Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges - Hardcover

 
9780415921640: Honored but Invisible: An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415921643 ISBN 13: 9780415921640
Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction. Drawing on observations of and interviews with over 300 instructors and administrators, this book documents the idiosyncratic instructional practices of teachers who learn to teach primarily by trial and error. It argues that in order to realize their enormous potential, community colleges must take greater advantage of the many institutional influences on the quality of teaching--such as personnel policies, instructor training, and the culture established by administrators--only then will they be able to successfully carry out their many roles in both mainstream education and in workforce development.

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About the Author

Berkeley. He is author of Working in the Middle:Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-SkilledLabor Force (1996) and Learning to Work: The Case forRe-integrating Job Training and Education (1996).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415921643
ISBN 13 
9780415921640
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
404
Editor
Grubb W. Norton

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