestions on modeling pastoral leadership, building trust with learners, negotiating the dynamics of team-teaching, questioning received truth, teaching through discussions, working with diversities, and building a culture of reflective teaching.
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Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment: A Guide to Facilitating Learning in Higher Education
Doyle, Terry
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2008
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Before entering higher education, most students' learning experiences have been traditional and teacher-centered. Their teachers have typically controlled their learning, with students having had little say about what and how to learn. For many students, encountering a learner-centered environment will be new, possibly unsettling, and may even engender resistance and hostility.
Taking as his starting point students' attitudes...
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Teaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Promoting Success and Retention in Higher Education
Gabriel, Kathleen F.
Stylus, Sterling, VA
2008
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As societal expectations about attending college have grown, professors report increasing numbers of students who are unprepared for the rigors of postsecondary education not just more students with learning disabilities (whose numbers have more than tripled, but students (with and without special admission status who are academically at-risk because of inadequate reading, writing and study skills.
This book provides professors...
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A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Enhancing Academic Practice, Third Edition
Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge, Stephanie Marshall, eds.
Routledge, NY
2009
From The Publisher
Written for both new and existing lecturers, this handbook is based upon exemplary practice and case studies. It gives readers the information they will need to ensure that teaching practice is in line with current standards and best practice.
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