Teaching Excellence in Higher Education
Published on 11. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 257 pages
978-1-349-47878-1 (ISBN)
Description
Marshall Gregory argues that teachers at the university and high school levels can achieve teaching excellence by grounding their teaching in pedagogical theory that takes into account students' abilities and the ultimate goals of teaching: to develop students' capacities for thought, reflection, questioning, and engagement to their fullest extent.
Reviews / Votes
"Teaching Excellence in Higher Education . . . expands and renews our immediate experience of this crucial dimension of the profession, whatever that immediate experience has been." - Walter L. Reed, William R. Kenan, Jr. University Professor, Emory University, USA
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 257 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-47878-1 (9781349478781)
DOI
10.1057/9781137373762
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
Marshall Gregory was the Harry Ice Professor of English, Liberal Education, and Pedagogy at Butler University, USA.
Content
Preface 1. Good Teaching and Educational Vision: Not the Same Thing as Disciplinary Expertise 2. Forgetting, Learning, and Living: How Education Makes a Difference Even Though We Forget Most of What We Learn 3. The Dynamics of Desire in Everyday Classrooms 4. Ethical Pedagogy 5. From Shakespeare on the Page to Shakespeare on the Stage: What I Learned about Teaching in Acting Class 6. Love? What's Love Got To Do With It? 7. Developing Your Own Philosophy of Education: Principles, not Personalities 8. What is Teaching, after All? 9. Teacherly Ethos Revisited