Resources

There are many excellent books on college and university teaching, but Teaching Alone, Teaching Together makes a uniquely valuable contribution. (From the Publisher)

Discusses cooperative learning in colleges. Definition of cooperative learning; Theoretical roots of cooperative learning; Difference among theories of cooperative learning; Information on the internal dynamics that make up cooperative learning; Ways to use cooperative learning.

Reviews research and explains several concrete best practices on how to motivate students. Idea Paper no. 1, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Based on experimental research of effective speaking, this article reviews: what is effective lecture delivery; how lecturers c an analyze their classroom delivery; and how lecturers can improve their classroom delivery. Idea Paper no. 14, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

Techniques for providing variety and effectiveness within the lecture format are described, including the oral essay, participatory lecture, problem-solving approach, alternating mini-lectures and discussions, modeling analytical skills, debate, simulation and role-playing, and the affective/emotional media lecture.

Dealing with the theory and practice of adult religious education, this book covers planning, design, organisation, management, and evaluation in this field, as well as the history in this subject.

This volume contains 15 papers on strategies for improving teaching in higher education with a focus on perceptions of current practices particularly in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Canada. The papers are: "Teaching Improvement Practices: International Perspectives" (W. Alan Wright and M. Carol O'Neil); "Understanding Student Learning: Implications for Instructional Practice" (Christopher K. Knapper); "Increasing Faculty Understanding of Teaching" (Keith Trigwell); "Preparing Faculty as Tutors in Problem-Based Learning" (David Kaufman); "Introducing Faculty to Cooperative Learning" (Barbara J. Millis); "Improving Laboratory Teaching" (Elizabeth Hazel); "From Shaping Performances to Dynamic Interaction: The Quiet Revolution in Teaching Improvement Programs" (Richard G. Tiberius); "Faculty Development Workshops and Institutes" (James Eison and Ellen Stevens); "Using the Teaching Portfolio to Improve Instruction" (Peter Seldin, and others); "Preparing the Faculty of the Future to Teach" (Laurie Richlin): "The Development of New and Junior Faculty" (Milton D. Cox); "Improving Teaching: Academic Leaders and Faculty Developers as Partners" (Mary Deane Sorcinelli and Norman D. Aitken); "Promoting Inclusiveness in College Teaching" (Nancy Van Note Chism and Anne S. Pruitt); "National-Scale Faculty Development for Teaching Large Classes" (Graham Gibbs); "The Impact of National Developments on the Quality of University Teaching" (George Gordon, Patricia A. Partington). An index is included. (From the Publisher)