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The Chicago Handbook for Teachers
Alan Brinkley
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Description for The Chicago Handbook for Teachers
Paperback. A guide for anyone facing the daunting challenge of putting together a course and delivering it successfully. It offers advice for almost any situation a new teacher might face, from preparing a syllabus to managing classroom dynamics. Series: Chicago Guides to Academic Life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JNM; JNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Those who teach college students have extensive training in their disciplines, but unlike their counterparts at the high school or elementary school level, they often have surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself. "The Chicago Handbook for Teachers" is an extraordinarily helpful guide for anyone facing the daunting challenge of putting together a course and delivering it successfully. The authors offer practical advice for almost any situation a new teacher might face, from preparing a syllabus to managing classroom dynamics. Beginning with a nuts and bolts plan for designing a course, the handbook also explains how to lead ... Read more
Those who teach college students have extensive training in their disciplines, but unlike their counterparts at the high school or elementary school level, they often have surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself. "The Chicago Handbook for Teachers" is an extraordinarily helpful guide for anyone facing the daunting challenge of putting together a course and delivering it successfully. The authors offer practical advice for almost any situation a new teacher might face, from preparing a syllabus to managing classroom dynamics. Beginning with a nuts and bolts plan for designing a course, the handbook also explains how to lead ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Chicago Guides to Academic Life
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226075280
SKU
V9780226075280
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About Alan Brinkley
Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History and former provost at Columbia University, where he received the Great Teacher Award. Esam El-Fakahany is professor of psychiatry, pharmacology, and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Betty Dessants is associate professor of history at Shippensburg University. Michael Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. Charles B. ... Read more
Reviews for The Chicago Handbook for Teachers
"Packed with useful information...as well as little-known tips." -Library Journal "This book certainly makes easy, useful, and even pleasant and energizing reading for a new college or university teacher. For those in that position, for their mentors, and even for more experienced teachers, it can be thoroughly recommended." -Historian "In the Chicago tradition of exemplary reference manuals, this is a ... Read more