Mary Taylor Huber, Pat Hutchings

Gebundenes Buch

The Advancement of Learning

Building the Teaching Commons

Beschreibung

The scholarship of teaching and learning is not a magic bullet that will shoot through higher education and suddenly solve the many challenges to successful student learning today. But it "is a tool, an attitude, and an evolving set of habits that faculty and institutions can use to strengthen the educational enterprise.- from the Preface --

Autor

Mary Taylor Huber is a senior scholar at The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Pat Hutchings is vice president of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 461g
• ISBN-13: 9780787981150
• ISBN-10: 078798115X
• Artikelnr.: 21797809

Rezensionen

"This clear and elegant volume offers specific suggestionsand examples of how the scholarship of teaching and learning canrevitalize faculty, enhance student learning, contribute toassessment, and shape campus climate. The Advancement ofLearning is rich with the stories and experiences to understandand change their own classrooms, and it offers practicalsuggestions for campuses to create a 'commons' in whichsuch knowledge can be shared for mutual benefit."--Barbara E.Walvoord, coordinator, Self-Study for North Central AccreditationFellow, Institute for Educational Initiatives, concurrent professorof English, University of Notre Dame

"I believe that the scholarship of teaching and learningis the most promising development in higher education today, andthat this book is the best thing that could ever happen to it.Rather than engage in cheerleading, the authors calmly describe andcharacterize what is happening; and they do so with an honesty,empathy, and eye for detail that allows the movement to speak foritself. They introduce us to what real faculty are doing and takethe view that all these varied activities belong in the'commons.' More than just a book, this is an invitationto participate."--Russ Edgerton, director, Pew Forum onUndergraduate Teaching; president emeritus, AAHE