Teaching for Effective Learning in Higher Education

by N. Hativa

Overview

Research on teaching in higher education shows that students who are well taught learn more than students who are poorly taught, and there are some teaching behaviors and strategies that are consistently associated with good teaching. This book identifies these strategies and presents them within a theoretical framework that explains how they promote students' active and meaningful learning. By presenting teaching as a logical structure of interconnected behaviors whose contribution to student learning is based on theory and research, the book promotes teachers' pedagogical knowledge and their perception of teaching as scholarly, intellectual work.

The book provides extensive practical advice that is based on the vast experience of the author as an instructional consultant and on research on accomplished teachers, taken from the domains of education, psychology, and speech communication. The practical ideas are separated from the theoretical part in a way that makes them easily identifiable.

The book also puts forth the voice of the students through authentic comments that they wrote in thousands of instructor-evaluation forms that the author collected over many years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792368434
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	01/31/2001
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	380
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The book, its aim and content.- Teaching for Effective Learning.- Teaching as Scholarly Work.- The Book’s Audience.- The Book’s Knowledge Base.- Structure of the Book.- I: Effective Teaching And Learning.- 1: What Makes Good Teaching.- 2: Why Teach Well?.- 3: Teacher Thinking, Beliefs, and Approaches to Teaching.- 4: Students’ Learning and Their Teaching Preferences.- II: Teaching Methods And Styles.- 5: Lecturing and Explaining.- 6: Active Learning During Lectures.- 7: Teaching Methods for Active Learning.- III: A Model Of Dimensions And Strategies For Effective Teaching.- Making the Lesson organized.- 8: Course and Lesson Organization.- 9: Clarity in Teaching—Importance and Components.- 10: Simplifying the Material Presented.- 11: Avoiding “Noise” in Teaching.- 12: Adapting Teaching to Students 195.- 13: Clarifying After Completing Instruction.- Making the Lesson Interesting and Engaging.- 14: Promoting Student Motivation.- 15: Promoting Student Attention 239.- Creating a Positive Classroom Environment.- 16: Promoting a Pleasant Classroom Climate.- 17: Using Humor in Teaching.- IV: Additonal Teaching Functions.- 18: Planning the Course and the Lesson.- 19: Assessing Student Learning.- V: Promoting Good Teaching.- 20: Improving Teaching for Effective Learning.- References.- Name Index.