Handbook of College Teaching Theory and Applications

Subjects:

• Education » Higher Education

Reviews:

• ...this book will make an excellent addition to what should be each faculty member's growing library of teaching literature. Each chapter stands on its own merits and all chapters are uniformly high in quality. You will be a better teacher for the experience.
  —
  Contemporary Psychology

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Psychological Foundations for Teaching and Learning
• The College Classroom from the Perspective of Cognitive Psychology by Roger H. Bruning
• Student Motivation in the College Classroom by Paul R. Pintrich
• Student and Faculty Epistemology in the College Classroom: The Perry Schema of Intellectual and Ethical Development by William S. Moore
• Student Personality Factors: Psychological Type and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator by Thomas G. Carskadon
• Methods of College Instruction
• The Lecture Method by William J. Ekeler
• Classroom Discussions by Peter J. Frederick
• Workshop Methods by William Frank Jones
• Team Teaching Methods by Barbara Leigh Smith
• Team Learning: Making a Case for the Small Group Option by Larry K. Michaelson
• The Laboratory Classroom by William H. Leonard
• Case Method Teaching by Roy A. Weaver, Theodore J. Kowalski, and Joan E. Pflaller
• Tutorials and Independent Study as Methods of Instruction by Anthony S. Abbot
• Field Trips as a Teaching Method by Michael F. Follo
• Television Teaching: Course Reconfiguration Guidelines by Thomas E. Cyrs
• Teaching Specific Academic Areas
• Teaching Biology by Ellen Fitzsimmons Porzig
• Chemistry Education: Context, Theory, and Practice by Mary Virginia Orna
• Teaching English, the Canon, and the Sophomore Survey by Robert L. Patten
• Teaching Ethnic Studies by Arnold Cooper
• Teaching French in a Liberal Arts Setting by Lauren W. Yoder
• Teaching History by Gerald N. Izenberg
• Teaching Mathematics in a State University by William James Lewis
• Teaching Physics at a Liberal Arts College: Creativity, Appreciation, and Delight by Robert B. Prigo
• Teaching Psychology: The Promise of Polarities by Martin M. Chemers and Barbara K. Goza
• Teaching Women's Studies by Caryn McTighe Musl
• Special Problems that Confront the Undergraduate Faculty Member--Classroom Settings and Student Personnel
• Teaching Large Classes (How to Do It Well and Remain Sane) by Karron G. Lewis
• Teaching Small Classes by Glenn R. Erickson and Bettle LaSere Erickson
• Students In and Out of the Classroom by Sara A. Boatman
• Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom by Mary Deane Sorcinelli
• Students at Risk for Academic Failure: Learning to Learn Classes by Claire E. Weinstein
• Instructional Considerations for College Students with Disabilities by Jay W. Rojewski and John W. Schell
• The Job of Being College Instructor
• Classroom Management and Organization by Ruby D. Higgins
• Textbook Selection: Watch Out for "Inconsiderate" Texts by Daniel H. Robinson
• Tips for Tests and Test Giving by Victoria L. Clegy
• Grading Student Achievement by Delivee L. Wright
• Selected Bibliography
• Index