What the Best College Teachers Do (英語) 精裝

基本信息

作者：Ken Bain

齣版社: Harvard University Press (2004年5月7日)

精裝: 224頁

語種： 英語

ISBN: 0674013255

條形碼: 9780674013254

商品尺寸: 3.2 x 15.2 x 22.2 cm

商品重量: 367 g

ASIN: 0674013255

內容簡介

What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, 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. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out - but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses.

Most of all, they believe two things fervently: that teaching matters and that students can learn. In stories both humorous and touching, Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential.

What the Best College Teachers Do is a treasure throve of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators.

作者簡介

Ken Bain is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of the District of Columbia.