Teaching college geography : a practical guide for graduate students and early career faculty / editors, Michael Solem, Kenneth Foote.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 124 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780136054474 (paperback)
0136054471 (paperback)

Subject(s):

Geography -- Study and teaching (Higher)

DDC classification:

372.891 TEA 23 010952

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Table of contents

Contents:

Sect. I. Getting Started / Teresa Dawson, Kenneth Foote and Michael Solem Ch. 1. Beginnings / Teresa Dawson Ch. 2. Rolling Up Your Sleeves / Teresa Dawson Ch. 3. Into the Lion's Den / Teresa Dawson Ch. 4. Help with Grading / Teresa Dawson Ch. 5. Constructing a Feedback Questionnaire / Teresa Dawson Ch. 6. Responding to Student Feedback / Teresa Dawson Ch. 7. Access for All: Issues of Classroom Equity / Teresa Dawson Ch. 8. At Home in the Classroom: Developing Your Own Teaching Philosophy and Portfolio / Teresa Dawson Sect. II. Promoting a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Geography / Michael Solem, Kenneth Foote and Cary Komoto Ch. 9. GIS and Mapping Technologies: Applications for Reasoning and Critical Thinking / Diana Stuart Sinton and Richard B. Schultz Ch. 10. Looking Beyond the Lecture: Promoting Significant Learning in Large Classes / Douglas W. Gamble Ch. 11. Teaching in the Field / Jennifer Speights-Binet and Douglas W. Gamble. Ch. 12. Geography and Global Learning / Michael Solem.

Summary: "Whether you are a graduate teaching assistant or the full instructor of a course, Teaching College Geography provides a starting point for becoming an effective geography teacher from the very first day of class." "Divided in two parts, the first set of chapters in Teaching College Geography address "nuts-and-bolts" issues of teaching in the context of new technologies, student demographics, and institutional expectations that are the hallmarks of higher education in the twenty-first century. In the second part, chapters explore other important issues: effective teaching in the field; supporting critical thinking with GIS and mapping technologies; engaging learners in large geography classes; and promoting awareness of international perspectives and geographic issues." "Teaching College Geography is based on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), a broad-based, international movement to create more effective linkages between teaching and research in all disciplines. SoTL encourages all academics to become critically reflective teachers who constantly consider the effectiveness of their practices, keep abreast of research on teaching and learning, and contribute to the process of educational improvement by sharing innovations with peers and students." "The book's chapters include activities that can be completed in workshops, seminars, and informal gatherings of graduate students and faculty. Visitors to the book's companion website can find additional activities, participate in discussion forums, and share their own resources and tips with others."--Jacket.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. I. Getting Started / Teresa Dawson, Kenneth Foote and Michael Solem
Ch. 1. Beginnings / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 2. Rolling Up Your Sleeves / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 3. Into the Lion's Den / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 4. Help with Grading / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 5. Constructing a Feedback Questionnaire / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 6. Responding to Student Feedback / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 7. Access for All: Issues of Classroom Equity / Teresa Dawson
Ch. 8. At Home in the Classroom: Developing Your Own Teaching Philosophy and Portfolio / Teresa Dawson
Sect. II. Promoting a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Geography / Michael Solem, Kenneth Foote and Cary Komoto
Ch. 9. GIS and Mapping Technologies: Applications for Reasoning and Critical Thinking / Diana Stuart Sinton and Richard B. Schultz
Ch. 10. Looking Beyond the Lecture: Promoting Significant Learning in Large Classes / Douglas W. Gamble
Ch. 11. Teaching in the Field / Jennifer Speights-Binet and Douglas W. Gamble.
Ch. 12. Geography and Global Learning / Michael Solem.

"Whether you are a graduate teaching assistant or the full instructor of a course, Teaching College Geography provides a starting point for becoming an effective geography teacher from the very first day of class." "Divided in two parts, the first set of chapters in Teaching College Geography address "nuts-and-bolts" issues of teaching in the context of new technologies, student demographics, and institutional expectations that are the hallmarks of higher education in the twenty-first century. In the second part, chapters explore other important issues: effective teaching in the field; supporting critical thinking with GIS and mapping technologies; engaging learners in large geography classes; and promoting awareness of international perspectives and geographic issues." "Teaching College Geography is based on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), a broad-based, international movement to create more effective linkages between teaching and research in all disciplines. SoTL encourages all academics to become critically reflective teachers who constantly consider the effectiveness of their practices, keep abreast of research on teaching and learning, and contribute to the process of educational improvement by sharing innovations with peers and students." "The book's chapters include activities that can be completed in workshops, seminars, and informal gatherings of graduate students and faculty. Visitors to the book's companion website can find additional activities, participate in discussion forums, and share their own resources and tips with others."--Jacket.

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