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Book
and Video Reviews
TRC staff periodically
review books and video in our library. Those published in our newsletter,
Teaching Concerns, are list below
alphabetically by title.
- The
1995 "Teachies": Best of TRC Videos, Part 1. Reviewed
by Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant, TRC and Department of History.
April 1995. Video review.
- The
1995 "Teachies": Best of TRC Videos, Part 2. Reviewed
by Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant, TRC (History). April 1995. Video
review.
- The
Academic's Handbook. Reviewed by Jennifer Secki, Graduate Student
Associate, TRC and Department of Biology. Spring 1997.
- The
Art of Discussion Leading: A Class with Chris Christensen.
30 minutes. Harvard University: Derek Bok Center for Teaching &
Learning, 1992. Reviewed by Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant, TRC
and Department of History. Fall 1997. Video review.
- Becoming
a Critically Reflective Teacher,
by Stephen D. Brookfield. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. Reviewed
by Jill Lasser, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures. Fall 1997.
- The
Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life,
by Parker Palmer. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998. Reviewed by Jacqueline
A. Bussie, former Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of
Religious Studies. Fall 2003.
- Creating
Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing
College Courses, by L. Dee Fink. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
2003.
Reviewed by Alena Nye-Knutson, Former TRC Graduate Student Associate,
Department of Religious Studies.
- The Digital Teaching Portfolio Handbook: A How-To Guide for Educators, by Clare R. Kilbane and Natalie B. Milman. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2003. Reviewed by Mandy Hege, TRC Graduate Student Associate, Psychology.
- Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms, by Steven D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill. Reviewed by Brantley Craig, Former TRC Graduate Student Associate, Religious Studies.
- Diversity
& Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching, by Raymond J.
Wlodkowski and Margery B. Ginsberg. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995.
Reviewed by Bill Murad, Teaching + Technology Support Partner, TRC and
Department of Classics. Spring 2004.
- Effective
Teaching in Higher Education
by George Brown and Madeleine Atkins. Reviewed by Mark Salata, Graduate
Student Associate, TRC and Departments of Biology and Education. Spring
1999.
- First-Order
Principles for College Teachers: Ten Basic Ways to Improve the Teaching
Process by Robert Boice. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 1996. Reviewed
by Jennifer Chylack, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department
of English. Spring 1998.
- Five
Days to an Organized Life by Lucy H. Hedrick. Reviewed by Candace
Cone, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of French. Spring
1996.
- Good
Start: A Guidebook for New Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges by Gerald
Gibson. Reviewed by Victoria Voytko, Graduate Student Associate, TRC
and Department of Philosophy. November 1992.
- How
to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by G. Polya. Reviewed
by Jennifer Norton, Graduate Student Associate, TRC. April 1993.
- Interdisciplinary
Courses and Team Teaching: New Arrangements for Learning by James
R. Davis. Reviewed by Willie Young, former Graduate Student Associate,
TRC and Department of Religious Studies. Fall 2000.
- The
Lecherous Professor: Sexual Harassment on Campus by Billie W. Dzeich
and Linda Weiner. Reviewed by Chris Carlsmith, Graduate Student Associate,
TRC andd Department of History. January 1994.
- Mastering
the Techniques of Teaching, by Joseph Lowman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass,
1995. Reviewed by Jill Lasser, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Fall 1997.
- Morality,
Responsibility, and the University: Studies in Academic Ethics.
Edited by Steven M. Cahn. Reviewed by Sid Brown, Graduate Student Associate,
TRC and Department of Religious Studies. November 1993.
- A
Private Universe. Pyramid Film and Video, 18 minutes. Reviewed by
Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant, TRC and Department of History.
Video review. Spring 1998.
- A
Professor's Duties: Ethical Issues in College Teaching, by Peter
Markie. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 1994. Reviewed by Willie
Young, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of Religious Studies.
Spring 2000.
- Saints
and Scamps: Ethics in Academia by Steven M. Cahn. Reviewed by Catherine
Gardner, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of Philosphy.
November 1995.
- Teachers
as Intellectuals: Toward a Critical Pedagogy of Learning by Henry
A. Giroux. Reviewed by Dustin Kidd, former TRC Graduate Student
Associate,
Department of Sociology.
Fall 2004.
- Teaching
In Laboratories by David Boud, Jeffrey Dunn, and Elizabeth Hegarty-Hazel.
Reviewed by Linda Johnson, former Graduate Student Associate, TRC and
Department of Biology. Fall 2000.
- Teaching
Students to Think Critically: A Guide for Faculty in All Disciplines
by Chet Meyers. Reviewed by Emile Lester, former TRC Graduate Student
Associate and Department of Government and Foreign Affairs. Fall 1999.
- Teaching
Students to Think Critically by Chet Meyers. Reviewed by Victoria
Voytko, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and Department of Philosophy.
January 1993.
- Teaching
Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers
by Wilbert McKeachie, et al. Reviewed by Bill McAllister, Faculty Consultant,
TRC and Department of History. January 1995.
- They're
Not Dumb, They're Different: Stalking the Second Tier by Sheila
Tobias. Reviewed by Stella Deen, Graduate Student Associate, TRC and
Department of English. February 1992.
- Thinking
Together: Collaborative Learning in Science. 18 minutes. Harvard
University: Derek Bok Center for Teaching & Learning, 1992. Reviewed
by Bill McAllister, Faculty
Consultant, TRC and Department of History. Video review. Fall 1997.
- Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking, 3rd ed. by Diane F. Halpern. Reviewed by Ryan Emanuel, Former TRC Graduate Student Associate, Environmental Sciences. Fall 2006.
- Tools
for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis. Reviewed by Sid Brown, Graduate
Student Associate, TRC and Department of Religious Studies. September
1994.
- What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain. Reviewed by Cedar Reiner, Former TRC Graduate Student Associate, Psychology. Spring 2009.
- Whats
the Use of Lectures? by Donald Bligh. Reviewed by Dustin Kidd, TRC
Graduate Student Associate, Department of Sociology. Spring 2002.
- Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about How the Mind Works and What it Means for the Classroom by Daniel T. Willingham. Jossey-Bass: San Franscisco, 2009. Reviewed by Shelli M. Poe, TRC Graduate Student Associate, Department of Religious Studies. 2011.
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