Quick Hits for New Faculty : Successful

This is the third and latest book in the "Quick Hits" tradition of providing sound advice from award-winning college faculty. This volume is designed to help new faculty negotiate the challenges of college teaching. Articles and strategies range from planning for that first day in the classroom, to evaluating student learning, documenting teaching, and understanding the politics of teaching and learning in the department and institution. This volume expands each "quick hit" with additional background information, rationale, and resources. Quick Hits for New Faculty guides new faculty through the start of a very important journey, a journey that ultimately will take the teacher from novice to accomplished professional.

Rosanne M. Cordell is Head of Reference Services for the Franklin D. Schurz Library at Indiana University South Bend.

Betsy Lucal is Associate Professor of Sociology at Indiana University South Bend, where she also teaches Women's Studies.

Robin K. Morgan teaches at Indiana University Southeast.

Sharon Hamilton is Director of The Office for Integrating Learning at Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI).

Robert Orr is currently Director of Indiana University's Teaching Academy, a position he holds jointly with Dr. Sharon Hamilton.

Getting Started

1

(18)

Truths My Father Told Me

3

(1)

Getting Started

4

(2)

Creating a Syllabus

6

(4)

Top 10 Practices that Lead to Student Success

10

(3)

Engaging Students in the Development of the Syllabus

13

(2)

Reflect, Refine, and Refresh

15

(2)

Staying Sane in Academia

17

(1)

Scheduling Special Events

18

(1)

Grading & Feedback

19

(18)

Course Participation and Self-Grading

21

(1)

Measuring and Assessing Class Participation

21

(4)

Learning by Teaching

25

(1)

Using Students to Provide Prompt Feedback

26

(2)

So What's Your Grading Philosophy?

28

(7)

Testing: If You're Going to Do It, Do It Right

35

(2)

First Day

37

(18)

The First Class: Making an Impression

39

(1)

Classroom Discussion Norms

40

(4)

The First Day of Class -- Don't Waste a Minute

44

(3)

Diffusing Course Anxiety

47

(1)

Building Rapport With Your Students

47

(3)

Dealing With Side Conversations

50

(1)

Getting to Know Your Students in a Large Lecture Class

51

(1)

The Use of Discipline-Related Ice Breaker in the First Week of a Course

52

(3)

Are You Out There?

55

(22)

Communication as the Problem and the Solution

57

(2)

Getting Students to Talk-From Day One

59

(1)

Facilitating Daily Classroom Conversations

59

(3)

What Do Your Students Really Know?

62

(1)

Community of Learners

63

(1)

Arranging the Room

64

(3)

Are There Any Questions?

67

(1)

How Do You Know What Your Students Know?

67

(3)

Life Happens

70

(1)

The Student Panel as a Class-Participation Technique

70

(2)

How Do I Know What They Know?

72

(2)

Making Higher Education ``Brain Compatible''

74

(2)

Good Practice and Good Intentions

76

(1)

Getting Support

77

(10)

Making Use of Available Support Resources

79

(1)

Paired Teaching

80

(1)

Is There a Mentor in the House?

81

(1)

Book an Appointment @ Your Library

82

(3)

Preparing to Teach

85

(2)

Lessons From the Disciplines

87

(30)

Improving Quality of Study Time

89

(1)

Something Old, Something New

89

(4)

This Isn't Art Class

93

(1)

The Nature of Reality

93

(2)

Writing Dialogues To Enhance Student Learning

95

(1)

Linking Mathematics With Computer & Information Technology

96

(2)

Video, Worksheets, and Classroom Discussion

98

(1)

Helping Students Think About--And Do--``Good Work''

99

(2)

Transforming the Basic Course

101

(2)

Hints for Adding Color to the Pedagogical Palette

103

(7)

In-class Writing to Advance Critical Thinking

110

(1)

Demonstrating Computer Applications

110

(1)

Praxis Paper

111

(3)

From ``Mistakes'' to ``Mastery''

114

(3)

Keeping Track

117

(10)

How Do I Get Started on a Teaching Portfolio?

119

(3)

Course Notebooks

122

(1)

Getting Started on a Teaching Portfolio

122

(3)

Annual Report Preparation

125

(2)

Contributors

127

(2)

References

129

(10)

Subject Index

139

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Quick Hits for New Faculty : Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers

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