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July 3, 2025
Successful College Teaching: Problem-Solving Strategies of Distinguished Professors
- Author
- Baiocco, Sharon A. and Jamie N. DeWaters
- Publisher
- Allyn & Bacon, Boston, MA
- ISBN
- 0205266541
- Table of Contents
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Foreword
Preface
About the Authors
ch. 1 The Need to Improve Teaching Now: Introduction and Overview
ch. 2 Forces for Change versus Institutional Inertia
ch. 3 We're Talking about a Revolution: The Need for Reform in Faculty Preparation and Development
ch. 4 Studies in Excellence
ch. 5 Distinguished Teaching: A New Way of Viewing the Character of Excellence
ch. 6 Scholars of Teaching
ch. 7 Instructional Problem Solving: Dealing with Diverse Individuals
ch. 8 Instructional Problem Solving: Group Dynamics
ch. 9 A Problem-Solving Theory of Teaching
ch. 10 Application of the Problem-Solving Theory: Distinguished Teachers Advise
ch. 11 Futuristic Faculty Development: Toward a Comprehensive Program
Appendix A National Survey of Faculty Development Programs
Appendix B AAUP Presidents Teaching Excellence Survey, Respondents, and Results
Appendix C Surveys of Faculty Teaching Award Winners
Appendix D Tools for Developing Professionalism
References
Index
Open this book and you'll enter the classrooms of award-winning faculty. Their classes range from a lab section of nine students to a lecture hall of 400 students with standing room only. You'll observe the teaching style of these professors, their relationships with students, and most importantly, how they solve instructional problems. You'll discover the traits - innate and learned - that set distinguished teachers apart from their colleagues, including an infectious love of learning, high-level problem-solving skills, and a radar-like system that scans and interprets the learning environment. Drawing upon interviews with 30 professors who have received awards for teaching excellence, Baiocco and DeWaters highlight the common characteristics, philosophies, methods, and behaviors that have helped these professors win teaching awards on their campuses. (From the Publisher)