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A college classroom is, in essence, a teacher and some students. Your job as the teacher is to teach. The student’s job is to learn. If only it were really so simple. On today’s college campuses, there’s no such thing as the typical student or even the teacher. Diversity abounds (among both students and faculty) across several dimensions: generation, racial/ethnic background, and socioeconomic status, among many others. |
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How do you start a new class? How do you build into it from the very beginning a sense of community? How can you make sure that your plan is clear and concise? Author, Patricia Linehan, gives concrete tools and techniques for building that environment.
In the current atmosphere of turbulence in higher education in general and student affairs in particular, student affairs professionals need to function as flight crews — assessing normal or unusual turbulence and responding appropriately. In a series of stories or vignettes, Mitchell shows the tools and skills needed to assist students, parents, and others.
Teaching
Diversity: Diversity of student body, faculty, staff, and general atmosphere is a goal sought by most institutions. But, what can individuals and institutions do to foster diversity and provide a safe and welcoming atmosphere? The editors are all members of an ad hoc committee, brought together by a common desire to create and explore options for an inclusive and diverse campus.
And now, our ever-popular collection of quick tips to excite and energize classes — in Spanish!
Contemporary
Theories and Practice in Education New in its second edition, Bertrand has expanded and reorganized his popular text on educational theory. Adding more current research and theory, the book includes an extensive bibliography, perfect as a resource for educators and students of education. Those who enjoyed his first edition will be pleased to find the material that they valued before, but expanded and re-synthesized.
The Deep Approach is the outgrowth of a program in language learning and community building. The project paired Spanish student teachers with elementary classes in which there were native Spanish speakers. The Spanish speaking students became "authorities" and helped the other students to learn and the teachers to teach. As a result, the "Spanish Cart" days became a highlight each week for all the students — and the teachers.
Teaching
& Performing To be or not to be. That is the question. To be a teacher-performer or not to be. Authors Timpson and Burgoyne assert that teachers are inherently performers and as such, techniques from the stage enhance and expand a teacher’s ready repertoire of discipline-based content. While teachers are trained as planners and scholars, very few are trained as performers. Using performance theory, the authors show how an educator can transform ordinary classroom experiences into occasions that attract and engage the students. In this second edition of Teaching and Performing, the authors expand on the possibilities of using warm-up exercises, assuming roles, props, lighting, blocking, energy, concentration, and a variety of other techniques important to good theatre and good teaching. Teaching
& Learning Peace The book’s assertion of hope is, perhaps, one of the most important elements of this exploration of peace in a time when most of the world is in no mood to consider the subject seriously. Timpson offers a thoughtful reflection on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assessment in "My Pilgrimage to Nonviolence": We stand today between two worlds—the dying old and the emerging new. Now I am aware of the fact that there are those who would contend that we live in the most ghastly period of human history. They would argue that the rhythmic beat of the deep rumblings of discontent from Asia, the uprisings in Africa, the nationalistic longings of Egypt, the roaring cannons from Hungary, and the racial tensions of America are all indicative of the deep and tragic midnight which encompasses our civilization. They would argue that we are retrogressing instead of progressing. But far from representing retrogression and tragic meaninglessness, the present tensions represent the necessary pains that accompany the birth of anything new.
Essential Elements: This book, ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course offers an easy-to-follow guide that is based on a model developed from experience with hundreds of online courses. The authors are members of The Concord Consortium, a nonprofit educational technology lab dedicated to improving teaching practices through the appropriate integrated use of technology in the classroom.
The Foreign Self: Truth
Telling as Educational Inquiry This collection of essays uses the idea of truth-telling as a form of inquiry. The contributors all placed themselves outside of comfortable contexts and use the "shock" to begin searching for a truth. The editor, François Tochon writes: "It’s a process that corresponds to what we may take to be most valuable in the term ‘education’: The idea is to learn yourself as part of the very process of change."
Laying the groundwork for a
successful semester starts with the first day of class. Author Angela
Provitera McGlynn tells that the first day is not the day to pass out a
syllabus and let everyone go. Rather, it's the day to set the context for
the rest of the semester.
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