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The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom. Second Edition
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Brinkley, Alan; El-Fakahany, Esam; Dessants, Betty; Flamm, Michael; Forcey, Charles B., Jr.; Ouellett, Mathew L.; Rothschild, Eric – University of Chicago Press, 2011
Those who teach college students have extensive training in their disciplines, but unlike their counterparts at the high school or elementary school level, they often have surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself. "The Chicago Handbook for Teachers, Second Edition", is an extraordinarily helpful guide for anyone facing the…
Descriptors: Reference Materials, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Higher Education
Improving Teacher Education through Action Research. Routledge Research in Education
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Hui, Ming-Fai, Ed.; Grossman, David L., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview of a variety of methodologies that can be used to…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, College Instruction, Creativity, Action Research
The New Professor's Handbook. A Guide to Teaching and Research in Engineering and Science.
Davidson, Cliff I.; Ambrose, Susan A. – 1994
This book is designed to help new faculty members in engineering and the sciences become effective teachers and researchers. Part 1 focuses on teaching, and includes six chapters which cover: characteristics of student learning, planning a course, conducting discussions and lectures, preparing examinations and assignments for students, and working…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Faculty, College Instruction, Course Organization