Science Teaching Essentials: Short Guides to Good Practice

Author: Brame, Cynthia J.

Brand: Academic Press

Edition: 1

ISBN: 9780128147023

Release Date: 25-02-2019

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 212

Details: Science Teaching Essentials: Short Guides to Good Practice serves as a reference manual for science faculty as they set up a new course, consider how to teach the course, figure out how to assess their students fairly and efficiently, and review and revise course materials. This book consists of a series of short chapters that instructors can use as resources to address common teaching problems and adopt evidence-based pedagogies. By providing individual chapters that can be used independently as needed, this book provides faculty with a just-in-time teaching resource they can use to draft a new syllabus.
This is a must-have resource for science, health science and engineering faculty, as well as graduate students and post-docs preparing for future faculty careers. Provides easily digested, practical, research-based information on how to teach Allows faculty to efficiently get up-to-speed on a given pedagogy or assessment method Addresses the full range of faculty experiences as they being to teach for the first time or want to reinvent how they teach