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The Joy of Teaching
Peter G. Filene
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Description for The Joy of Teaching
Paperback. Peter Filene lays out the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical strategies, inviting new teachers to make choices based on their own personalities, values, and goals. Filene tackles everything from syllabus writing and lecture planning to class discussions, grading, and teacher-student interactions outside the classroom. Series: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series. Num Pages: 184 pages, 8fig. BIC Classification: JNM; JNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 218.
Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses. Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they hit or strike out. Ideally, he says, teaching should resemble a game of Frisbee in which the teacher invites students to catch ideas and pass them on. Rather than prescribe any single model for success, Filene lays out the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical strategies, inviting new ... Read more
Gathering concepts and techniques borrowed from outstanding college professors, The Joy of Teaching provides helpful guidance for new instructors developing and teaching their first college courses. Award-winning professor Peter Filene proposes that teaching should not be like a baseball game in which the instructor pitches ideas to students to see whether they hit or strike out. Ideally, he says, teaching should resemble a game of Frisbee in which the teacher invites students to catch ideas and pass them on. Rather than prescribe any single model for success, Filene lays out the advantages and disadvantages of various pedagogical strategies, inviting new ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807856031
SKU
V9780807856031
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About Peter G. Filene
Peter Filene is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has earned six teaching awards. He is author of several books, including Him/Her/Self: Gender Identities in Modern America, In the Arms of Others: A Cultural History of the Right to Die, and Home and Away, a novel.
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