Honored but Invisible

An Inside Look at Teaching in Community Colleges
Herausgeber: Grubb, W. Norton

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings, ranging from innovative approaches to complex subjects to conventional didactic instruction. Drawing on observations of and interviews with over 300 instructors and administrators, this book documents the idiosyncratic instructional practices of teachers who learn to teach primarily by trial and error. It argues that in order to realize their enormous potential, community colleges must take greater advantage of the many institutional influences on the quality of teaching--such as personnel policies, instructor training, and the culture established by administrators--only then will they be able to successfully carry out their many roles in both mainstream education and in workforce development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 586g
• ISBN-13: 9780415921657
• ISBN-10: 0415921651
• Artikelnr.: 21752060

Autorenporträt

Berkeley. He is author of Working in the Middle:Strengthening Education and Training for the Mid-SkilledLabor Force (1996) and Learning to Work: The Case forRe-integrating Job Training and Education (1996).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:Who Cares for Teaching in Community Colleges? The Rationale
and Method of Our Inquiry Chapter 1: Instructors' Approaches to Pedagogy
and the Multiple Conceptions of Good Teaching Chapter 2: The Modal
Classroom The Varieties of Lecture/Discussion Chapter 3: W. Norton Grubb
and Barbara Byrd--Lecture/Workshop and Hands-On Learning The Complexities
of Occupational Instruction Chapter 4: W. Norton Grubb and Helena
Worthen--Literacy Practices in the Classroom The Foundation of Schooling
Chapter 5: W. Norton Grubb and Helena Worthen--Remedial/Developmental
Education The Best and the Worst Chapter 6: W. Norton Grubb and Helena
Worthen--Standards and Content The Special Dilemmas of Community Colleges
Chapter 7: Innovative Practices The Pedagogical and Institutional
Challenges Chapter 8. W. Norton Grubb and Elnora Webb--The Institutional
Effects on Teaching The Potential Power of Teaching Colleges Chapter 9:
Funding and Policy The Neglect of Teaching Chapter 10: Alternative Futures
Creating the Teaching College References Appendix Colleges and Courses
Observed Index