Description
Becoming a New Instructor guides new instructors through the planning, preparation, and execution of their first class, whether it is in person or online. Like any good mentor, this book provides clear, simple instructions and makes best-practice recommendations. Becoming a New Instructor provides a step-by-step guide to writing a syllabus, a simple explanation for how to calculate grades, and many additional suggestions from an experienced teacher about how to run a class. Chronologically arranged from conceptualizing the class through putting together the syllabus, planning in-class time, running the class, and assigning grades, this book will answer any new instructors' questions. Adjuncts and graduate students charged with teaching a college course will find this succinct guide invaluable.
Special Features Include:
- An entire chapter on teaching online, plus "Concerns Specific to Online Instructors" throughout that connect chapter content to online teaching and CMS platforms
- Examples of best practice, checklists, sample assignments, syllabi, and rubrics that guide readers in creating materials for their own courses
- Guidance specific to the needs of adjuncts and graduate students teaching a course for the first time.
Author: Erika Falk
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12/13/2011
Pages: 156
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780415807463
ISBN10: 0415807468
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching | General
- Education | Schools | Levels | Higher
- Education | Professional Development
About the Author
Erika Falk is the Program Director of the Master of Arts Degree in Communication at Johns Hopkins University
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