Posts Tagged ‘become a better professor’
March 29 - Four Characteristics of Successful Teachers
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Philosophy of Teaching
The quest to identify the ingredients, components, and qualities of effective instruction has been a long one. Starting in the 1930s, researchers sought to identify the common characteristics of good teachers. Since then, virtually everybody who might have an opinion has been asked, surveyed, or interviewed. Students have been asked at the beginning, middle, and end of their college careers. Alumni have been asked years after graduating. Colleagues within departments and across them have been asked, as have administrators, from local department heads to college presidents.
December 6 - Things Effective Teachers Do
By: Mary Bart in Effective Teaching Strategies
It’s been a while since I was an undergrad, but I still remember my two favorite professors. They had completely different personalities and teaching styles, they even taught in different departments, but they did some things in very similar ways. I think that’s what made them so effective. It really wasn’t the content — although that was part of it — it was more the classroom experience they created.
November 5 - Lifelong Learning: Discovering and Developing Your Teaching Skills
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Faculty Development
“Self-knowledge is the beginning of all knowledge,” writes C. Roland Christensen, one of the true masters of discussion teaching. He is referring to his development as a teacher—how he arrived at the techniques that made him so effective. Most teacher accounts of growth are not as instructive and insightful as this one. Best of all, the approach he used to develop his discussion leadership skills is one that can be used to develop many teaching skills.
May 10 - Teaching Outside Your Area of Expertise
By: Mary Bart in Effective Teaching Strategies
For most teachers, a room full of bright students is the stuff dreams are made of. Unless, of course, you’re teaching a course that’s outside of your area of expertise – then it can be a nightmare. You feel like an imposter, and worry that your students will call you out. You cram for each class like you’re back in school.
April 28 - Five Reminders for Boosting Your Effectiveness as a Teacher
By: Kim Taylor, PhD. in Faculty Development
I have observed, sometimes in myself and sometimes in colleagues, a certain tendency to be ironically unaware of (or inattentive to) a crucial disconnect between what we say and what we do. We’re good at talking the talk, but we are not so good at walking the walk, particularly in terms of our audience awareness.
October 2 - Effective Strategies for Improving College Teaching and Learning
By: Mary Bart in Free Reports, Teaching & Learning
What we teach and how we teach it are inextricably linked. This special report helps you discover new ways to build strong connections between the two with strategies for engaging students, giving feedback, creating a climate for learning, and more.
November 10 - Classroom Management Tips for New College Instructors
By: Mary Bart in Effective Classroom Management, Faculty Development
The sheer volume of content faculty members are responsible for teaching is enormous, but being an effective educator takes much more than the mastery and delivery of material. It requires unique skills and knowledge that most new higher education instructors were never trained in. For newcomers, the challenges can seem overwhelming. [...]
November 10 - 15 Survival Strategies for New Instructors
By: Mary Bart in Online Seminars
There’s so much to wrap your hands around when you begin teaching … content, delivery methods, use of technology, student engagement, classroom management, learning environment … that it’s no wonder new instructors get overwhelmed.
November 7 - 12 Tips for Improving Your Faculty Development Plan
By: Mary Bart in Academic Leadership, Free Reports
Countless workshops, seminars, retreats, and other faculty development courses are offered under the assumption that they can positively affect how faculty teach, which in turn will help students learn.
November 5 - Five Things College Professors Can Learn from K-12 Educators
By: Sara E. Quay in Faculty Development, Instructional Design, Teaching and Learning
Unlike their college-level counterparts, those who teach at the K-12 level spend a significant portion of their education studying the “how” of teaching. What they learn can be invaluable to college professors who enter classrooms with vast content knowledge but little (or no) background in teaching and learning. As those who teach these teachers, we’d like to showcase five teaching strategies college professors can learn from those who teach younger students. [...]
