Posts Tagged ‘The Teaching Professor’
June 9 - Two Lessons Learned at The Teaching Professor Conference
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog
I’m just back from The Teaching Professor Conference. Part of what makes the event so successful is the way it confronts faculty with how much there is to learn about teaching and learning, and how much of that learning can be achieved by working with one another. Each year I am inspired by the insights participants bring to the conference and share freely with others.
March 31 - A Lifeline for Those Teaching Large Classes
By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog
Simon, who teaches very large economics classes wonders in a blog comment if the kind of facilitative learning described in the March 2 post is possible in mass classes. I’d like to use this post to address his query. First off, as any large course instructor knows, teaching those big, required, introductory courses is not easy. In fact, it may well be the most difficult teaching assignment given to teachers. In my mind this raises a host of intriguing questions about who should be teaching and taking those courses. But that’s a topic for another post.
July 21 - The Best of The Teaching Professor
By: Wordpress Admin in White Papers
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.
July 15 - The Teaching Professor
By: Wordpress Admin in Subscription Newsletters
Edited by respected scholar Dr. Maryellen Weimer of Penn State Berks The Teaching Professor delivers the best strategies supported by the latest research for effective teaching in the college classroom.
