{"product_id":"teaching-on-solid-ground-9780787901332","title":"Teaching on Solid Ground","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excellent book for faculty who regard teaching as more than a set of techniques. Menges and Weimer focus on connecting teaching with student learning, and they help faculty develop a systematic inquiry into teaching strategies, as well as showing them how to better utilize students assessment in the classroom.\u003cbr\u003e ?Larry Braskamp, dean of the College of Education, University of Illinois, Chicago\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book will be particularly useful to graduate students preparing for teaching careers in higher education, to anyone seeking examples of writing that explicitly links research and practice, and to faculty development leaders interested in offering useful reading to busy colleagues committed to improving their teaching practice.\" (Ann E. Austin, associate professor, Program in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education at Michigan State University, J. Staff, Program, \u0026amp; Organization Development)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Using Scholarship to Improve Practice(Maryellen Weimer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part One: Students and Learning.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Teaching and Today's College Students(M. Lee Upcraft).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Making the Transition to College(Patrick T. Terenzini, Laura I. Randoan, Susan B. Millar, M. Lee Upcraft, Patricia Gregg, Romero Jalomo, Kevin W. Allison).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Student Motivation from a Teaching Perspective(Raymond P. Perry, Verena H. Menec, C. Ward Struthers).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Collaborative Learning: Creating Knowledge with Students(Roberta S. Matthews).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Assessing Student Involvement in Learning(Robert Froh, Mark Hawkes).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Teachers and Teaching.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Teaching Today's Students Requires a New Role for Faculty(Susan B. Millar).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Research on Learning: A Means to Enhance Instruction(Marilla D. Svinivki, Anastasia S. Hagen, Debra K. Meyer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Planning and Developing Effective Courses(George L. Geis).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Assignments That Promote and Integrate Learning(Joe Lowman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Feedback That Enhances Teaching and Learning(Robert J. Menges, William C. Rando).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Three: Issues and Contexts: Higher Education Today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. What College Teachers Need to Know(Sarah M. Dinham).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. Instructor Vitality: Some Provocative Implications of Theory and Research on Human Motivation(Charles James Walker, Jennifer Woods Quinn).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. Diversity in Academe: Cultural Strategies for Change(William G. Tierney, Estala M. Bensimon).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. Improving Programs Through Assessing Student Outcomes(Trudy Banta).","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405022732631,"sku":"9780787901332","price":40.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780787901332.jpg?v=1730488398","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teaching-on-solid-ground-9780787901332","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}