ED368307 HE027332
Title: Changing College Classrooms: New Teaching and Learning Strategies
for an Increasingly Complex World. Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education
Series.
Author(s): Halpern, Diane F., Ed.; And Others
Pages: 367
Publication Date: 1994
Notes: Foreword by Lee R. Kerschner and Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley.
ISBN: 1-55542-643-3
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Jossey-Bass Inc., 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco,
CA 94104 ($38.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; California
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1994
Target Audience: Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
This volume
offers 19 papers by college faculty on concrete information and
suggestions for the improvement of college teaching, student learning,
and the whole education process. The titles and authors are: (1)
"Rethinking College Instruction for a Changing World"
(Diane F. Halpern); (2) "Inquiry as a Tool in Critical Thinking"
(Alison King); (3) "Using Examples to Teach Concepts"
(Betsy N. Decyk); (4) "Fostering Creativity Through Problem
Solving" (Cris E. Guenter); (5) "Cooperative Learning
in the Classroom" (James L. Cooper et al.); (6) "Questioning
Techniques for the Active Classroom" (C. Bobbi Hansen); (7)
"Cultural Diversity and Curricular Coherence" (Bernard
Goldstein); (8) "Experiential Approaches to Enhancing Cultural
Awareness" (Ellen N. Junn); (9) "Unmasking the Myths of
Racism" (Gale S. Auletta, Terry Jones); (10) "Strategies
for Teaching in a Multicultural Environment" (Elliott Robert
Barkan); (11) "Using the Internet for Teaching, Learning, and
Research" (Craig Blurton); (12) "Enhancing Learning with
Interactive Video" (Penelope Semrau, Barbara A. Boyer); (13)
"Hypermedia as an Instructional Resource" (Patricia A.
Backer, Joseph K. Yabu); (14) "Software Ethics: Teaching by
Example" (Ralph H. Miller et al.); (15) "Using Assessment
to Develop a Culture of Evidence" (Ralph A. Wolff, Olita D.
Harris); (16) "How Classroom Assessment Can Improve Teaching
and Learning" (Susan G. Nummedal); (17) "Student Portfolios
as an Assessment Tool" (Mary Kay Crouch, Sheryl I. Fontaine);
(18) "Assessment's Role in Strengthening the Core Curriculum"
(James L. Ratcliff); and (19) "Closing Thoughts: Creating a
New Scholarship of College Teaching" (Diane F. Halpern). Many
papers contain extensive references. (JB)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment; *Classroom Techniques; *College
Instruction; Cooperative Learning; Creativity; Critical Thinking;
Educational Assessment; Educational Change; Educational Technology;
Experiential Learning; Higher Education; Hypermedia; *Instructional
Improvement; Instructional Innovation; Interactive Video; *Multicultural
Education; Problem Solving; Questioning Techniques; Racial Bias;
Student Evaluation; *Teaching Methods; Telecommunications
Identifiers: *Diversity (Student)
