Franklin H. Silverman

Teaching for Tenure and Beyond (eBook, PDF)

Strategies for Maximizing Your Student Ratings

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Topics discussed include the importance of communicating course goals and requirements, enhancing students' motivation, presenting subject matter clearly, establishing an examination and grading policy that students are likely to regard as fair, utilizing class time well, being available and helpful to students outside of class, encouraging students' curiosity and facilitating research, and selecting textbooks.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313004001
• Artikelnr.: 68529041

Autorenporträt

FRANKLIN H. SILVERMAN is Professor of Speech Pathology at Marquette University and Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He has written more than a dozen text or professional books including Authoring Books and Materials for Students, Academics, and Professionals (Praeger, 1998) and more than 125 articles in professional journals. He is a past president of the Text and Academic Authors Association and has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Teach Acceptably or Perish!
Approaches Used to Evaluate Teaching for Tenure
Student Ratings of Teaching
Communicating Course Goals, Aims, and Requirements Clearly
Creating an Image of Being Knowledgeable About the Subject
Enhancing Students' Motivation
Making Subject Matter Seem Clear
Demonstrating Concern and Respect for Students
Communicating Enthusiasm for a Course
Creating an Environment Conducive to Learning
Making Course Workload Demands Appropriate and Realistic
Establishing an Examination and Grading Policy That Students Are Likely to
Consider Fair
Utilizing Class Time Well
Being Available and Helpful Outside of Class
Creating the Impression of Being Warm with a Good Sense of Humor
Encouraging Students to Be Curious
Textbook Selection Issues
Encouraging and Facilitating Student Research
Documenting Teaching for Promotion and Tenure
Teaching Beyond Tenure
References
Index