| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 320 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Michele Kozimor-King and Jeffrey Chin -- The science of learning in a social science context / Melinda Messineo -- Pedagogical techniques for creating a community of inquiry in online learning environments / Andrea N. Hunt -- Co-teaching : risks and rewards / Renee Monson and Kristy Kenyon -- A collaborative affair : connecting students with the community through research / Barbara Prince and Michele Kozimor-King -- Strategies and resources for internationalizing the curriculum / Christine Oakley -- Flipping out : understanding the effects of a general education flipped classroom on student success / Craig Douglas Albert, Stacie K. Pettit and Christopher Terry -- Reaching and teaching "non-traditional" students in community colleges and beyond / Sara Parker -- Addressing learner variability on campus through universal design for learning / Shannon Haley-Mize -- Without apology : reclaiming the lecture / Diane L. Pike -- Scribes in the classroom : effectively using powerpoint to enhance the classroom experience / Monica R. Sylvia and Brenda J. Kirby -- Discussion in the social science classroom / Jay Howard -- Facilitating learning and leadership in student team projects / Dennis O'Connor -- Courting controversy and allowing for awkward : strategies for teaching difficult topics / Mari Plikuhn -- Becoming a culturally inclusive educator / Dena R. Samuels -- The value of games and simulations in the social sciences / Amanda Rosen -- Putting the student at the center : contemplative practices as classroom pedagogy / Tracey Wenger Sadd -- Student reading compliance and learning in the social sciences / Jay R. Howard -- Cultivating engagement and deepening understanding while leaving the textbook behind / Robin G. Isserles -- (Re- )creating your course : backward design and assessment / Melinda Messineo -- "Am i grading consistently and effectively?" : developing and using rubrics / Shirley Jackson -- Defining and implementing the scholarship of teaching and learning / Jeff Chin. |
| Summary |
Conceived for both new and experienced faculty at community colleges, four-year institutions, and research-intensive universities, the volume 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 book include: employing the science of learning in a social science context, understanding the effects of a flipped classroom on student success, improving pedagogical techniques to create a community of inquiry in online learning environments, recognizing the risks and rewards of co-teaching, reaching and teaching "non-traditional" students, facilitating learning and leadership in student team projects, connecting students with the community through research issues of assessment, and more. This text aims at offering methods for successfully employing curricular innovations, classroom techniques, and advances in assessment to create better learning environments for students.--adapted from publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
College teaching.
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College teaching. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kozimor-King, Michele, 1971- editor.
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Chin, Jeffrey C. (Jeffrey Chuan-che), editor.
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| Added Title |
Refining the practice of teaching in higher education |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Learning from each other. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520296589 (DLC) 2018024585 |
| ISBN |
9780520969032 (electronic book) |
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0520969030 (electronic book) |
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9780520296589 (paperback) |
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0520296583 |
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