Tools for Teaching, 2nd ed.

by Barbara Gross Davis

Publisher:

Jossey-Bass

, 2009

Overview

This is the long-awaited update on the bestselling book that offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline. This new edition contains up-to-date information on technology as well as expanding on the ideas and strategies presented in the first edition. It includes more than sixty-one chapters designed to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members. The topics cover both traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns, such as diversity and inclusion in the classroom and technology in educational settings.

Key Features

• Offers a practical, accessible reference manual for faculty in any discipline
• Covers traditional tasks of teaching as well as broader concerns such as diveristy and inclusion
• Seeks to improve the teaching of beginning, mid-career, or senior faculty members

Contents

Part I: Getting Under Way

• Designing or Revising a Course
• The Comprehensive Course Syllabus
• The First Days of Class
• Classroom Conduct and Decorum

Part II: Responding to a Changing Student Body

• Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom
• Students with Disabilities
• Reentry and Transfer Students
• Teaching Academically Diverse Students

Part III: Discussion Strategies

• Leading a Discussion
• Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion
• Online Discussions
• Asking Questions
• Fielding Students’ Questions

Part IV: The Large-Enrollment Course

• Preparing to Teach the Large-Enrollment Course
• Delivering a Lecture
• Personalizing the Large-Enrollment Course
• Encouraging Student Participation in the Large-Enrollment Course
• Maintaining Instructional Quality with Limited Resources

Part V: Alternatives and Supplements to Lectures and Discussion

• Web 2.0
• Learning in Groups
• Informal Group Learning Activities
• Formal Group Learning Activities
• Case Studies
• Simulations: Role Playing, Games, and Virtual Worlds
• Service Learning and Civic Engagement
• Undergraduate Research
• Guest Speakers

Part VI: Enhancing Students’ Learning and Motivation

• Helping Students Learn
• Learning Styles and Preferences
• Motivating Students
• Informally Assessing Students’ Learning
• Mobile Learning

Part VII: Strengthening Students’ Writing and Problem-Solving Skills

• Helping Students Write Better in All Courses
• Designing Effective Writing Assignments
• Evaluating Students’ Written Work
• Homework: Problem Sets

Part VIII: Testing and Grading

• Promoting Academic Honesty
• Quizzes, Tests, and Exams
• Allaying Students’ Anxieties about Tests
• Multiple-Choice and Matching Tests
• Short-Answer and Essay Tests
• Grading Practices
• Calculating and Assigning Grades

Part IX: Presentation Technologies

• Flipcharts
• Chalkboards and Whiteboards
• Interactive Whiteboards
• Overhead Projection
• Slide Shows
• Video Recordings and Clips
• PowerPoint Presentations

Part X: Evaluation to Improve Teaching

• Early Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning
• Video Recordings and Classroom Observations
• The Teaching Portfolio

Part XI: Teaching Outside the Classroom

• Holding Offi ce Hours
• E-mail, Text Messages, and Instant Messages
• Academic Advising and Mentoring Undergraduates
• Guiding, Training, Supervising, and Mentoring Graduate Student Instructors

Part XII: Finishing Up

• The Last Days of Class
• Student Rating Forms
• Writing Letters of Recommendation for Students

Praise for Tools for Teaching

Teachers, from novices to veterans, will find Davis’s new work the indispensable toolbox gor constructing, remodeling, or fixing almost anything related to teaching. Chock-full of practical description and complete with citations for finding further information, this is the book that every serious teacher will turn to again and again.

—K. Patricia Cross, David Gardner Professor of Higher Education, emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, and coauthor; Classroom Assessment Techniques and Collaborative Learning Techniques

Teaching is in part an art, but even great artists need good tools. The second edition of Tools for Teaching is even better than the first. It builds on the streangths of the earlier edition and covers many new topics that teachers in the age of PowerPoint, laptops, and Web 2.0 need to master. Every teachers deserves a resources like Tools for Teaching; institutions that care about teaching and learning should make sure each one of them gets a copy.

—Peter Landsberger, former chancellor, Los Angeles Community College

Using the latest research on teaching and learning as a fouadntion, this book summarizes the wisdom of teaching effectiveness. I will have this book on my desk, not my shelf, when I teach.

—Larry Braskamp, distinguished alumni professor; Central College, and coauthor, Putting Students First

Product Details

• Title: Tools for Teaching, 2nd ed.
• Author: Barbara Gross Davis
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Print Publication Date: 2009
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Pages: 609
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: College teaching—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc; Classroom management—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc; Curriculum planning—United States—Handbooks, manuals, etc
• ISBNs: 9780470569450, 9780470886328, 047056945X, 0470886323
• Resource ID: LLS:TOOLSFORTEACHING
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-16T20:00:51Z

About Barbara Gross Davis

Barbara Gross Davis is assistant vice provost for undergraduate education at the University of California at Berkeley. Her areas of interest include teaching, learning, and evaluation in higher education.