Professional Development Opportunities
Click here to view information about professional development workshops for graduate teaching assistants.
Graduate teaching assistants who have direct teaching responsibilities (in classrooms, labs, or discussion sections) with a minimum 3.5 GPA are eligible to be nominated. Faculty members can submit one nomination each. Full details are included in the nomination form.
Information and nomination form available here.
TEACHING STRATEGIES
Allen, R.R., & Reuter, T. (1990). Teaching assistant strategies: An introduction to college teaching. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.
Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bligh, D. (2000). What’s the use of lectures? San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Brinkley, A., et al. (1999). The Chicago handbook for teachers: A practical guide to the college classroom. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
Chickering, A. & Gamson, Z.F., ed. (1991). Applying the seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Filene, P.G. (2005). The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors.
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Fleming, N.D. (2002). 55 strategies for better teaching. Christchurch, N.Z.: Neil Fleming.
Huber, M.T., & Hutchings, P. (2005). The advancement of learning: Building the teaching commons. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Magnan, R. (1990). 147 practical tips for teaching professors. Madison, WI: Magna Publications.
McKeachie, W.J., Svinicki, M.D., & Hofer, B.K. (2006). McKeachie’s teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers. College teaching series. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Davis, Barbara Gross, Wood, Lynn and Wilson, Robert C. A Berkley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium/
Drummond, Tom. A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in Teaching
http://teaching.uncc.edu/resources/best-practice-articles/course-development/best-practices
Teaching Tips Index from Honolulu Community College. Brief articles on a variety of topics including: preparing for the first day and weeks of class, ways to engage students, setting expectations, principles of learning, organization, and assessment.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
STUDENT INTERACTION
Brookfield, S. (2006). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust, and responsiveness in the classroom. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, S., & Preskill, S. (2005). Discussion as a way of teaching: Tools and techniques for democratic classrooms. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Staley, C.C. (2003). 50 ways to leave your lectern: Active learning strategies to engage first-year students. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Stanley, C.A., & Porter, M.E. (2002). Engaging large classes: Strategies and techniques for college faculty. Bolton, MA: Anker Pub. Co.
Diversity in the Classroom Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Denver
http://ctl.du.edu/index.php/teaching-resources/du-teaching-resources/213-diversity-in-the-classroom
First Class Meetings University of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/onlineres/firstclass_mtgs.htm
Teaching Tips Index from Honolulu Community College. Brief articles on a variety of topics including: preparing for the first day and weeks of class, ways to engage students, setting expectations, principles of learning, organization, and assessment.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
Teaching tips for discussion sections, lab sections, and special issues Includes ideas on effective squestioning, wait-time (amount of time to wait after a question is posed), recommendations for first time TA’s, how to teach problem-solving, TA-ing large classes, encouraging participation in the classroom, what to do when students have not done the reading, acknowledging responses and dignifying errors, and dramatic ideas for the classroom.
http://oic.id.ucsb.edu/ta-teaching-tips-0
LEARNING STYLES
Learning Styles University of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/idres/packagels.html
Felder, R. (1993). Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education. J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Secondtier.html
SCIENCE EDUCATION
Wieman, C. (2007). Why not try: A scientific approach to science education? Change, 39(5), 9-15. Accessible through Cline Library online journal search.
Felder, R. (1993). Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education. J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Secondtier.html
GENERAL RESOURCES
Faculty Development Associates Online Resources An extensive list of links on various subjects from Academic Integrity to Writing Learning Objectives.
http://www.developfaculty.com/online/index.html
Teaching Tools and Resources University of Nebraska – Lincoln
http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/teachingtools/
Publications University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Faculty Excellence
http://cfe.unc.edu/about/publications.html
Topic Specific Resources University of Guelph Teaching Support Services (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
http://www.tss.uoguelph.ca/resources/index.cfm?group=2
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