What the best college teachers do

Author

Bain, Ken.

Location

Books are located in Haggard Hall 154

Author

Bain, Ken.

Published

2004

Location

Books are located in Haggard Hall 154

Body

What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St.

Subjects

Teaching--methods--United States.; Pédagogie universitaire--États-Unis.; Enseignement efficace--États-Unis.; College teaching--United States.; Effective teaching--United States.; Enseignement efficace.; College teaching.; Collegeunterricht; Onderwijzers.; Onderwijsmethoden.; Leerkrachten.; Enseignement universitaire.; Pédagogie.; Pratique professionnelle.; Professeur universitaire.; Qualité de l'enseignement.; Effective teaching.; États-Unis.; United States.; USA.; Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer--Bitterfeld