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book was assigned as required reading for a graduate level class titled Teaching Professional and Technical Writing and this was such a good fit.
It should really be the required reading of any GTA practicum because it covers so many bases! I've found the reading incredibly useful and have taken incredibly thorough notes throughout each chapter.
I'm kind of disappointed I rented it from the bookstorethis one might need to find a permanent home on my bookshelf for an easy reach.
I recommend this little baby to anyone teaching, looking to teach, or even has taught so as to get some opinions and feedback on it.
Classic text which I will definitely return, HIGHLIGHTS:
. Teaching effectiveness depends not just on what the teacher does, but rather on what the student does,

. The lecturers own attitude and enthusiasm have an important effect on student motivation

, Providing feedback is more important than assigning a grade, you can use nongraded evaluation, Assess the attainment of objectives,

. Setting high expectations that challenge students while always assuring them they have the capacity to succeed,

. Students appreciate knowing that their learning matters to you and that you can help guide them toward success,

. You need to define clearly how each assignment relates to course learning goals so students can approach tasks strategically,

. Guided practice with feedback is a powerful way to teach students how to learn because it provides students with opportunities to practice strategies and evaluate them to see which ones are or are not useful.


. The tutor, not the student receiving the tutoring benefits the most,

. Give yourself permission not to cover all of the content, Select from the relevant content to promote the thinking goals,

. Faculty members are more likely to be defensive about low ratings, rejecting the validity of the student responses,

. Students prefer challenging courses, courses that are so difficult that students cannot meet the challenge will receive lower ratings, Amazing book. McKeachie has more than enough experience to fill hundred's of books, Well written, great tips for beginning professors/teaching assistants and those that need some new ideas, I highly recommend this!!! I also went to a conference to see an interview with McKeachie, . . he has still got it after all these years! Plus he signed my copy :P, . . yes I am a nerd I don't recommend reading this cover to cover, Instead, put it on your bookshelf and consult it when needed, The short chapters make it easy to use for quick advice when you have a teaching challenge,

We use this book in the Center for Teaching and Learning's Early Career Teaching Program, I also recommend it for pharmacy residents who plan to teach in the classroom or lab, Subtitled “Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers,” this extraordinarily rich resource has been updated for years due to the exceptional insights and information it provides.
chapters inthemes is packed with resources to aid the instructor in higher education,

Part One Getting Started
, Introduction
. Countdown to Course Preparation
, Meeting the Class for the First time

Part Two Basic Skills for Facilitating Student Learning
, Reading as Active Learning
, Facilitating Discussion
. How to Make Lectures More Effective
, Assessing, Testing, and Evaluating: Grading is Not the Most Important Function
, Testing: The Details
. Good Designs for Written Feedback to Students
, Assigning Grades: What Do They Mean

Part Three Understanding Students
, Motivation in the College Classroom
, Teaching Culturally Diverse Students
, Different Students, Different Challenges

Part Four Adding to Your Repertoire of Skills and Strategies for Facilitating Active Learning
, Active Learning: GroupBased Learning
, Experiential Learning: CaseBased, ProblemBased, and RealityBased
, Using HighStakes and LowStakes Writing to Enhance Learning
, Technology and Teaching

Part Five Skills for Use in Other Teaching Situations
, Teaching Large Classes You Can Still Get Active Learning
, Laboratory Instruction: Ensuring an Active Learning Experience

Part Six Teaching for HigherLevel Goals
, Teaching Students How to Become More Strategic and SelfRegulated Learners
, Teaching Thinking
. The Ethics of Teaching

Part Seven Lifelong Learning as a Teacher
, Vitality and Growth Throughout Your Teaching Career

As the structure of this book shows, there is a wealth of information for the professional educator.
The authors close in noting “The great thing about teaching is that there is always more to learn” p,.
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“The new teacher who has techniques for breaking the ice, for encouraging class participation, and for getting the course organized is more like to get off to a good start.
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“As a result, instructors who attempt to teach with new methods may find they are frustrating the expectations their students have developed in the culture of the college.
So, if you are trying something new, be sure that students understand why the new method is likely to be valuable, ” p.

“What is important is learning, not teaching, ” p.

“Teachers can occasionally be wrong, If they are wrong too often, they should not be teaching, If they are never wrong, they belong in heaven, not a college classroom, ” p.

“Classes are as unique as students in them, so they can be unpredictable, ” p.

“An important goal of college and university teaching is that of increasing the students students motivation and ability to continue learning after they leave college.
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“One key to improvement is reflection thinking about what you want to accomplish, and what you and the students need to do to achieve these goals.
” p.


“Every teacher is a work in progress, no matter how long theyve been at it, ” p.

“You can see that they the components of course planning dont follow an orderly, linear pattern, Instead, all of the pieces are interconnected to student learning, so you move back and forth as you progress, ” p.


“Providing suggestions about how to learn your content, how to read the text materials, and even how to prepare for class can help the students feel like you are aware they might be new to this content and need some extra help.
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“McKinney, Franluk, and Schweitzerhave identified six qualities of a classroom that seems to be at the basis of feelings of community.
They are connection, participation, safety, support, belonging and empowerment, ” p.


“For the first class meeting you might say:
What sorts of concerns or issues do you think we might deal with
What are your expectations for this course
What goals do you have for this course
What have you heard about this course” p.



On assessing prior knowledge, “Another strategy Ive used is to list the main topics and then, using a scale ofto, I have the students indicate how familiar they are with each topic.
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“Research today has demonstrated that working through the examples is one of the best strategies for this type of skill learning.
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“In teaching by discussion, the instructor is faced with several tasks:
, Helping students prepare for discussion,
. Getting and maintaining participation in the discussion,
. Facilitating the discussion in a way that progress is made,
. Helping students learn and practice the process of civil discourse,
. Listening to the students supportively to make the class a safe place to express ideas, ” p.

“Research on student ratings of teaching as well as on student learning indicates that the enthusiasm of the lecturer is an important factor in affecting student learning and motivation.
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“While there are times when this typical lecturing is useful, more often your job is less knowledge dispensing, and more about teaching students how to learn and think.
That kind of lecture involves analyzing materials, formulating problems, developing hypotheses, bringing evidence to bear, and criticizing and thinking and involving students in the process.
” p.

“Because of this, you should go more slowly in the first weeks of a course, pause to allow students with poor backgrounds time to take notes, and give more everyday types of examples.
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“In every class, there is student diversity not only in background knowledge, but also in motivation, skills for learning, beliefs about what learning involves, and preferences for different ways of learning.
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“The use of such PowerPoint slides has gotten a lot of negative

publicity mostly because of the lecturers tendency to use them more as a crutch than an organizing system” p.


“Too often we get immersed in covering the subject that we forget to ask, What do I really want students to remember from this lecture next week, next year” p.


“As is indicated in all of the chapters of this book, you are not making impressions on a blank slate, Rather, our task in teaching is to help students reorganize existing cognitive structures to add new dimensions or new features to existing structures, ” p.

“One suggestion for organization is that the introduction of the lecture should point to a gap in the students existing cognitive structure or should challenge tor raise a question about something in the students existing method of organizing material in order to arouse curiosity.
” p.

“If students know what they are expected to learn from a lecture, they learn more of that material, ” p.

“The enemy of learning is the teachers need to cover the content at all costs, ” p.

“Most lecturers recognize that they need to check student understanding periodically so they ask, “Any questions” and after three to five seconds without any response, they assume that everyone understands! Not so! If you really want to know, give students a minute to write down a question, then have them compare notes with students sitting near them before asking for questions.
Youll get some. ” p.

“The best way to check student understanding as well as to maintain attention and support learning is to incorporate activities into the lecture.
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“What is the role of the lecturer in higher education To communicate the teachers enthusiasm about the subject, ” p.


Changes to consider:
provide background knowledge prior to doing activities
give a prequiz to assess prior knowledge and to show a gap
check for understanding more periodically short quizzes, and CATs “is it clear is never valid!”
use of clickers polleverywhere
ask students to summarize lessons towards the end: what did we learn.



Look into:
learner centered syllabus
mindful learning Ellen Langer,
deep processing Marton and Säljö,
model reading process SQR Robinson,
quizzes before lectures.

CATs: Classroom Assessment Techniques for Angelo and Cross
“Whats the use of lectures", Bligh
“Tools for teaching”nd ed,, Davis

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