- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 1 edition (5 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0205266541
- ISBN-13: 978-0205266548
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,917,300 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Drawing upon interviews with 30 award-winning professors and 10 case studies,Successful College Teaching illustrates the art and science of excellent teaching. The book presents both a theory and an analysis of why distinguished teachers are successful and identifies common characteristics, philosophies, methods, and behaviors. A major portion examines and demystifies the creative and problem-solving processes of outstanding professors, offering a paradigm for the development of new faculty and rejuvenation of the experienced. Academics who evaluate college teaching are provided with a rationale and case study examples that will enable them to identify excellent teaching; new faculty and graduate teaching assistants will benefit from the variety of exceptional teaching strategies presented. The book explores the many current issues facing college educators and provides examples for dealing with unusual situations and diverse groups of students. An on-line teaching development program is outlined.
About the Author
Sharon A. Baiocco is Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, at Jacksonville University. She has taught technical writing, journalism, public relations writing, and a variety of literature courses.
Jamie N. DeWaters is a professor of special education at D'Youville College in Buffalo where she has taught graduate and undergraduate courses and has directed the field experience programs for U.S. and Canadian students.
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Format:Hardcover
This book combines practicality with theory, giving ideas for improving college teaching to the rank and file--college teachers themselves--and the department chairs and administrators who support them.
What is striking is the readability of this book--no scholarly tome guaranteed to cure insomnia, this one! Baiocco and DeWaters write in a flowing style that invites the reader into the conversation about teaching and makes this reader stand back and admire the way they use words. The descriptions of the classrooms of the award-winning teachers--"Studies in Excellence"--are thought-provoking; they show how excellent teachers differ from one another but have some beliefs about teaching in common.
Altogether the best book about college teaching I've seen. I'd recommend it to beginners and seasoned teachers alike.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
A gem for those who seek to improve college teaching!
17 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
This book combines practicality with theory, giving ideas for improving college teaching to the rank and file--college teachers themselves--and the department chairs and administrators who support them.
What is striking is the readability of this book--no scholarly tome guaranteed to cure insomnia, this one! Baiocco and DeWaters write in a flowing style that invites the reader into the conversation about teaching and makes this reader stand back and admire the way they use words. The descriptions of the classrooms of the award-winning teachers--"Studies in Excellence"--are thought-provoking; they show how excellent teachers differ from one another but have some beliefs about teaching in common.
Altogether the best book about college teaching I've seen. I'd recommend it to beginners and seasoned teachers alike.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
It is such A great resource to have
1 Feb 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is a great resource to have in order to improve excellence in teaching, especially in our days, days of frequent changes,days of a growing technology which put at risk the future role of the educator and days of frequent evaluation about the effectiveness of teaching. The authors do a great job bringing the opinion of the 30 award winning professors and some of their tips toward excellence in teaching, a real good quality we need badly in our educational system at all levels.I hope this book will be translate in spanish very soon, as you all now this population is growing very fast in the states and spanish speakers teachers will benefits fron this book valuable content.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A little more/less than what I expected
23 April 2005
Format:Hardcover
As a college professor myself, I was interested in this book's title, especially the prospect of strategies of successful teachers "in the trenches." I enjoyed this part of the book immensely. Unfortunately, it proved to be only a portion of what I wanted.
The first fifty-three pages of the book do not talk about successful teachers at all, but bring up all the challenges which professors face from both college students and administrations today. While some may find this enriching, especially those faculty with an interest in assessment and evaluation, I found it boring.
Finally, Chapter 4 arrived. Here were case studies of ten award-winning teacher scholars. Each entry detailed a class observed in meticulous detail and included highlights from a follow-up interview with the professor.
I had expected the rest of the book to analyze the successful strategies of all the professors and come up with some healthy conclusions, but it only came up with generic results, no specific answers. For example, successful professors seem to express "emotional intelligence." Great. Successful professors also are good at noticing students' attitudes and needs in class and adjusting quickly to satisfy those needs.
The rest of the book was similar to the opening few pages. It discussed the problems of dealing with diverse students, systemic problems with lack of training for Teaching Assistants, and the need for a comprehensive program for faculty development.
While the book is well written and seems to be very well-documented (numerous, current sources), I feel as if the book is not exactly what the cover makes it out to be. This book may be of particular interest to a professor involved in the region of faculty assessment or professors in Education departments, but I found it lacking in the areas of solid teaching strategies.
I did receive some good ideas for my own use in teaching, but I would recommend other books like McKeachie's Teaching Tips before this one.
The first fifty-three pages of the book do not talk about successful teachers at all, but bring up all the challenges which professors face from both college students and administrations today. While some may find this enriching, especially those faculty with an interest in assessment and evaluation, I found it boring.
Finally, Chapter 4 arrived. Here were case studies of ten award-winning teacher scholars. Each entry detailed a class observed in meticulous detail and included highlights from a follow-up interview with the professor.
I had expected the rest of the book to analyze the successful strategies of all the professors and come up with some healthy conclusions, but it only came up with generic results, no specific answers. For example, successful professors seem to express "emotional intelligence." Great. Successful professors also are good at noticing students' attitudes and needs in class and adjusting quickly to satisfy those needs.
The rest of the book was similar to the opening few pages. It discussed the problems of dealing with diverse students, systemic problems with lack of training for Teaching Assistants, and the need for a comprehensive program for faculty development.
While the book is well written and seems to be very well-documented (numerous, current sources), I feel as if the book is not exactly what the cover makes it out to be. This book may be of particular interest to a professor involved in the region of faculty assessment or professors in Education departments, but I found it lacking in the areas of solid teaching strategies.
I did receive some good ideas for my own use in teaching, but I would recommend other books like McKeachie's Teaching Tips before this one.
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