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1 | Introductions (to the Course and Each Other) Setting the Context: A Short History of Teaching and Learning in the American University The Impact of College on Students The Student-Teacher Relationship | Bok, Derek. "The Evolution of American Colleges," and "Purposes." In Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why they Should be Learning More. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780691125961 (hardcover). Pascarella, Ernest T., and Patrick T. Terenzini. "Studying College Outcomes in the 1990s: Overview and Organization of Research." In How College Affects Students. Vol 2. A Third Decade of Research. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2005. ISBN: 9780787910440 (alk. paper). Cooper, Lane. "Louis Agassiz as a Teacher." In Teaching and the Case Method: Text, Cases, and Readings. Edited by C. Roland Christensen and Abby J. Hansen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780071032216 (hardcover). |
2 | What We Know about Student Learning in Higher Education | Ewell, Peter T. "Organizing for Learning: A Point of Entry." Prepared for the AAHE Summer Academy (1997), January 24, 2006, pp. 1-10. Pellegrino, James W., Naomi Chudowsky, Robert Glaser, and National Research Council. "Advances in the Sciences of Thinking and Learning." In Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. Edited by James W. Pellegrino and Naomi Chudowsky. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780309072724 (hardcover). Rhem, James. "Deep/Surface Approaches to Learning: An Introduction." The National Teaching and Learning Forum 5, no. 1 (1995): 1-5. Optional Kolb, David A. "Learning Styles and Disciplinary Differences." In The Modern American College: Responding to the New Realities of Diverse Students and a Changing Society. Edited by Chickering, Arthur W., et al. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Inc. Pub., 1981. ISBN: 9780875894669 (hardcover). Ramsden, Paul. "Approaches to Learning." In Learning to Teach in Higher Education. London, NY: Routledge, 1991. ISBN: 9780415064149 and ISBN: 9780415064156 (paperback). |
3 | Constructing a Syllabus (with Special Emphasis on Learning Objectives and Performance Criteria) | Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. "What Is Backward Design?" In Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. ISBN: 9780871203137 (paperback). Perkins, David. "What Is Understanding?" In Teaching for Understanding: Linking Research with Practice. Edited by Martha Stone Wiske. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997. ISBN: 9780787910020 (alk. paper). Breslow, Lori. "Strategic Teaching," "The Implicit Contract," and "Learning Objectives."MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory, 2004. |
4 | Teaching Methodologies (with a Special Emphasis on Lecturing and Active Learning) | Bain, Ken. "What Makes Great Teachers Great?" The Chronicle of Higher Education 50, no. 31. (April 9, 2004): B7. Bligh, Donald A. "Lecture Organization" and "Lecture Styles." In What's the Use of Lectures? 1st ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000. ISBN: 9780787951627 (paperback, alk. paper). (1st U.S. edition; first published in the U.K. in 1971). Smith, Karl A., Sheri D. Sheppard, David W. Johnson, and Roger T. Johnson. "Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom-Based Practices." Journal of Engineering Education 94, no. 1 (2005): 87-101. Christensen, C. Roland. "The Discussion Teacher in Action: Questioning, Listening and Response." In Education for Judgment: The Artistry of Discussion Leadership. Edited by C. Roland Christensen, David A. Garvin, and Ann Sweet. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1991. ISBN: 9780875842554 (alk. paper). |
5 | Diversity in the Classroom | Clinchy, Blythe. "On Critical Thinking and Connected Knowing." Liberal Education 75, no. 5 (November/December 1989): 15-19. Gurin, Patricia, Eric L. Dey, Sylvia Hartado, and Gerald Gurin. "Diversity and Higher Education: Theory and Impact on Educational Outcomes." In Race and Higher Education: Rethinking Pedagogy in Diverse College Classrooms. Reprint series 36. Edited by Annie Howell and Frank Tuitt. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review, 2003. Krupnick, Catherine G. "Women and Men in the Classroom: Inequality and Its Remedies." In On Teaching and Learning. Edited by Margaret Morganroth Gullette. Cambridge, MA: Harvard-Danforth Center, 1985. Steele, Claude M. "Thin Ice: 'Stereotype Threat' and Black College Students." The Atlantic Monthly, August 1999. Treisman, Uri. "Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College." The College Mathematics Journal 23, no. 5 (1992): 362-372. (PDF - 1.4 MB)# |
6 | Assessing for Learning | Forsyth, Donelson R. "Testing: Strategies and Skills for Evaluating Learning," and "Grading (and Aiding): Helping Students Reach Their Learning Goals." In The Professor's Guide to Teaching: Psychological Principles and Practices. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2002. ISBN: 9781557989604. |
7-11 | Class Presentations | |
12 | Course Wrap-up |