What the Best College Teachers Do

What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This text, the conclusion of a 15 year study of nearly 100 college teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, offers valuable answers for all educators.

Auteur

Ken Bain

Résumé
What makes a great teacher great? Which professors do students remember long after graduation? This book, based on a 15-year study of nearly 100 college teachers, offers answers for all educators. Bain provides humorous and touching examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential.

Contenu

1. Introduction: Defining the Best 2. What Do They Know about How We Learn? 3. How Do They Prepare to Teach? 4. What Do They Expect of Their Students? 5. How Do They Conduct Class? 6. How Do They Treat Their Students? 7. How Do They Evaluate Their Students and Themselves? Epilogue: What Can We Learn from Them? Appendix: How the Study Was Conducted Notes Acknowledgments Index