Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) - Hardcover

Meyers, Chet; Jones, Thomas B.

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9781555425241: Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1555425240 ISBN 13: 9781555425241
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1993

Synopsis

Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group exercises, simulations, and case studies can be blAnded with the technological and human resources available outside the classroom. The book is engagingly written for all classroom teachers.
--Stephen Brookfield, distinguished professor of education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

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About the Author

CHET MEYERS is professor of humanities at Metropolitan State University, Minnesota, where he also served as coordinator of faculty development for ten years. He is author of Teaching Students to Think Critically (Jossey-Bass, 1986). THOMAS B. JONES is professor of history at Metropolitan State University. He is a contributing author to Educating Managers (Jossey-Bass, 1986).

From the Back Cover

"Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group exercises, simulations, and case studies can be blended with the technological and human resources available outside the classroom. The book is engagingly written for all classroom teachers." ―Stephen Brookfield, distinguished professor of education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

From the Inside Flap

Gives an abundance of practical advice on how active learning techniques can be used by teachers across the disciplines. Using real-life examples, the authors discuss how various small-group exercises, simulations, and case studies can be blended with the technological and human resources available outside the classroom. The book is engagingly written for all classroom teachers. --Stephen Brookfield, distinguished professor of education, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1555425240
ISBN 13 
9781555425241
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Rating
  • 3.50 out of 5 stars
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