Scholarship
July 3, 2025
Improving College Teaching
- Author
- Seldin, Peter
- Publisher
- Anker Publishing, Bolton, MA
- ISBN
- 1882982088
- Table of Contents
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ch. 1 Crucial new roles for administrators
ch. 2 Motivating faculty
ch. 3 Effective TA training
ch. 4 Starting a university teaching center
ch. 5 Low-cost/no-cost instructional development activities
ch. 6 Instructional development in community colleges
ch. 7 Mentoring programs
ch. 8 Peer classroom observations
ch. 9 Using teaching portfolios
ch. 10 Developing student portfolios
ch. 11 Evaluating your own teaching
ch. 12 Faculty collaboration
ch. 13 Distance education
ch. 14 Teaching adult learners
This book provides practical, ready-to-use, research-based information about specific strategies and state-of-the-art techniques to improve college teaching. Through its nineteen chapters written by renowned faculty developers, the book offers a wide range of topics and ideas for thought and implementation. The chapters present programs that develop such necessary new skills as different teaching approaches needed for different kinds of students; use of current educational technology; evaluating one’s own teaching and helping others to evaluate theirs; and providing feedback on teaching.
Improving College Teaching is an ideal resource for presidents, provost, academic vice presidents, deans, department chairs, instructional development specialists, and faculty—the essential partners in evaluating and improving college teaching. It will also be helpful to students of higher education, whether they are planning careers as academic administrators or faculty. (From the Publisher)
Improving College Teaching is an ideal resource for presidents, provost, academic vice presidents, deans, department chairs, instructional development specialists, and faculty—the essential partners in evaluating and improving college teaching. It will also be helpful to students of higher education, whether they are planning careers as academic administrators or faculty. (From the Publisher)