What makes a university teacher 'excellent'? As debates rage about whether this is down to subject knowledge, communication skills, taking a research-led approach or being a technological whiz, this book provides the first in-depth examination of teaching excellence in higher education. Identifying
Teaching Excellence in Higher Education
β Scribed by Marshall Gregory (auth.), Melissa Valiska Gregory (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 267
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Good Teaching and Educational Vision: Not the Same Thing as Disciplinary Expertise....Pages 1-21
Forgetting, Learning, and Living: How Education Makes a Difference Even Though We Forget Most of What We Learn....Pages 23-47
The Dynamics of Desire in Everyday Classrooms....Pages 49-72
Ethical Pedagogy....Pages 73-94
From Shakespeare on the Page to Shakespeare on the Stage: What I Learned about Teaching in Acting Class....Pages 95-115
Love? Whatβs Love Got to Do with It?....Pages 117-138
Developing Your Own Philosophy of Education: Principles, Not Personalities....Pages 139-167
What Is Teaching, After All?....Pages 169-199
Teacherly Ethos Revisited....Pages 201-217
Back Matter....Pages 219-257
β¦ Subjects
Higher Education; Philosophy of Education; Teaching and Teacher Education; Educational Philosophy
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