On course : a week-by-week guide to your first semester of college teaching / James M. Lang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lang, James M.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

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:

1 online resource (xv, 319 pages)

Edition:

First Harvard University Press paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Week 1: first days of class

Week 2: teaching with technology

Week 3: in the classroom: lectures

Week 4: in the classroom: discussions

Week 5: in the classroom: teaching with small groups

Week 6: assignments and grading

Week 7: students as learners

Week 8: students as people

Week 9: academic honesty

Week 10: finding a balance outside the classroom

Week 11: re-energizing the classroom

Week 12: common problems

Week 13: student ratings and evaluations

Week 14: last days of class

Week 15: teachers as people

After the end: top ten resources

Appendix A: a sample syllabus

Appendix B: student participation evaluation form.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Originally published: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: On course.

ISBN:

0674033922

9780674033924

Publisher Number:

99943848023

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.