Extraordinary Teachers The Essence of Excellent Teaching

Name: Extraordinary Teachers The Essence of Excellent Teaching
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ISBN: 9780740718601

ISBN-10: 0740718606

ISBN-13: 9780740718601

Edition: 2001

Authors: Fred Stephenson, Fred Stephenson Jr

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Dr. Fred J. Stephenson recognized the growing dissatisfaction with America's schools and decided he had a remedy. So he asked master teachers-all of whom had won the University of Georgia's Josiah Meigs Award for Excellence in Teaching-to share their thoughts on the profession of education. The result is Extraordinary Teachers.Within these pages, exceptional teachers write about everything from helping students find joy in learning to using humor in the classroom. Anyone with an interest in education will find this book an inspiring, must-read look at excellence in teaching.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date: 9/26/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Crucial Lessons I Have Learned from My Least and My Most Inspiring Instructors


Helping Students Find Joy in Learning During Thirty-Five Years of Teaching


Teachers: From a Parent's Viewpoint


Fostering Critical Thinking: Making Learning Fun


Why I Teach


Elements of Effective Teaching


Life's Meaning


Responsibilities of a College Teacher


Creating an Environment for Teaching and Learning


Teaching as a Vocation


Teachers Who Meant the Most to Me as a Student


Tough Love in the Classroom


The Joys of Teaching English


The Psychology of Teaching


Thoughts on College Teaching


Teaching Tricks


"Laughter Holding Both His Sides": Humor as a Welcome Guest in the Classroom


Teacher Burnout


Inspiring Students to Excel


What I Think About When Designing a New Course


What My Mentors Taught Me About Teaching


Teaching "Outside the Box"


Teachers as Role Models


Great Myths of Successful Teaching


Free Speech in the Classroom


Understanding Our Role as Teachers: One Professor's Journey


Statement on Teaching


On Becoming a Constructivist Mathematics Teacher


What I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Advice to New Teachers


Reflections on a Life in Music


Coming Full Circle: Teaching for Beyond the Classroom


My Best Course


In Praise of Holistic Teaching


Personal Teaching and Storytelling in the Large Class


My Career


My Teaching Philosophy and the Teachers Who Shaped It


Endnotes


Appendix


Author Index