Scholarship
July 3, 2025
First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching
- Author
- Johnson, Glenn Ross
- Publisher
- Atwood Publishing, Madison, WI
- ISBN
- 0912150424
- Table of Contents
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Preface
ch. 1: Determining Your Objectives
ch. 2: Selecting Textbooks and Developing a Syllabus
ch. 3: Those First Few Class Days
ch. 4: How to Lecture More Effectively
ch. 5: Moving from "Sage on the Stage" to "Guide on the Side"
ch. 6: Using the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS) to Improve Discussions
ch. 7: Going Beyond Lectures and Discussions
ch. 8: Term Papers, Oral Reports, and Media
ch. 9: Evaluating Your Students
Teaching Creed
Appendix
Sample Syllabus: EDCI 601 — "Teaching College"
Practice Lesson: Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS)
Bibliography
Media attention focused on the instructional quality in colleges and universities reflects a higher education system that must do a better job of preparing instructors. First Steps is written just for that purpose — to help new instructors and teaching assistants set and meet standards of excellence.
Glenn Ross Johnson provides the basics of instruction, from preparation through evaluation, step-by-step. He focuses on what new instructors need most, covering the essentials such as:
• Determining your course objectives
• Selecting textbooks
• Involving your students more actively
• What can be learned about your teaching through the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS)
• Evaluating your students (From the Publisher)
Glenn Ross Johnson provides the basics of instruction, from preparation through evaluation, step-by-step. He focuses on what new instructors need most, covering the essentials such as:
• Determining your course objectives
• Selecting textbooks
• Involving your students more actively
• What can be learned about your teaching through the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS)
• Evaluating your students (From the Publisher)