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July 2, 2019
Learning from Each Other: Refining the Practice of Teaching in Higher Education
- Author
- Kozimor-King, Michele Lee; Chin, Jeffrey, eds.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- ISBN
- 9780520296589
- Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
Foreword (Michael Reder)
Introduction (Michele Lee Kozimor-King, Jeffrey Chin
Part I. Curricular Innovations Ch 1. The Science of Learning in a Social Science Context (Melinda Messineo)
Ch 2. Pedagogical Techniques for Creating a Community of Inquiry in Online Learning Environments (Andrea N. Hunt)
Ch 3. Co-Teaching: Risks and Rewards (Renee Monson, Kristy Kenyon)
Ch 4. A Collaborative Aff air: Connecting Students with the Community through Research (Michele Lee Kozimor-King, Barbara Prince)
Ch 5. Strategies and Resources for Internationalizing the Curriculum (Christine K. Oakley)
Ch 6. Flipping Out: Understanding the Effects of a General Education Flipped Classroom on Student Success (Craig Douglas Albert, Stacie K. Pettit, Christopher Terry)
Ch 7. Reaching and Teaching “Nontraditional” Students in Community Colleges and Beyond (Sara Parker)
Ch 8. Addressing Learner Variability on Campus through Universal Design for Learning (Shannon Haley-Mize)
Part II. Classroom Techniques
Ch 9. Without Apology: Reclaiming the Lecture (Diane L. Pike)
Ch 10. Scribes in the Classroom: Effectively Using PowerPoint to Enhance the Classroom Experience (Monica R. Sylvia, Brenda J. Kirby)
Ch 11. Discussion in the Social Science Classroom (Jay R. Howard)
Ch 12. Facilitating Learning and Leadership in Student Team Projects (Dennis O’Connor)
Ch 13. Courting Controversy and Allowing for Awkward:Strategies for Teaching Difficult Topics (Mari Plikuhn)
Ch 14. Becoming a Culturally Inclusive Educator (Dena R. Samuels)
Ch 15. The Value of Games and Simulations in the Social Sciences (Amanda M. Rosen)
Ch 16. Putting the Student at the Center: Contemplative Practices as Classroom Pedagogy (Tracey Wenger Sadd)
Part III. Out-of-class Situations
Ch 17. Student Reading Compliance and Learning in the Social Sciences (Jay R. Howard)
Ch 18. Cultivating Engagement and Deepening Understanding While Leaving the Textbook Behind (Robin G. Isserles)
Part IV. Assessment
Ch 19. (Re-)Creating Your Course: Backward Design and Assessment (Melinda Messineo)
Ch 20. “Am I Grading Consistently and Effectively?”:Developing and Using Rubrics (Shirley A. Jackson)
Ch 21. Defining and Implementing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (Jeffrey Chin)
Contributors
Index
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Instructors interested in SOTL will appreciate the wide range of practical pedagogical strategies presented in this book. - Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College
Learning from Each Other includes 20 original chapters written by well-known experts in the field of teaching and learning. Conceived for both new and experienced faculty at community colleges, four-year institutions, and research-intensive universities, the volume also addresses the interests of faculty and graduate students in programs designed to prepare future faculty and campus individuals responsible for faculty professional development. With the aim of cultivating engagement amongst students and deepening their understanding of the content, topics covered in this edited volume include:
- employing the science of learning in a social science context - understanding the effects of a flipped classroom on student success - pedagogical techniques to create a community of inquiry in online learning environments - the risks and rewards of co-teaching - reaching and teaching "non-traditional" students -f acilitating learning and leadership in student team projects - connecting students with the community through research - issues of assessment, including backward design, developing and using rubrics, and defining and implementing the scholarship of teaching and learning
Through Learning from Each Other, all faculty who care about their teaching, but especially faculty in the social sciences, can successfully employ curricular innovations, classroom techniques, and advances in assessment to create better learning environments for their students. (From the Publisher)
Instructors interested in SOTL will appreciate the wide range of practical pedagogical strategies presented in this book. - Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College
Learning from Each Other includes 20 original chapters written by well-known experts in the field of teaching and learning. Conceived for both new and experienced faculty at community colleges, four-year institutions, and research-intensive universities, the volume also addresses the interests of faculty and graduate students in programs designed to prepare future faculty and campus individuals responsible for faculty professional development. With the aim of cultivating engagement amongst students and deepening their understanding of the content, topics covered in this edited volume include:
- employing the science of learning in a social science context - understanding the effects of a flipped classroom on student success - pedagogical techniques to create a community of inquiry in online learning environments - the risks and rewards of co-teaching - reaching and teaching "non-traditional" students -f acilitating learning and leadership in student team projects - connecting students with the community through research - issues of assessment, including backward design, developing and using rubrics, and defining and implementing the scholarship of teaching and learning
Through Learning from Each Other, all faculty who care about their teaching, but especially faculty in the social sciences, can successfully employ curricular innovations, classroom techniques, and advances in assessment to create better learning environments for their students. (From the Publisher)