Posts Tagged ‘Adult’
Planning and Assessment in Higher Education: Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)
Planning and Assessment in Higher Education: Demonstrating Institutional Effectiveness (The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)Planning and Assessment in Higher Education provides guidance for assessing and promoting institutional effectiveness. The book contains a wide range of issues, from measures of effectiveness to communicating with the public. Written by an expert in the field, with titles such as the Assistant VP for Institutional Research and... More
New Beginnings: A Guide for Adult Learners (2nd Edition)
New Beginnings: A Guide for Adult Learners (2nd Edition)For first-year/entry-level Learning Skills, Learning Strategies, and Study Skills courses. Specifically addressing adults by relating to and drawing upon their life experiences, this friendly, accessible, and supportive guide to achieving college success helps users assess their own strengths as a learner, better manage their time, hone... More
Teaching First-Year College Students (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)
Teaching First-Year College Students (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)Teaching First-Year College Students is a thoroughly expanded and updated edition of Teaching College Freshmen, which has become a classic in the field since it was published in 1991. The book offers concrete suggestions about specific strategies and approaches for faculty who teach first-year courses. The new edition is based on the most current research... More
Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)
Teaching on Solid Ground: Using Scholarship to Improve Practice (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)An excellent book for faculty who regard teaching as more than a set of techniques. Menges and Weimer focus on connecting teaching with student learning, and they help faculty develop a systematic inquiry into teaching strategies, as well as showing them how to better utilize students assessment in the... More
Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education)A practical nuts and bolts guide for teachers from any discipline who want to design interest-provoking writing and critical thinking activities. Engaging Ideas:Shows how teachers can encourage inquiry, exploration, discussion, and debate in their courses.Presents a wide variety of strategies for stimulating active learning and for coaching writing and critical thinking.Offers teachers... More