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.
  
• What’s 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.