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Innovations in Interdisciplinary Teaching (American Council on Education/Oryx Press, 2002), edited by Carolyn Haynes. $34.95.
Teaching a single subject is difficult enough, but teaching in an environment that requires students to combine a variety of disciplines poses an even greater challenge. This collection of essays, designed to assist both beginning and experienced faculty members, offers an array of ideas and strategies for leading the interdisciplinary classroom.
The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning (Stylus, 2002), by James E. Zull. $24.95.
The book is in three parts. The first explores such basic questions as: How does learning come from the brain? How does information become understanding? How do feelings affect reason and memory?
Race in the College Classroom: Pedagogy and Politics (Rutgers University Press, 2002), edited by Bonnie TuSmith and Maureen T. Reddy. $22.
What challenges await professors who believe that responsible teaching includes coming to grips with how racial issues have shaped the modern university? In a collection of candid and searching essays, teachers from a spectrum of academic disciplines talk about how race affects their classrooms on a daily basis.
Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice (Jossey-Bass, 2002, by Maryellen Weimer. $33.
The heart of the book is dedicated to five aspects of teaching practice that ought to be redefined in order to create a more learner-friendly environment. They are the balance of power between instructor and student; the function of course content; the role of the instructor; the assumption of responsibility for learning; and the best criteria for judging student achievement.
Teaching With Style:
A Practical Guide to Enhancing Learning by Understanding Teaching and Learning
Syles.
by Anthony F. Grasha
Alliance Publishers
ISBN 0-9645071-1-0
$47.00
Learner Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice
Maryellen Weimer
ISBN: 0-7879-5646-5
Hardcover
288 Pages
June 2002, Jossey-Bass
US $33.00
Improving College Teaching: Strategies for Developing Instructional Effectiveness
Maryellen Weimer
ISBN: 1-55542-200-4
Hardcover
252 Pages
January 1990, Jossey-Bass
US $44.00
Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers , Second
Edition
Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross
ISBN: 1-55542-500-3
Paperback
448 Pages
February 1993, Jossey-Bass
US $42.00
The Craft of Teaching: A Guide to Mastering the Professor's Art, 2nd Edition
Kenneth E. Eble
ISBN: 1-55542-664-6
Paperback
272 Pages
February 1994, Jossey-Bass
US $38.00
Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing
College Courses
L. Dee Fink
ISBN: 0-7879-6055-1
Hardcover
320 Pages
February 2003, Jossey-Bass
US $35.00
Improving the Environment for Learning: Academic Leaders Talk About What
Works
Janet Donald
ISBN: 0-7879-0832-0
Hardcover
269 Pages
February 1997, Jossey-Bass
US $34.00
Taking Teaching Seriously: Meeting the Challenge of Instructional Improvement
Michael B. Paulsen, Kenneth A. Feldman
ISBN: 1-878380-66-4
Paperback
204 Pages
February 1995, Jossey-Bass
US $24.00
Tools for Teaching
Barbara Gross Davis
ISBN: 1-55542-568-2
Paperback
464 Pages
October 1993, Jossey-Bass
US $38.00
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