Better Teaching, More Learning: Strategies for Success in Postsecondary Settings (AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION/ORYX PRESS SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION) - Hardcover

Davis, James

9780897748131: Better Teaching, More Learning: Strategies for Success in Postsecondary Settings (AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION/ORYX PRESS SERIES ON HIGHER EDUCATION)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0897748131 ISBN 13: 9780897748131

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1993

Davis argues that postsecondary instructors have to improve their performance in the classroom not only by better understanding how teachers teach, but also how learners learn. He translates recent research on learning into a form useful for college teachers, and then integrates it with current thin

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Review:

"The book is well organized. [It] is useful in providing a review of some of the theory behind teaching and student learning."-Education Libraries "The book is well organized. It is useful in providing a review of some of the theory behind teaching and student learning."-Education Libraries ?The book is well organized. [It] is useful in providing a review of some of the theory behind teaching and student learning.?-Education Libraries

Synopsis:

This work examines how people learn and how post-secondary teachers can use current knowledge about learning to teach more effectively. It synthesises works on learning by a range of scholars and offers five strategies that teachers can adapt to their particular situations.

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