Scholarship
July 3, 2025
The Engaged Teacher: What Works with Today’s Students
- Author
- Vader-McCormick, Nancy
- Publisher
- New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK
- ISBN
- 9781581072198
- Book Review Link
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/teth.12118/abstract
- Table of Contents
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Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part One: Contemporary Teaching Challenges
ch. 1 The Changing Landscape
ch. 2 Teaching Matters
ch. 3 The Engaged Teaching and Learning Model
ch. 4 Listening to Students
Part Two: Engaged Teachers Meet Today's Challenges
ch. 5 Creating Connections
ch. 6 Engaging Students in Active Learning
ch. 7 Exploring Teaching Insights
Part Three: Sustaining Engaged Teaching and Learning
ch. 8 Tools for Engaged Teaching
ch. 9 Building a Community of Engaged Teachers
Epilogue: Final Thoughts on Engaged Thinking
References
Appendix A: Essential Resources for Teaching and Learning
Appendix B: Mid-Semester Assessment
Appendix C: A Course-Based Guide for Academic Service-Learning: Questions for Faculty
Appendix D: Code of Ethical Classroom Conduct
Appendix E: Speech School Storytellers Service-Learning Assignment Feedback and Reflection Assessment
Appendix F: The Engaged Teacher
Appendix G: The Engaged Teacher Institutional Culture Questionnaire
Appendix H: The Engaged Teacher Colleague/Supervisor Questionnaire
Appendix I: The Engaged Teacher Self-Reflection Questionnaire
Appendix J: Brookfield's "Fifteen Maxims of Skillful Teaching"
Appendix K: Teaching Squares
Appendix L: Student Information Form
Appendix M: Group Project Activity Log
About the Author
Index
As described by Terry O’Banion, “Nancy Vader-McCormick is an authentic voice, seasoned and tempered in the fires of the teaching and learning experience; she has been on the firing line, on the ground, and in the trenches. In this book, she has transcended her experience as a practitioner to become a scholar, an author, a mentor—but always a teacher who wants to make passionate connections with her students and her readers.”
The Engaged Teacher describes today’s college students, trends in the growth of postsecondary education, and the increased demand for accountability in education. It reaffirms major lessons learned from the teaching and learning research. This new title answers the question: “What do exemplary teachers do to engage today’s students in deep and sustained learning?”
The purpose of this book is to examine ways teachers can better engage today’s students in learning and help them succeed in school. Teachers that employ some of the practical approaches presented in this book will:
• Understand the relationship between the students, the subject matter, themselves, and teaching practices that positively influence and sustain student learning.
• Reflectively examine and expand their teaching approaches to increast student engagement in deeper learning and increased responsibility.
• Learn effective ways of teaching to enhance overall student success by employing a wide variety of practical examples, strategies, and pedagogies. (From the Publisher)
The Engaged Teacher describes today’s college students, trends in the growth of postsecondary education, and the increased demand for accountability in education. It reaffirms major lessons learned from the teaching and learning research. This new title answers the question: “What do exemplary teachers do to engage today’s students in deep and sustained learning?”
The purpose of this book is to examine ways teachers can better engage today’s students in learning and help them succeed in school. Teachers that employ some of the practical approaches presented in this book will:
• Understand the relationship between the students, the subject matter, themselves, and teaching practices that positively influence and sustain student learning.
• Reflectively examine and expand their teaching approaches to increast student engagement in deeper learning and increased responsibility.
• Learn effective ways of teaching to enhance overall student success by employing a wide variety of practical examples, strategies, and pedagogies. (From the Publisher)