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March 29, 2017
Engaging Large Classes: Strategies and Techniques for College Faculty
- Author
- Stanley, Christine A. and M. Erin Porter, eds.
- Publisher
- Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
- ISBN
- 1882982517
- Table of Contents
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About the Editors
About the Contributors
Topic Location Guide
Preface
Part 1 Key Concepts
ch. 1 Course Design for Large Classes: A Learning-Centered ApproachJudith (Grunert O'Brien)
ch. 2 That's Not a Large Class; It's a Small Town: How Do I Manage? (Lynda G. Cleveland)
ch. 3 Planning and Assessing Large Classes (Michael Theall and Raoul A. Arreola)
ch. 4 Promoting Civility in Large Classes (Mary Deane Sorcinelli)
ch. 5 Engaging Students Actively in Large Lecture Settings (Peter J. Frederick)
ch. 6 Team Learning in Large Classes (Larry K. Michaelsen)
ch. 7 Learning in the Dark: Applying Classroom Technology to Large Lecture Formats (Michael Smilowitz and Anne S. Gabbard-Alley)
ch. 8 Teaching for Inclusion (Mathew L. Ouellett)
ch. 9 Working with Teaching Assistants and Undergraduate Peer Facilitators to Address the Challenges of Teaching Large Classes (Jean Civikly-Powell and Donald H. Wulff)
ch. 10 Maintaining Intimacy : Strategies for the Effective Management of TAs in Innovative Large Classes (Leta F. Deithloff)
ch. 11 Teaching the Large Class: An Administrator's Perspective (J. Douglas Andrews)
ch. 12 Teaching Large Classes: A Brief Review of the Research (Christine A. Stanley and M. Erin Porter)
Part 2 Examples Across the Disciplines.Agriculture
ch. 13 What I Wish I had Known Before I Taught a Large Class (Emily Hoover)
ch. 14 A Management Lesson (Steven Tomlinson)
ch. 15 Eleven Very Basic Tips for Teaching Large Business Classes (Tom Campbell.Clincial Sciences)
ch. 16 Teaching Large Classes in Pharmacy Practice (James McAuley and Marialice Bennett)
ch. 17 Teaching Large Classes in Veterinary Medicine (Laurie A. Jaeger and Deborah Kochevar)
ch. 18 Making Large Classes Small Through Creative Teaching (John R. Hoyle)
ch. 19 A Learning-Focused Approach to a Large-Section Engineering Course(Robert Lundquist)
ch. 20 Getting Students in a Technical Class Involved in the Classroom (Doug Jacobson.English)
ch. 21 Managing Discussion in Large Classes (J. Dennis Huston.Law)
ch. 22 Defying the Norms: Teaching Large Law School Classes in Accordance with Good Pedagogy(Derrick Bell)
ch. 23 Mathematics and the Large Class: Meeting and Mastering the Challenge (Nancy J. Simpson)
ch. 24 Strength in Numbers: Making the Large Chemistry Lecture Class Work (Brian P. Coppola)
ch. 25 What My Students Have Taught Me (Brent L. Iverson)
ch. 26 Large-Class Instruction: Having a Private Conversation in a Crowded Room (James H. Stith)
ch. 27 Personalizing the Large Class in Psychology (Richard P. Halgin and Christopher E. Overtree)
ch. 28 Teaching Social Science to a Small Society (Linda B. Nilson)
ch. 29 Transforming the Horde (Robin Nagle)
Summary of Key Concepts for Teaching Large Classes and M. Erin Porter and Christine A. Stanley
Bibliography
Index
Large classes are a fact of life in higher education. With 100 or more students in fixed seating, how does a faculty member structure the class to promote student learning? How does one manage the logistics of such a class? Are there alternatives to the lecture format? Are there actually advantages to the large class? Engaging Large Classes addresses these and many other questions.
Experienced teachers of large classes across a wide range of disciplines and institutions offer instructional strategies and advice for both new and experienced faculty members. What many of the contributors have learned is that large classes can be just as stimulating and rewarding as small ones, and that the large size can yield surprisingly positive opportunities. (From the Publisher)
Experienced teachers of large classes across a wide range of disciplines and institutions offer instructional strategies and advice for both new and experienced faculty members. What many of the contributors have learned is that large classes can be just as stimulating and rewarding as small ones, and that the large size can yield surprisingly positive opportunities. (From the Publisher)