How to be successful in your first year of teaching college : everything you need to know that they don't teach you in school / by Terry Webster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webster, Terry, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teaching--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

College teaching.

First year teachers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

First year teachers.

Physical Description:

1 electronic book (312 p.)

Other Title:

Your first year of teaching college : everything you need to know that they don't teach you in school

Place of Publication:

Ocala, Fla. : Atlantic Publishing Group, c2010.

Summary:

Imagine yourself in front of a classroom on the first day of your career as a college instructor. You pass your new set of students a fresh copy of the syllabus that you spent hours perfecting. You introduce yourself and begin getting to know your students. You make them laugh by telling stories of yourself and by asking about their summers. By the end of the class, the students are intrigued and the classroom is alive with an active discussion. With the help of How to Be Successful in Your First Year of Teaching College, you can achieve not only your perfect first day, but a successful and

Contents:

""Missed exams or assignments""""Grading""; ""Plagiarism and cheating""; ""Chapter 4: Choosing the Best Textbooks""; ""Textbook Prices""; ""Effective Textbook Use""; ""Electronic Books""; ""Teaching Without a Textbook""; ""Chapter 5: High-Tech Learning""; ""Building Teamwork With Technology""; ""Assessing Student Technology Skills""; ""Easy Technology Projects""; ""Do Not Fear the MP3 Player""; ""Online Learning""; ""Text""; ""Slideshows""; ""Podcasts""; ""Videos""; ""Group projects""; ""Quizzes""; ""Posting comments""; ""Online meetings""; ""Problems with Online Learning""

""Advantages and Disadvantages to Online Learning""""Advantages""; ""Disadvantages""; ""What Works and What Does Not Work""; ""Interaction, Not Isolation""; ""Chapter 6: First-Day Success""; ""Easing Anxiety""; ""Introductions 10""; ""Breaking the ice""; ""The Classroom is Your Stage""; ""Learning Student Names""; ""Chapter 7: Inside the Daily Classroom""; ""Assessing What Students Already Know""; ""Lesson Plans""; ""Defining Outcomes""; ""Defining a Good Course""; ""Student Assignments""; ""Beginning Teaching and Ending a Lesson""; ""Ideas For Lessons""; ""Acting Out""

""The Perfect Ending""""Teaching Skills Employers Want""; ""Public speaking""; ""Writing""; ""Teamwork""; ""Multitasking and time management""; ""Planning""; ""Research""; ""Determination""; ""Good grades""; ""Chapter 8: The Art of Lecturing""; ""Planning Lectures""; ""Using media in lectures""; ""Logistics""; ""Making lecture notes""; ""Lecturing with �clickers�""; ""Teaching Large Lecture Courses""; ""Relaxing Before a Lecture""; ""Defining a Good Lecture""; ""Chapter 9: Great Debates""; ""Preparing for a Discussion""; ""Directing the Discussion""; ""Problem Areas""

""To speak or not to speak""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1601386613 (e-book)

OCLC:

741343438