Teaching Tips For College And University Instructors

Author : David Daniel Royse
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015050325391

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Teaching Tips for College and University Instructors by David Daniel Royse Pdf

Teaching Tips for College and University Instructors is a useful manual, a practical guide for the newest classroom teachers in higher education that provides down-to-earth advice for new assistant professors, teaching assistants, adjuncts, and doctoral students. This book provides a wealth of suggestions, techniques, and ideas for the novice instructor. It does not promote a particular teaching style or theoretical orientation, but draws upon recent research findings and years of experience in "the trenches" of higher education. There are helpful hints on such topics as writing the syllabus, how to handle complaints about "unfair" test questions and grades, how to prevent cheating, improving teaching performance, use of active learning techniques, and more effective lecturing. Using short "mini" essays and chapters, the whole spectrum of teaching at the post-secondary level is covered from the instructor's first day jitters to preparing a tenure portfolio. For new assistant professors, teaching assistants, adjuncts, doctoral students, and experienced college faculty.

Author : Wilbert James McKeachie,Nancy Van Note Chism
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : College teaching
ISBN : 0669194344

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Teaching Tips by Wilbert James McKeachie,Nancy Van Note Chism Pdf

Author : Wilbert James McKeachie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015000834260

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Teaching Tips by Wilbert James McKeachie Pdf

Author : Wilbert James McKeachie,Barbara K. Hofer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : College teaching
ISBN : UCSC:32106016641976

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McKeachie's Teaching Tips by Wilbert James McKeachie,Barbara K. Hofer Pdf

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 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 of teaching and learning.

Author : Wilbert McKeachie,Marilla Svinicki
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1133936792

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McKeachie's Teaching Tips by Wilbert McKeachie,Marilla Svinicki Pdf

This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for every student. The suggested strategies are supported by research and adaptable to specific classroom situations. Rather than suggest a “set of recipes” to be followed mechanically, the book gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics of teaching and learning. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Author : Wilbert James McKeachie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : College teaching
ISBN : UOM:39015029336263

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Teaching Tips by Wilbert James McKeachie Pdf

Author : Kimberly M. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317695585

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Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning by Kimberly M. Williams Pdf

Given the increased accountability at the college and university level, one of the most promising ways for faculty at institutions of higher education to improve their teaching is to capitalize upon their skills as researchers. This book is a step-by-step guide for doing research to inform and improve teaching and learning. With background and instruction about how to engage in these methodologies—including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods—Doing Research to Improve Teaching and Learning provides examples across disciplines of how to use one's research skills to improve teaching. This valuable resource equips faculty with the skills to collect and use different types of research evidence to improve teaching and learning in any college and university classroom. Special Features: Chapter openers highlight the questions and issues that will be addressed in each chapter. Recurring text boxes provide authentic examples from actual research studies, student work, and instructor reflections. Coverage of challenges, key successes, and lessons learned from classroom research presents a nuanced and complete understanding of the process.

Author : Community College of Vermont
Publisher : Amer. Assn. of Community Col
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871173645

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Effective Teaching by Community College of Vermont Pdf

"Throughout this guide you will find specific strategies for teaching--the kind of practical advice that circulates among veteran teachers whenever they gather together ..."--Page i.

Author : Leila Jahangiri,Tom Mucciolo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442208926

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A Guide to Better Teaching by Leila Jahangiri,Tom Mucciolo Pdf

A Guide to Better Teaching is a self-help book that provides anyone teaching a college course with a thorough understanding of what it takes to be an effective teacher. Derived from the authors' extensive research, several interactive assessment tools are included that measure levels of effectiveness according to learner preferences. Each chapter is filled with detailed explanations, relevant stories, and action-driven tables that help them in understanding and applying skills. This book aims to enhance teaching skills by offering critical perspectives, practical suggestions, and techniques for improvement. Whether a new teacher, an adjunct faculty, or a seasoned professor, this comprehensive information can be used to analyze effectiveness or the effectiveness of others. The suggestions and the assessment tools are applicable to the entire spectrum of organizational leaders and managers, in education, government or industry whose work requires giving presentations or communicating in a public forum. To access the free skills assessment tools, please click here.

Author : Ken Bain
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674065543

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What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain Pdf

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 is—it’s not what teachers do, it’s what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out—but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses. Most of all, they believe two things fervently: that teaching matters and that students can learn. In stories both humorous and touching, Ken Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students’ discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential. What the Best College Teachers Do is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators.

Author : Linda B. Nilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470612361

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Teaching at Its Best by Linda B. Nilson Pdf

Teaching at Its Best This third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately. This thoroughly revised edition includes the newest portrait of the Millennial student; current research from cognitive psychology; a focus on outcomes maps; the latest legal options on copyright issues; and how to best use new technology including wikis, blogs, podcasts, vodcasts, and clickers. Entirely new chapters include subjects such as matching teaching methods with learning outcomes, inquiry-guided learning, and using visuals to teach, and new sections address Felder and Silverman's Index of Learning Styles, SCALE-UP classrooms, multiple true-false test items, and much more. Praise for the Third Edition of Teaching at Its BestEveryone veterans as well as novices will profit from reading Teaching at Its Best, for it provides both theory and practical suggestions for handling all of the problems one encounters in teaching classes varying in size, ability, and motivation." Wilbert McKeachie, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching TipsThis new edition of Dr. Nilson's book, with its completely updated material and several new topics, is an even more powerful collection of ideas and tools than the last. What a great resource, especially for beginning teachers but also for us veterans!" L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning ExperiencesThis third edition of Teaching at Its Best is successful at weaving the latest research on teaching and learning into what was already a thorough exploration of each topic. New information on how we learn, how students develop, and innovations in instructional strategies complement the solid foundation established in the first two editions." Marilla D. Svinicki, Department of Psychology, The University of Texas, Austin, and coauthor, McKeachie's Teaching Tips

Author : Michigan State University School of Journalism
Publisher : Read the Spirit
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781942011507

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To My Professor: Student Voices for Great College Teaching by Michigan State University School of Journalism Pdf

“To My Professor: Student Voices for Great College Teaching” begins with remarks by students about their professors. They tend not to be the kind of remarks that professors usually hear, and some are harsh. Others are full of gratitude for teachers who inspire and motivate. The “To My Professor” statements are really just starting points that lead to advice from master teachers. Teaching college is difficult and this book has some potential solutions. More than 50 chapters cover situations including expectations, communication, technology, race, gender and religion, mental and physical health.

Author : Marilla D. Svinicki,Wilbert James McKeachie
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : College teaching
ISBN : 1133940552

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McKeachie's Teaching Tips by Marilla D. Svinicki,Wilbert James McKeachie Pdf

This book’s title--MCKEACHIE’S TEACHING TIPS: STRATEGIES, RESEARCH, AND THEORY FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS, 14E, International Edition--says it all. This indispensable handbook provides helpful strategies for dealing with both the everyday challenges of university teaching and those that arise in efforts to maximize learning for every student. The suggested strategies are supported by research and adaptable to specific classroom situations. Rather than suggest a “set of recipes” to be followed mechanically, the book gives instructors the tools they need to deal with the ever-changing dynamics of teaching and learning.

Author : Aaron S. Richmond,Guy A. Boysen,Regan A R Gurung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317283270

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An Evidence-based Guide to College and University Teaching by Aaron S. Richmond,Guy A. Boysen,Regan A R Gurung Pdf

What makes a good college teacher? This book provides an evidence- based answer to that question by presenting a set of "model teaching characteristics" that define what makes a good college teacher. Based on six fundamental areas of teaching competency known as Model Teaching Characteristics outlined by The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP), this book describes how college faculty from all disciplines and at all levels of experience can use these characteristics to evaluate, guide, and improve their teaching. Evidence based research supports the inclusion of each characteristic, each of which is illustrated through example, to help readers master the skills. Readers learn to evaluate their teaching abilities by providing guidance on what to document and how to accumulate and organize the evidence. Two introductory chapters outline the model teaching characteristics followed by six chapters, each devoted to one of the characteristics: training, instructional methods, course content, assessment, syllabus construction, and student evaluations. The book: -Features in each chapter self-evaluation surveys that help readers identify gaps between the model characteristics and their own teaching, case studies that illustrate common teaching problems, discussion questions that encourage critical thinking, and additional readings for further exploration. -Discusses the need to master teaching skills such as collaborative learning, listening, and using technology as well as discipline-specific knowledge. -Advocates for the use of student-learning outcomes to help teachers better evaluate student performance based on their achievement of specific learning goals. -Argues for the development of learning objectives that reflect the core of the discipline‘s theories and applications, strengthen basic liberal arts skills, and infuse ethical and diversity issues. -Discusses how to solicit student feedback and utilize these evaluations to improve teaching. Intended for professional development or teacher training courses offered in masters and doctoral programs in colleges and universities, this book is also an invaluable resource for faculty development centers, college and university administrators, and college teachers of all levels and disciplines, from novice to the most experienced, interested in becoming more effective teachers.

Author : James M. Lang
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674255074

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On Course by James M. Lang Pdf

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 and traditional strategies that work well without requiring extensive preparation or long grading sessions when you’re trying to meet your own demanding research and service requirements. What do you put on the syllabus? How do you balance lectures with group assignments or discussions—and how do you get a dialogue going when the students won’t participate? What grading system is fairest and most efficient for your class? Should you post lecture notes on a website? How do you prevent cheating, and what do you do if it occurs? How can you help the student with serious personal problems without becoming overly involved? And what do you do about the student who won’t turn off his cell phone? Packed with anecdotes and concrete suggestions, this book will keep both inexperienced and veteran teachers on course as they navigate the calms and storms of classroom life.