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Download full textTaylor, William R. – 1976
This occasional paper, the first in a "new" series, describes the background, activities, and experiences of the Long Island Consortium, a cooperative effort of two-year and four-year colleges committed to organizing a model program of faculty development. The consortium was organized under an initial grant from the Lilly Endowment. In May and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Faculty Fellowships, Higher Education, History Instruction
Direct linkPenick, John E.; Harris, Robin Lee. – National Science Teachers Association (NJ3), 2005
The best science teachers don't just get up in front of the class and start talking. They draw from a plan... a rationale... a purpose. This book helps them create and implement a detailed, research-based teaching rationale that works even with students of varied needs in less-than-ideal facilities. The key is a method that this book's authors…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Teacher Workshops
Barnes, Louis B.; And Others – 1994
This volume includes text, cases, and readings for a college faculty seminar to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for utilization of the case method approach to instruction. It builds on a long-term clinical research effort on the dynamics of the case method of teaching and application at Harvard Business School. In addition…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique), College Faculty, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedO'Banion, Terry, Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1977
The staff of a college is its single greatest resource, and its most significant capital investment. It is the collective manager of the college mission and purpose. As the purpose changes, so must the staff have opportunities to change and develop. This sourcebook presents selected approaches to staff development in community colleges. It…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Bibliographies, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Weddington, Doris – 1974
Although deeply concerned, community college faculty often have not been prepared through preservice education or previous teaching experiences to teach adult students with the variety of needs and orientations now characteristic of the community college population. This paper proposes a total staff development program involving a partnership…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutional Cooperation
Meyers, Chet – 1986
The teaching of critical thinking is discussed, based on the view that methods of teaching critical thinking vary from discipline to discipline. After covering basic concepts related to teaching critical thinking, a framework to examine the process of critical thinking is presented, based on cognitive science and developmental theory, especially…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development, College Instruction
