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Cracks In The Ivory Tower: Conflict Management In The Classroom -- And Beyond, Susan A. Holton
Cracks In The Ivory Tower: Conflict Management In The Classroom -- And Beyond, Susan A. Holton
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The very nature of the classroom with its power imbalance and differing expectations can engender conflict. What are the warning signs, and what might we do manage the inevitable conflict?
Teaching And Values: What Values Will We Take Into The 21st Century?, Kathleen Mcgrory
Teaching And Values: What Values Will We Take Into The 21st Century?, Kathleen Mcgrory
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Our values drive our decision-making about a range of everyday concerns as professionals. This essay identifies some current values being addressed in scholarly inquiry and attempts to predict the role of values inquiry in curriculum and teaching in the 21st century.
Leading The Seminar: Graduate And Undergraduate, Edward Neal
Leading The Seminar: Graduate And Undergraduate, Edward Neal
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This essay provides a framework for planning and leading effective seminars and addresses the differences between graduate and undergraduate seminar instruction.
Simulating, Experiencing, And Changing Biased Teaching Behaviors, Laura L. B. Border
Simulating, Experiencing, And Changing Biased Teaching Behaviors, Laura L. B. Border
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Increased awareness of biased teaching behaviors and effects on students can motivate instructors to become conscious of and change their own biased teaching patterns. Nonbiased teaching is subsequently reinforced and students performance enhanced.
Metaphors We Teach By: Understanding Ourselves As Teachers And Learners, Mary Ann Bowman
Metaphors We Teach By: Understanding Ourselves As Teachers And Learners, Mary Ann Bowman
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Our metaphors of teaching and learning express our views of the roles of teachers and students. Becoming conscious of our own metaphors is an important first step to self-awareness and positive change.
The American Professoriate In Transition, Ronald D. Simpson, Thomas G. Dyer
The American Professoriate In Transition, Ronald D. Simpson, Thomas G. Dyer
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After a brief review of the history of the American professoriate, major trends for the future, the lives and work of today’s faculty members will be discussed in terms of forces influencing the direction of higher education in our society.
The Phenomenon Of Large Classes And Practical Suggestions For Teaching Them, Frank Gillespie
The Phenomenon Of Large Classes And Practical Suggestions For Teaching Them, Frank Gillespie
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Large classes are a phenomenon of higher education today. However, large does not preclude providing an effective teaching and learning environment. The environment can be analyzed, good teaching can be modeled, and practical strategies offered.
Challenges In Using Technology For The Improvement Of Undergraduate Education, G. Roger Sell
Challenges In Using Technology For The Improvement Of Undergraduate Education, G. Roger Sell
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We may believe that access to more information will improve undergraduate education, but students conceptual foundations and critical thinking skills are essential for using information technologies and constructing knowledge.