The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom (Chicago Guides to Academic Life)

Alan Brinkley; Betty Dessants; Michael Flamm; Cynthia Fleming; Charles B. Forcey Jr.; Eric Rothschild

ISBN 10: 0226075125 / ISBN 13: 9780226075129

Published by University Of Chicago Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom (Chicago Guides to Academic Life)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226075125
• ISBN 13: 9780226075129
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good+
• Weight: 8 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

Unlike their counterparts on the high school or elementary school level, those who teach college students have extensive training in their various disciplines, but surprisingly little instruction in the craft of teaching itself.

The Chicago Handbook for Teachers is an extraordinarily helpful guide for all those who face the challenge of putting together material for a course and then making it work. Representing teachers at all stages of their careers, the authors, including distinguished historian Alan Brinkley, offer practical advice for almost any situation a new teacher might face, from preparing a syllabus to managing classroom dynamics. Beginning with a nuts and bolts plan for designing a course, the handbook also explains how to lead a discussion, evaluate your own teaching, deliver an effective lecture, supervise students' writing and research, create and grade exams, and more. Other sections address the less straightforward aspects of teaching, such as dealing with "diversity issues" and knowing where to draw the line in relationships with students. Particularly timely is an up-to-date discussion of when and how best to incorporate the Internet and other electronic resources into your teaching.

Indispensable for graduate students and new teachers, The Chicago Handbook for Teachers is also a useful refresher for the experienced professionals.

About the Author

Alan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History and former provost at Columbia University, where he received the Great Teacher Award. Betty Dessants is associate professor of history at Shippensburg University. Esam El-Fakahany is professor of psychiatry, pharmacology, and neuroscience at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Michael Flamm is professor of history at Ohio Wesleyan University. Charles Forcey, Jr., is a PhD candidate in modern American intellectual history at Columbia University. Mathew L. Ouellett is director of the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachussets Amherst. Eric Rothschild is a history teacher who retired in 1998 as chair of the social studies department at Scarsdale High School.