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Teaching: Beliefs And Behaviors, Robert J. Menges Jan 1991

Teaching: Beliefs And Behaviors, Robert J. Menges

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Our beliefs about learning shape the behaviors of our teaching. We need to be aware of what they are and how they influence our actions.

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Collaborative Learning: Reframing The Classroom, Jean Macgregor Jan 1991

Collaborative Learning: Reframing The Classroom, Jean Macgregor

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

The method of collaborative learning goes far beyond a change in teaching methodology. It is a change in the whole relationship between learners and the environment.

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Forward To Aristotle: Teaching As The Highest Form Of Understanding, Russell Edgerton Jan 1991

Forward To Aristotle: Teaching As The Highest Form Of Understanding, Russell Edgerton

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

There is more to teaching than a mere grasp of content. The act of teaching itself is a complex and fascinating experience which goes beyond simply knowing the subject and talking about it.

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Impediments To Teaching A Culturally Diverse Undergraduate Population, Barbara Solomon Jan 1991

Impediments To Teaching A Culturally Diverse Undergraduate Population, Barbara Solomon

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

There are many societal factors within and outside the academy with which we must contend to help each student reach his or her potential. Most of all we must learn to recognize when the differences we see arise from the student, his cultural background, or the fact that he is, after all, a human being with much in common with all human beings.

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Spectators And Gladiators: Reconnecting The Students With The Problem, John Boehrer Jan 1991

Spectators And Gladiators: Reconnecting The Students With The Problem, John Boehrer

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Learning does not take place when the instructor does all the work. It is necessary for the students to get back into the game and do some of the grappling as they do in the case method of teaching.

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Course Tests: Integral Features Of Instruction, Ohmer Milton Jan 1991

Course Tests: Integral Features Of Instruction, Ohmer Milton

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

The tests we give in class are one powerful means of communicating our intentions to the students. They should be recognized and respected as such.

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Rethinking What It Means To Be A Scholar, R. Eugene Rice Jan 1990

Rethinking What It Means To Be A Scholar, R. Eugene Rice

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

A broader and more accurate definition of scholarship also includes the integration of knowledge, the application of knowledge, and the representation and dissemination of knowledge-teaching.

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Teaching In Action: Criteria For Effective Practice, Ronald Smith, Fred Schwartz Jan 1990

Teaching In Action: Criteria For Effective Practice, Ronald Smith, Fred Schwartz

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay describes ways through which teachers enhance their teaching art within the process of teaching itself.

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The Meaning Of College Grades, James Eison Jan 1990

The Meaning Of College Grades, James Eison

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

The often confusing and inconsistent character of academic grades in higher education can be greatly reduced by suggestions offered in this essay.

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Why Professors Don't Change, Loren Ekroth Jan 1990

Why Professors Don't Change, Loren Ekroth

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Even if professors wanted to change their teaching methods, the ways they define themselves and stabilizing aspects of their academic situations often resist their attempts to change.

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The Challenge Of Teaching The Introductory-Level Course, Delivee L. Wright Jan 1990

The Challenge Of Teaching The Introductory-Level Course, Delivee L. Wright

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Introductory-level courses usually offer many more and greater challenges than do advanced courses, and it is appropriate that they be delivered by the most effective instructors.

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Critical Thinking By Design, Joanne Gainen Kurfiss Jan 1990

Critical Thinking By Design, Joanne Gainen Kurfiss

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay offers guidelines for increasing the critical thinking potential of courses in the disciplines in higher education.

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Communication Apprehension And Teaching Assistants, William J. Seiler, John P. Garrison, David W. Brooks, Frederick K. Sikora, Thomas J. Tipton Mar 1978

Communication Apprehension And Teaching Assistants, William J. Seiler, John P. Garrison, David W. Brooks, Frederick K. Sikora, Thomas J. Tipton

Department of Communication Studies: Faculty Publications

The authors of this note have developed a program aimed at training, providing feedback to, and evaluating the performance of graduate teaching assistants. It includes the use of a tool called the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension, which is reliable and valid.

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