"If you have room for only one pedagogical book on your shelf, it ought to be Wilbert McKeachie's Teaching Tips," says Bill McAllister of the University of Virginia. This book is perhpas the most valuable and easy-to-consult resource on teaching. See the Table of Contents, Introduction, and Index from amazon.com.
One of the most lively, humorous, touching and helpful books on college teaching ever published. Ken Bain draws from years of experience directing the Center for Teaching Excellence at NYU and other teaching centers. He has a very broad and deep understanding of what the best teachers do.
This sensibly and sensitively revised book is a must for teachers unfamiliar with higher education in North American colleges and universities. It takes full account of the need for American students to develop better learning skills and a stronger sense of inclusiveness even as it advises international faculty on how to establish healthy environments for learning and how to avoid or de-fuse difficult situations.
Produced by the Committee on Undergraduate Science Education of the National Research Council, this is a handbook that surveys productive methods for effective teaching in science courses. See the Table of Contents, Introduction, and Index from amazon.com.
Lots of good practical advice, especially for new teachers and teachers in the first five years of their careers.
President Derek Bok of Harvard University weighs in with some seasoned wisdom on the debate about teaching and learning in American higher education. He responds with balance and real information to the assaults launched by William Bennet, Lynne Chaney, Dinesh D'Souza, Charles Sykes and Allan Bloom.
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