Effective College and University Teaching : Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate

by William Buskist

• ISBN13: 9781412996075
• ISBN10: 1412996074
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-26
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Using empirical research, Effective College and University Teaching: Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate gives faculty and graduate teaching assistants the tools for understanding why certain teaching practices work and how to adjust their teaching to changing classroom room and online environments. The majority of books on college and university teaching are "how to" books. This book takes a unique approach and provides both the rationale and a detailed guide for how to use and teach these practices to others. Written by leading scholars and expert master teachers, this book outlines, reviews, and discusses the best practices for preparing graduate students to become effective in their duties as teaching assistants and as teachers of record and for new faculty teaching earlier in their careers. The book provides full coverage of those topics central to developing efficacious training practices aimed at the professional development of teachers at the college and university level.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Preparing the New Professoriate to Teach	p. 1
Creating Effective Working Relationships Between Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants	p. 9
Allaying Graduate Student Fears About Teaching	p. 17
Preparing for the Transition From Graduate School to the Academy: An Exemplar From Psychology	p. 27
Teaching in the Context of Professional Development and Work-Private Life Balance	p. 39
The Science of Learning and Its Applications	p. 49
Course Design	p. 61
Writing and Developing Your Philosophy of Teaching	p. 71
Developing Student-Teacher Rapport in the Undergraduate Classroom	p. 81
Learning-Centered Lecturing	p. 91
Active Learning	p. 99
Leading Discussions	p. 107
Assessing Student Learning	p. 115
Becoming an Ethical Teacher	p. 125
Conflict in the College Classroom: Understanding, Preventing, and Dealing With Classroom Incivilities	p. 135
Diversity and Diversity Issues in Teaching	p. 145
Teaching Controversial Issues, Liberally	p. 155
Technology in Higher Education	p. 163
Course and Instructor Evaluation	p. 173
Assessing the Effectiveness of GTA Preparatory Activities and Programs	p. 181
Preparing Graduate Students for the Political Nature of the Academy	p. 189
Preparing for the Future: Undergraduates as Teaching Assistants	p. 197
Useful Resources for Preparing the New Professoriate	p. 207
Index	p. 219
About the Editors	p. 235
About the Contributors	p. 237
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