PROJECT FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING

Most of these resources are available at The Williams Archives in Stetson Hall (under PET)

I. Films produced by the Derek Box Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.
"What Students Want: Teaching from a Student's Perspective" (24 minutes).
"Thinking Together: Collaborative Learning in Science" (18 minutes)
"The Art of the Lecture: Justice: A Course in Moral Reasoning," taught by Michael Sandel, Professor of Government at Harvard (28 minutes).
"Women in the Classroom: Cases for Discussion" (27 minutes)
"The Art of Discussion Leading: A Class with Chris Christensen" (30 min)

II. Books
Thomas A. Angelo, editor, Classroom Research: Early Lessons from Success (1991).
Helen Ansell and James Wilkinson, editors, On Teaching and Learning (1992). Special Issue: "Gender and Learning"
Anker, Resources in Higher Education Practice (1995)
Ken Bain, What the Best College Teachers Do (2004)
James M. Banner and Harold C. Cannon, The Elements of Teaching (1997).
Jacques Barzun, Teacher in America (1944).
Janine Bempechat and Dean K. Whitla, editors, On Teaching and Learning (1989).
Robert Boice, The New Faculty Member: Supporting and Fostering Professional Development (1992).
Robert Boice, First-Order Principles for College Teachers: Ten Basic Ways to Improve the Teaching Process (1996).
Leon Botstein, Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture (New York: Doubleday, 1999).
Ernest L. Boyer, Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate (1990).
David Brown, editor, "Higher Education Exchange" (1997)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, catalog of publications and videocassettes (1993).
Kenneth E. Eble, The Craft of Teaching (1976).
James O. Freedman, Idealism and Liberal Education (1996).
Kieran Egan, Teaching as Story Telling (1986).
Gerald W. Gibson, Good Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges (1992).
Gerald Graff, Beyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education (1992).
Judith Grunert, The Course Syllabus, A Learning-Centered Approach (1997).
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, editor, The Art and Craft of Teaching (1982).
Gilbert Highet, The Immortal Profession: The Joys of Teaching and Learning (1976).
Donald K. Jarvis, Junior Faculty Development: A Handbook (1991).
Kenan Convocation Papers, The Modern University: Its Present Status & Future Prospects (1993).
Donald Kennedy, Academic Duty (1997).
Jospeh Lowman, Mastering the Techniques of Teaching (1984).
Robert A. McCaughey, Scholars and Teachers: The Faculties of Select Liberal Arts Colleges and Their Place in American Higher Learning (1994).
Wilbert J. McKeachie, Teaching Tips: A Guide for the Beginning College Teacher (1969).Martha Nussbaum, Cultivating Humanity: A Classical Defense of Reform in Liberal Education (1997).
Francis Oakley, Community of Learning: The American College and the Liberal Arts Tradition (1992).
Parker J. Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life (1998).
John K. Roth, editor, Inspiring Teaching: Carnegie Professors of the Year Speak (1997). Includes Mark C. Taylor, "Creating Global Classrooms," and Rosmarie Tong, "Feminist Pedagogy: A Voice of One's Own"
Peter Seldin, editor, Improving College Teaching (1995).
Emily Wadsworth, editor, To Improve the Academy: Resources for Faculty, Instructional, & Organizational Development (1994).
Jon Saphier and Robert Gower, The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills (1987)
Mel Silberman, Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject (1996).
James Stigler and James Hiebert. The Teaching Gap: Best Ideas from the World's Teachers for Improving Education in the Classroom. (New York: Free Press, 1999).
W. Alan Wright, Teaching Improvement Practices: Successful Strategies for Higher Education (1995).

III. Journals, Articles, and Offprints
Erin Anderson, editor, Campus Use of the Teaching Portfolio: Twenty-five Profiles (1993)
Ann Austin and Roger Baldwin, Faculty Collaboration: Enhancing the Quality of Scholarship and Teaching (1991)
AAHE Bulletin, publication of the American Association of Higher Education
Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms: A Guide for Faculty (1996), published by The New England Consortium for Undergraduate Science Education
Robert H. Bell, "Paradise Lost? Or, You Can't Always Believe What You Read" (1991)
Robert H. Bell, "Shakespeare in Cyberspace/Humanities at the Millennium" (1995)
Robert H. Bell, "Teaching Humor/Teaching with Humor" (1997)
Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, publication of the AAHE
Jeremy Cohen, "Learning the Scholarship of Teaching in Doctorate-Granting Institutions" (1997)
Todd Eckerson, "Tell the Truth but Tell it Slant--Advice for first-year teachers" (1997)
Mary G. Cooper, "Pedagogical Colloquium as Professional Development"
Russell Edgerton, Patricia Hutchings, Kathleen Quinlan, The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching (1993)
Facilitator's Guide for Women in the Classroom: Cases for Reflection (1996)
Getting Started: Readings for New Teachers (Center for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University, 1996)
Diane Gillespie, "Claiming Ourselves as Teachers" (1989)
Pat Hutchings, "The Pedagogical Colloquium: Taking Teaching Seriously in the Faculty Hiring Process"
Pat Hutchings, Using Cases to Improve College Teaching: A Guide to More Reflective Practice (1993)
Liberal Opinion (Fall 1996): includes Harry C. Payne, "Can or Should a College Teach Virtue?" Robert H. Bell, "Teaching Humor, Teaching With Humor," Michael McPherson and Morton Schapiro, "Sinfully Good Teaching," and Mark C. Taylor, "Technologies and Education."
Brendan A. Maher, The View from Room Seventeen (1992)
National Teaching and Learning FORUM
Success Guide For Knox Faculty (1997)
Project for Effective Teaching: Survivor's Guide (1996, 1997, 1998)
Richard J. Light, The Harvard Assessment Seminars: Explorations with Students and Faculty about Teaching, Learning, and Student Life (First Report, 1990; Second Report, 1992)
On Teaching and Learning: The Journal of the Harvard-Danforth Center
Teaching at ISU, published by the Center for Teaching Excellence, Iowa State University
Teaching Fellows Handbook, published by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, (1992, 1993, 1994)
The Teaching Professor
The Academic Workplace, published by the New England Resource Center for Higher Education.
Beverly Daniel Tatum, "Talking About Race, Learning About Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom" (1992)
Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci, "How'm I Doing? Problems With Student Ratings of Instructors and Courses" (1997)

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