The Art & Craft of College Teaching

'The Art & Craft of College Teaching' provides a hands-on, quick-start guide to the college classroom for those who are facing their first five years as independent teachers. In it, you will find the answers to some of college teachings most common questions:How do college students learn most effectively?What are the questions to consider when you develop a course for the first time?How does class size affect course design?How do you set your expectations for your students?How can you help students become better thinkers?Why is the assessment of student learning important to the classroom teacher?What makes lecturing effective?What techniques of preparation and performance work best with which discussions?How do you deal with a slow or non-responsive class?How do you deal with challenges to your authority in the classroom?How do you set up a seminar so that it runs will a minimum of input from you?How do you get students to work collaboratively and effectively on learning exercises?What are the best practices for grading student exams and papers?What do you actually learn from student evaluations?

* Preface * Teaching as an Art and Teaching as a Craft * What do We Know About Postsecondary Intellectual Development? * What Do We Know About Effective Undergraduate Teaching? * The Role of the Teacher in the Classroom * Demands on the New Instructor * Constructing the Syllabus * Determining Your Expectations for Students' Reasoning Skills * Determining Your Expectations for Creativity * Assessing Student Learning * The Lecture Classroom * The Discussion Classroom * The Seminar Classroom * The Laboratory Classroom * Advising in the Classroom * Effective Grading of Student Achievement * Administrative Issues in the Classroom * Evaluating the Instructor * Final Word