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23 Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive
For the new college teacher, it is best to learn from those who have been there. In 23 Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive, you will learn the tips and techniques that have proven successful for experienced faculty, and explore how they can be used and adapted in your own classes.
Evidence-based Teaching: Staying Current on What Works
My former colleague Jim Fairweather has written a paper commissioned by the National Academies National Research Council Board of Science Education which makes some interesting points. But first a bit of background.
Four Characteristics of Outstanding Teachers
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.
Things Effective Teachers Do
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.
Why Being a Student Made Me a Better Teacher
Congratulations! You’ve accepted a position as a professor, instructor, or lecturer. Now comes the hard part. Unless you have spent your professional career studying curriculum, instruction, assessment, online learning, classroom management, and the many other topics with which you now face, you have stepped into a whole new world. Your subject matter expertise or technical knowledge that got you the job is simply not enough.
Teaching Strategies: Frequent Exams = Better Results for Students
It’s not a new finding — in general, more exams lead to better grades—but it’s always nice when research confirms some of our best practices in teaching. In the educational assessment study referenced below [...]
The Best of The Teaching Professor
The Best of the Teaching Professor: Priceless wisdom from the newsletter devoted to the art and science of better teaching
The Best of The Teaching Professor is an indispensible collection of essays on teaching and learning digested from 18 years of The Teaching Professor newsletter.
The Best of The Teaching Professor brings you a compendium of practical advice, with articles that not only discuss theoretical issues, but also offer detailed guidance.
Each chapter of The Best of The Teaching Professor explores specific aspects of learning, including learner-centered teaching, classroom activities, writing and technology.
You’ll discover the pervasive aspects of critical thinking, grading, motivation, plus an overall view of teaching in higher education.
The articles compiled in The Best of The Teaching Professor represent the outstanding, diverse, and thought-provoking writing that The Teaching Professor, newsletter routinely publishes.
