The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series) - Hardcover

Filene, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807829420 ISBN 13: 9780807829424

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Synopsis

Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses. Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they hit or strike out. Ideally, he says, teaching should resemble a game of Frisbee in which the teacher invites students to catch ideas and pass them on. Rather than prescribe any single model for success, Filene lays out the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical strategies, inviting new teachers to make choices based on their own personalities, values, and goals. Filene tackles everything from syllabus writing and lecture planning to class discussions, grading, and teacher-student interactions outside the classroom. The book's down-to-earth, accessible style makes it appropriate for teachers in all fields. Instructors in the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences will all welcome its invaluable tips for successful teaching and learning.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Filene is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has earned six teaching awards. He is author of several books, including Him/Her/Self: Gender Identities in Modern America, in the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right to Die, and Home and Away, a novel.

From the Inside Flap

This concise, down-to-earth guide for teachers preparing their first courses builds on a sturdy base of pedagogical theory and tackles everything from syllabus writing and lecture planning to class discussions, grading, plagiarism, and teacher-student interactions outside of the classroom.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807829420
• ISBN 13: 9780807829424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176