Tools for Teaching [Paperback]

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.

Preface vii

Credits xiv

The Author xv

PART I: GETTING UNDER WAY 1

1 Designing or Revising a Course 3

2 The Comprehensive Course Syllabus 21

3 The First Days of Class 37

4 Classroom Conduct and Decorum 48

PART II: RESPONDING TO A CHANGING STUDENT BODY 55

5 Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom 57

6 Students with Disabilities 72

7 Reentry and Transfer Students 85

8 Teaching Academically Diverse Students 90

PART III: DISCUSSION STRATEGIES 95

9 Leading a Discussion 97

10 Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion 106

11 Online Discussions 112

12 Asking Questions 118

13 Fielding Students’ Questions 127

PART IV: THE LARGE-ENROLLMENT COURSE 133

14 Preparing to Teach the Large-Enrollment Course 135

15 Delivering a Lecture 148

16 Explaining Clearly 157

17 Personalizing the Large-Enrollment Course 162

18 Encouraging Student Participation in the Large-EnrollmelC3