{"product_id":"leaving-the-lectern-cooperative-learning-and-the-critical-first-days-of-students-working-in-groups-9781882982851","title":"Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book records the story of how one professor at a research university used a form of active learning to change the way he taught—from traditional lecture and examinations to cooperative learning and student projects.  \u003cp\u003eDrawn from teaching notes, conversations with students, student evaluations, and annual reports, readers will learn the kinds of risks, assumptions, and decisions they will face as they change their teaching to emphasize student learning, particularly during the critical first days of change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEngagingly written, \u003ci\u003eLeaving the Lectern\u003c\/i\u003e offers an honest and insightful look at the challenges and rewards of achieving change in the classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotivates faculty and graduate students to visualize what changing their teaching to enhance student learning will be like by illustrating through narration how a professor much like them made the change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides reflective questions at the end of each chapter to help readers use the information in the chapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnhances the reader’s preparation for the change by citing references to pedagogical precepts, strategies, and tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummarizes the seven themes found in the book to help bring about the change: accept risk; use feedback; reflect; adapt and be flexible; establish a partnership; accept that you are teaching in a different world; welcome the joy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author.  \u003cp\u003eForeword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Before the Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Change Involves Taking Risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Change Can Be Piecemeal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Change Is Finding and Sharing Answers to Questions About Student Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Change Alters What You Put Into the Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Change Emphasizes What Students Take Away From the Course.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Change Must Be Assessed for Student Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Change Must Be Assessed for Teaching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Change Is Hard in Isolation but Facilitated by Connections.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Change Means Changing Your Concepts About Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Change Means Changing Your Concepts About Yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion….\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: A Sketch of the National Reform of Undergraduate Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771684716887,"sku":"9781882982851","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781882982851.jpg?v=1758728770","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leaving-the-lectern-cooperative-learning-and-the-critical-first-days-of-students-working-in-groups-9781882982851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}