Library
Several of the latest publications in higher education focused on teaching and learning are listed here. There are several treatments on issues in higher education:
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The Joy of Teaching.The author (Filene), winner of six teaching awards at UNC at Chapel Hill, discusses various pedagogical strategies, weighing the advantages and disadvantages. He "tackles" syllabus writing and lecture planning, class discussions and grading, as well as outside the classroom interactions between teacher and student.
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The Teacher's Body: Embodiment, Authority, and Identity in the Academy. Personal essays within academia that examines the teacher's body (visible and invisible). The collection is an embodiment of "unexpected teaching opportunities and examines their impact on teacher-student dynamics of power, authority, desire, friendship."
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Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education. A valuable resource for faculty who consider using technology within their curriculum.
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Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher ( Winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education). Using principles of adult learning, Dr. Brookfield, leading adult educator, brings the reader through the process of becoming "critically reflective" about teaching.
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Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. A look at two significant problems plaguing college teaching today: (1) the lack of significant learning goals; and (2) finding new strategies to be used in place of lecturing and leading discussions.
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The Art of Teaching. "Insight abounds as the author, Jay Parini, shows, for instance, that there is nothing natural about teaching. The classroom is a form of theater, and the teacher must play various roles. A good teacher may look natural, but that's the product of endless practice."
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I'm the Teacher, You're the Student. The author, Patrick Allitt, "lets the reader look over his shoulder, ..., as he plans the course session by session, selects the books and readings, makes up tests, assigns and grades written work and draws out students in class. [O]ne big difference between being a student now and being a student in earlier ages, he explains for the benefit of those not immediately engaged with the contemporary academy, is that we no longer favor masses of rote learning. He states "the way to improve as a teacher is by actually teaching; hypothetical situations or abstract discussions are too different from the real thing."
Some tried and true favorites:
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Respect (Sarah Lawrence-Lightfoot, 2000) (Excellent!)
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The Courage to Teach (Palmer, 1998)
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Learner-Centered Teaching (Weimer, 2002)
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Diversity & Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching (Wlodkowski & Ginsberg, 1995)
If you are interested in and want to catch up on your professional readings, e-mail me to sign out a copy and you can pick it up or have it sent to you. If you have a book that you would like to share with your colleagues, please contact us.