The Craft of Teaching: A Guide to Mastering the Professor's Art

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Wiley, 1988 - Education - 247 pages
"This edition of Kenneth E. Eble's 1976 classic on college teaching has been hailed as one of the best books every published on this topic. It offers fresh insights on issues of enduring importance, from how students learn & how to make the best use of the classroom to the nuts & bolts of assignments, tests, grades & textbooks. Eble includes entirely new chapters on developing critical thinking & on how to motivate both students & faculty. He provides new material on the impact of computer-aided instruction & on mentoring, as well as on the 'myths' of teaching & many other topics originally covered in the 1st ed."--CTE.

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Contents

The Authors Stance
3
The Mythology of Teaching
11
Getting Students to Think
28
Copyright

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KENNETH E. EBLE was professor of English and University professor at the University of Utah until his death in 1988. He was the author of numerous other books, including The Art of Administration (1978) and The Aims of College Teaching (1983).

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