On Course
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On Course

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On Course

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About This Book

You go into teaching with high hopes: to inspire students, to motivate them to learn, to help them love your subject. Then you find yourself facing a crowd of expectant faces on the first day of the first semester, and you think "Now what do I do?"Practical and lively, On Course is full of experience-tested, research-based advice for graduate students and new teaching faculty. It provides a range of innovative and traditional strategies that work well without requiring extensive preparation or long grading sessions when you're trying to meet your own demanding research and service requirements. What do you put on the syllabus? How do you balance lectures with group assignments or discussions—and how do you get a dialogue going when the students won't participate? What grading system is fairest and most efficient for your class? Should you post lecture notes on a website? How do you prevent cheating, and what do you do if it occurs? How can you help the student with serious personal problems without becoming overly involved? And what do you do about the student who won't turn off his cell phone?Packed with anecdotes and concrete suggestions, this book will keep both inexperienced and veteran teachers on course as they navigate the calms and storms of classroom life.

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674033924
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education Teaching Methods

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. BEFORE THE BEGINNING: The Syllabus
  5. WEEK 1 First Days of Class
  6. WEEK 2 Teaching with Technology
  7. WEEK 3 In the Classroom: Lectures
  8. WEEK 4 In the Classroom: Discussions
  9. WEEK 5 In the Classroom: Teaching with Small Groups
  10. WEEK 6 Assignments and Grading
  11. WEEK 7 Students as Learners
  12. WEEK 8 Students as People
  13. WEEK 9 Academic Honesty
  14. WEEK 10 Finding a Balance Outside the Classroom
  15. WEEK 11 Re-Energizing the Classroom
  16. WEEK 12 Common Problems
  17. WEEK 13 Student Ratings and Evaluations
  18. WEEK 14 Last Days of Class
  19. WEEK 15 Teachers as People
  20. AFTER THE END: Top Ten Resources
  21. APPENDIX A: A Sample Syllabus
  22. APPENDIX B: Student Participation Evaluation Form
  23. Index