America’s #1 bestselling guide for adjunct professors.
For many adjunct instructors, often hired just before a semester begins and usually without any pedagogical training, there’s a constant question that always surfaces: What do I need to know in order to teach college students successfully?
Gain the confidence and training you need to hone your teaching abilities - no matter your discipline or experience. This book is unique in that it focuses on the basic and essential elements of college instruction - providing down-to-earth answers to instructors’ often unanswered questions.
* Discover what they never told you in the interview
* Specific tools and proven techniques that enhance learning
* Inside information for application in unique teaching situations in class or remotely
* Best Practice using Seven Principles with tips to actively engage students
* Guidance on how to design a course, syllabus, and select textbooks
* Teaching nontraditional, and diverse students
* Dealing with problem students
* Evaluation of students and yourself and much more
The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guide to Teaching College is an all-in-one sourcebook of practical ideas and solutions providing proven strategies for both novice and experienced instructors. It offers specific tools and techniques that enhance the learning process. A creative range of “inside information” is offered for adjunct professors to apply in their own unique teaching situations.
The Adjunct Professor’s Complete Guideoffers a wealth of dynamic and useful techniques leading to instructional success. This book is for everyone who has ever wanted to teach a college course, but were unsure of where and how to start.
Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D. is a nationally recognized educator well known for his practical teacher materials and stimulating and engaging conference presentations. A retired professor of education from York College of Pennsylvania, he is an award-winning and best-selling author of more than 100 books. His extensive background includes experience as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, professional storyteller, curriculum coordinator, educational consultant, and staff developer. He won the 2004 International Reading Association Teacher’s Choice Award, the 2007 Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year, 2008 World Storytelling Award.