Teaching and Learning On the Edge of the Millennium: Building On What We Have Learned New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Number 80

by Svinicki, Marilla D.

• ISBN13: 9780787948740
• ISBN10: 0787948748
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-25
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In honor of the new century and the twentieth anniversary of New Directions for Teaching and Learning, this issue reviews the past and current research on teaching, learning, and motivation, and envisions where the field is headed in the next century. Chapters revisit the topics from the best-selling NDTL issues, offering the latest developments in group-based learning, effective communication, teaching for critical thinking, the seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education, teaching for diversity, and teaching in the information age.This is the 80th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Teaching and Learning .

Author Biography

MARILLA D. SVINICKI is editor-in-chief of the New Directions for Teaching and Learning series and is director of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness and senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

Editors Note	1	(4)
Marilla D. Svinicki
Part One: Theory and Research on Learning and Teaching
New Directions in Learning and Motivation	5	(24)
Marilla D. Svinicki
The foundation of good teaching is attention to student learning. There is much to know about how student learning occurs and how teachers can foster it, but the field has come a long way in twenty years.
New Directions for Theory and Research on Teaching: A Review of the Past Twenty Years	29	(26)
Michael Theall
A great deal of research on what constitutes good teaching has been published, but it is not as widely known as it warrants. This chapter shows just how much the field has expanded.
Part Two: A Reprise of Popular Topics: Where Are They Now?
Group-Based Learning	55	(6)
Russell Y. Garth
Issue 14, devoted to group learning has become a classic. Despite the fact that some of the same concerns remain, the popularity of the method has expanded tremendously.
Can We Teach Without Communicating?	61	(8)
Jean M. Civikly-Powell
At the core of effective teaching is effective communicating, a concept that goes well beyond just making yourself understood.
Teaching for Critical Thinking: Helping College Students Develop the Skills and Dispositions of a Critical Thinker	69	(6)
Diane F. Halpern
A perennial goal of college instruction is critical thinking, but until recently the actual research on these skills was limited. This chapter offers a discussion of where we have been and a four-part model showing where we should be.
Development and Adaptations of the Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education	75	(8)
Arthur W. Chickering
Zelda F. Gamson
These principles have been among the most influential ideas of the past twenty years. They have been disseminated and applied in many different ways, as this chapter illustrates.
Taking Diversity Seriously: New Developments in Teaching for Diversity	83	(8)
Laura L. B. Border
The issue of diversity' has experienced wide swings in public sentiment, but it remains a key issue in the quality of educational life on our nation's campuses.
Teaching in the Information Age: A New Look	91	(10)
Michael J. Albright
Of all the areas on which New Directions for Teaching and Learning has focused teaching with the support of technology has experienced the most dramatic changes.
Part Three: And Now What?
New Directions for New Directions?	101	(4)
Marilla D. Svinicki
New Directions for Teaching and Learning has seen some significant changes over the years.What does the future hold?
Index	105