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Improving Teaching in Medical Schools: A Practical Handbook.
Holcomb, J. David; Garner, Arthur E. – 1973
To help teachers in medical education improve their teaching skills, the book offers practical assistance and methods of improving the teaching-learning process. The first chapter, Behavioral Objectives and Improving Teaching, is devoted to the development and utilization of educational objectives and constitutes the first part of the book. Part 2…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
Mastery Teaching.
Hunter, Madeline – 1994
This book presents 16 teaching techniques organized in lessons to be used by teachers who work with adolescents or young adults. The lessons may be used by individuals or in groups to improve instructional skills. A study guide or meeting plan precedes each chapter and suggests objectives, anticipatory set, input and modeling, means to check…
Descriptors: Chalkboards, Classroom Techniques, Drills (Practice), Error Correction
Why Many College Teachers Cannot Lecture: How to Avoid Communication Breakdown in the Classroom.
Penner, Jon G. – 1984
Ways to prepare and present lectures that hold college students' attention and involve them in the teaching-learning process are discussed. Attention is focused on linguistic, rhetorical, and psychological aspects of classroom communication; common communication problems in the classroom; and how to overcome and avoid communication problems.…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Faculty, College Instruction, Communication Problems
The Craft of Teaching. A Guide to Mastering the Professor's Art.
Eble, Kenneth E. – 1976
College teaching, teaching skills, and practical problems are considered. The emphasis on subject matter specialization in graduate school and effects on the preparation of college teachers are considered, along with suggestions about what beginning college teachers need to know beyond subject matter training. After briefly considering assumptions…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Assignments, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques
Effective Teaching in Adult and Higher Education.
Westmeyer, Paul – 1988
An overview of the field of adult education is presented, and the nature of adult learners and eight basic instructional modes are discussed. The focus is skills that make people better teachers and the intended audience is college professors, continuing education instructors outside the formal education setting, and students of higher education.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, College Instruction
Teaching Management: A Field Guide for Professors, Consultants, and Corporate Trainers
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Clawson, James G. S.; Haskins, Mark E. – Cambridge University Press, 2006
How can every management class be a dynamic, unforgettable experience? This much-needed book distills over half a century of the authors' combined experience as university professors, consultants, and advisors to corporate training departments. In a lively, hands-on fashion, it describes the fundamental elements in every learning situation,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Learning Theories, Consultants, Training