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The joy of teaching : a practical guide for new college instructors / Peter Filene ; foreword by Ken Bain.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Filene, Peter G.
- Series:
- H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- College teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- College teaching.
- First year teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- First year teachers.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 159 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- 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 a game of Frisbee in which the teacher invites students to catch ideas and pass them on.
- Rather than prescribe any single model for success, Filene lays out the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical strategies, inviting new teachers to make choices based on their own personalities, values, and goals. Filene tackles everything from syllabus writing and lecture planning to class discussions, grading, and teacher-student interactions outside the classroom. The book's down-to-earth, accessible style makes it appropriate for teachers in all fields. Instructors in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences will all welcome its invaluable tips for successful teaching and learning.
- Contents:
- Understanding yourself as a teacher
- Understanding your students
- Defining your aims and outcomes
- Constructing a syllabus
- Lecturing
- Discussing
- Broadening the learning environment
- Evaluating and grading
- Relating to students
- Teaching and not perishing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-156) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0807829420
- 0807856037
- OCLC:
- 56198782
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