Rethinking teaching in higher education : from a course design workshop to a faculty development framework / edited by Alenoush Saroyan, Cheryl Amundsen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Saroyan, Alenoush, 1949- editor.

Amundsen, Cheryl, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--In-service training.

College teachers.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Virginia : Stylus, 2004.

Summary:

Presents a process for developing higher education courses based on McGill University's week-long workshop. Covers content analysis, learning styles, teaching strategies, and evaluating student learning.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Tables

Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I: Introduction to the Workshop

1: The Course Design and Teaching Workshop: Why and What?

2: Assumptions Underlying Workshop Activities

Part II: Planning and Implementing the Workshop

3: Analysis of Course Content

4: Clarifying Learning

5: Designing Teaching for Student Learning

6: Evaluating Student Learning

7: The Final Step: Evaluation of Teaching

Part III: Reflections of Four Workshop Participants

8: Impact of the Course Design and Teaching Workshop

9: The Developers' Apprentices

10: The Challenge to Unlearn Traditional Language

11: Teaching Between the Cracks

Part IV: Faculty Development: The Broader Picture

12: Toward a Comprehensive Framework of Faculty Development

13: Development Activities: Case Descriptions from Management and Engineering

Appendices

Index

About the Editors and Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781620360392

162036039X

OCLC:

945135928