Teaching Nonmajors: Advice for Liberal Arts Professors

TEACHING NONMAJORS......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
DO WHAT YOU NATURALLY DO BEST—PASSION WINS......Page 16
DO THE UNEXPECTED......Page 17
KNOW YOUR STUFF......Page 19
CARE FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER......Page 20
AVOID LECTURE TRAPS......Page 22
EXPLOIT ANALOGIES AND DIAGRAMS......Page 24
GIVE STUDENTS THE NOTES......Page 25
THE CHALLENGE OF POWERPOINT......Page 27
BRIEFLY DEBRIEF YOURSELF......Page 30
USE RELEVANT CLASS DISCUSSION......Page 32
PROPS......Page 33
SONGS......Page 35
IN-CLASS READING AND WRITING......Page 36
VISUAL ARTWORK......Page 37
FILMS (NOT MOVIES!)......Page 38
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE......Page 39
COMFORT BREAKS......Page 41
ARRANGING A DISCUSSION......Page 44
DISCUSSION GOALS......Page 46
DISCUSSION STRUCTURES......Page 50
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS......Page 54
ASSIGN READINGS SMARTLY......Page 60
GET STUDENTS TO READ......Page 61
EXAMS......Page 62
PAPERS......Page 67
GRADING......Page 72
DISTINCTION AND CONTINUITY IN ASSIGNMENTS......Page 74
THINK DEEPLY ABOUT A GOOD SYLLABUS......Page 76
ATTENDANCE AND LATENESS......Page 78
COMMUNICATION......Page 80
PLAGIARISM......Page 84
TEACHING DISINTERESTED STUDENTS......Page 88
THE AGGRESSIVE PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE STUDENT......Page 90
THE INTERRUPTER......Page 91
THE HIJACKER......Page 93
THE PAINFULLY SHY STUDENT......Page 95
SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS ARE NOT PROBLEM STUDENTS......Page 97
7. Understand and Improve Student Ratings......Page 100
READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FORM......Page 101
EACH STUDENT IS A VOTER......Page 102
INTERACT WITH STUDENT RATINGS CRITERIA IN MIND......Page 103
ADMINISTER STUDENT RATINGS APPROPRIATELY......Page 104
USE A SECONDARY FORM......Page 106
EGO FLUCTUATION, KNOWING THE STANDARD,AND ONLINE RATINGS......Page 108
8. Conclusion......Page 110
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W......Page 113