Effective College and University Teaching : Strategies and Tactics for the New Professoriate.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 - Preparing the New Professoriate to Teach -- Chapter 2 - Creating Effective Working Relationships Between Faculty and Graduate Teaching Assistants -- Chapter 3 - Allaying Graduate Student Fears About Teaching -- Chapter 4 - Preparing for the Transition From Graduate School to the Academy -- Chapter 5 - Teaching in the Context of Professional Development and Work-Private Life Balance -- Chapter 6 - The Science of Learning and Its Applications -- Chapter 7 - Course Design -- Chapter 8 - Writing and Developing Your Philosophy of Teaching -- Chapter 9 - Developing Student-Teacher Rapport in the Undergraduate Classroom -- Chapter 10 - Learning-Centered Lecturing -- Chapter 11 - Active Learning -- Chapter 12 - Leading Discussions -- Chapter 13 - Assessing Student Learning -- Chapter 14 - Becoming an Ethical Teacher -- Chapter 15 - Conflict in the College Classroom: Understanding, Preventing, and Dealing With Classroom Incivilities -- Chapter 16 - Diversity and Diversity Issues in Teaching -- Chapter 17 - Teaching Controversial Issues, Liberally -- Chapter 18 - Technology in Higher Education -- Chapter 19 - Course and Instructor Evaluation -- Chapter 20 - Assessing the Effectiveness of GTA Preparatory Activities and Programs -- Chapter 21 - Preparing Graduate Students for the Political Nature of the Academy -- Chapter 22 - Preparing for the Future: Undergraduates as Teaching Assistants -- Chapter 23 - Useful Resources for Preparing the New Professoriate -- Index -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors.

Using empirical research this text gives faculty and graduate teaching assistants the tools for understanding why certain teaching practices work and how to adjust their teaching to changing classroom room and online environments.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.