The Joy of Teaching: Effective Strategies for the Classroom

by Harry Hazel

Overview

Over the centuries, multitudes of women and men have gone into teaching as their chosen profession. Most successful instructors find joy in teaching and are glad to share that joy with others. Harry Hazel is one teacher who has found his forty years in the classroom highly satisfying. In this book, he not only includes insights from other Canadian and American teachers he once interviewed, but he primarily reflects on a long and happy career. While the material in this book is slanted toward college teaching, many of the techniques could also be applied to other levels of instruction, such as elementary, secondary, or adult education. Key principles include Motivating yourself Motivating students Polishing your speaking skills Taking the pain out of writing Making the joy last

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498271653
Publisher:	Pickwick Publications
Publication date:	01/01/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	158
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Harry "Bud" Hazel is an emeritus professor at Gonzaga University. He has authored or coauthored four books on communication, including The Power of Persuasion (2nd edition; Resource Publications, 2005). In 2003 he was voted the Teacher of the Year by a faculty panel.
Harry Hazel (1936 - 2010) was Professor of Communication Arts at Gonzaga University. For over thirty-four years, he taught college classes and professional seminars on the subject of persuasion. His articles have appeared in a number of academic journals. Hazel also wrote the book 'The Art of Talking to Yourself and Others', and he co-authored 'Communicating Effectively: Linking Thought and Expression' with John Caputo, Colleen McMahon, and Deanna Dannels.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

1 Why Is Teaching So Rewarding? 1

2 Motivating Yourself to Teach 10

3 Motivating Students 21

4 Tools to Teach: The Lecture, Discussion, Dialectic, Textbook, and Computers 36

5 Polishing Speaking Skills 53

6 How to Take the Pain out of Writing for Teachers and Students 69

7 Organizing, Planning, and Time Management for the Teacher without Much Time 80

8 Finding Joy Outside the Classroom 91

9 Dealing with Problems as Challenges: Discipline, Grading, Plagiarism, and Difficult Colleagues 99

10 Homework and Testing 112

11 Humor and the Enjoyment of Teaching 123

12 Making the Joy Last 132

Bibliography 143

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Filled with memorable quotes and anecdotes, Harry Hazel moves from motivation of teachers and students to humor, and along the way offers much practical advice for teachers on all levels. The book will benefit not only those who are just beginning to teach but also those seasoned veterans who need to be reminded of the many aspects of their careers and of the joy that should carry them through the difficult times."
—Michael L. Cook, SJ
Gonzaga University

"Harry Hazel's labor of love constitutes an inspirational series of accounts about how motivated teachers make a positive difference not only in their student's lives but in their own. Reading this book will likely help new and veteran teachers to cultivate the positive attitudes necessary for inspiring meaningful teaching and deep student learning. In fact, readers could even interpret Hazel's emphasis on teaching through positive thinking as part of a larger argument about how people might approach every aspect of their lives. The Joy of Teaching, in other words, might also be a book about the joy of living."
—John Eliason
Gonzaga University

Editorial Reviews

"Filled with memorable quotes and anecdotes, Harry Hazel moves from motivation of teachers and students to humor, and along the way offers much practical advice for teachers on all levels. The book will benefit not only those who are just beginning to teach but also those seasoned veterans who need to be reminded of the many aspects of their careers and of the joy that should carry them through the difficult times."
—Michael L. Cook, SJ
Gonzaga University

"Harry Hazel's labor of love constitutes an inspirational series of accounts about how motivated teachers make a positive difference not only in their student's lives but in their own. Reading this book will likely help new and veteran teachers to cultivate the positive attitudes necessary for inspiring meaningful teaching and deep student learning. In fact, readers could even interpret Hazel's emphasis on teaching through positive thinking as part of a larger argument about how people might approach every aspect of their lives. The Joy of Teaching, in other words, might also be a book about the joy of living."
—John Eliason
Gonzaga University

From the Publisher