From Higher Education
Relevant Resources from the General Area of Higher Education
Christensen, C. Roland, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet. Education for
Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership. Boston, MA: Harvard Business
School Press, 1991. 312 pages
- Topics include: barriers and gateways to learning, premises and practices
of discussion teaching, a medical school lecturer turns to discussion teaching,
establishing a teaching/learning contract, encouraging independent thinking,
and ethical dilemmas and the discussion process.
Davis, Barbara Gross. Tools for Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1993. 429 pages
- The author is assistant vice chancellor, educational development,
at the University of California, Berkeley. Topics include getting under
way, responding to a diverse student body, discussion strategies, lecture
strategies, collaborative and experiential strategies, enhancing students'
learning and motivation, writing skills and homework assignments, testing
and grading, instructional media and technology, evaluation to improve teaching,
and teaching outside the classroom.
Eble, Kenneth E. The Craft of Teaching. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1988. 247 pages
- Topics include the mythology of teaching, getting students to think,
the lectures as discourse, and class discussions.
Knowles, Malcolm. The Adult Learner: A Neglected Species. 3rd ed. Houston,
Texas: Gulf, 1984.
- A frequently quoted book that addresses such topics as the roots and
assumptions of andragogy (adult learning).
Kolb, David A. Experiential Learning: Experience as the Source of Learning
and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1984. 256 pages
- The author, who draws on the work of John Dewey, Kurt Lewin, and Jean
Piaget, discusses experience and learning (e.g., the process of experiential
learning); the structure of learning and knowing, and learning and development.
Lowman Joseph. Mastering the Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1984. . 245 pages
- Topics in the book include: elements of masterful teaching, classroom
dynamics, developing interpersonal skills and teaching style, analyzing
and improving classroom performance, selecting and organizing material for
class presentations, enhancing learning through classroom discussions, planning
course content to maximize interest, and evaluating student performance.
Pregent, Richard. Charting Your Course: How to Prepare to Teach More
Effectively. Madison, WI: Magna Publications, 1994. 229 pages
- The author, a pedagogical advisor at the Ecole Polytechnique, describes
a systemic approaching to teaching as he discusses the following steps:
analyzing the conditions of your teaching situation, formulting your course
objectives, planning to evaluate your students' learning, choosing your
teaching methods and materials, making detailed course plans, preparing
and delivering a lecture, training your students for group work, and evaluating
your teaching.
Rogers, Carl R. Freedom to Learn. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill
Publishing Company, 1969. 358 pages
- This famed psychologist, who helped to humanize psychology, also addresses
the need for attending to relationships and other human issues in teaching
and learning. He emphasizes the creation of a climate of freedom in which
teachers can facilitate learning.
Schön, Donald A. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals
Think in Action. New York: Basic Books, 1983.
Schön, Donald A. Educating the Reflective Practitioner: Toward a New
Design for Teaching and Learning in the Professions. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Publishers, 1987. 355 pages
- In Part 1, the author discusses the need for artistry in professional
education and how to teach this artistry through reflection-in-action. In
Part 2 he uses the architectural studio as an educational model for reflection-in-action.
In Part 3 he gives examples from psychoanalytic practice and counseling
and consulting that illustrate how the reflective practicum works. In Part
4 he explores the implications of a reflective practicum.
Weimer, Maryellen. Teaching Large Courses Well. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1987
Whitehead, Alfred North. The Aims of Education. New York: Mentor Books,
1949.
- A classic collection of thoughtful and thought provoking essays.
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