Patrick Allitt

I'm the Teacher, You're the Student (eBook, ePUB)

A Semester in the University Classroom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What is it really like to be a college professor in an American classroom today? An award-winning teacher with over twenty years of experience answers this question by offering an enlightening and entertaining behind-the-scenes view of a typical semester in his American history course. The unique result-part diary, part sustained reflection-recreates both the unstudied realities and intensely satisfying challenges that teachers encounter in university lecture halls. From the initial selection of reading materials through the assignment of final grades to each student, Patrick Allitt reports with keen insight and humor on the rewards and frustrations of teaching students who often are unable to draw a distinction between the words "novel" and "book." Readers get to know members of the class, many of whom thrive while others struggle with assignments, plead for better grades, and weep over failures. Although Allitt finds much to admire in today's students, he laments their frequent lack of preparedness-students who arrive in his classroom without basic writing skills, unpracticed with reading assignments. With sharp wit, a critical eye, and steady sympathy for both educators and students, I'm the Teacher, You're the Student examines issues both large and small, from the ethics of student-teacher relationships to how best to evaluate class participation and grade writing assignments. It offers invaluable guidance to those concerned with the state of higher education today, to young faculty facing the classroom for the first time, and to parents whose children are heading off to college.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780812200409
• Artikelnr.: 50028405

Autorenporträt

Patrick Allitt is Professor of U.S. History at Emory University, where he holds the Arthur Blank Chair for Teaching Excellence. He supervises workshops for Emory faculty interested in improving effective teaching skills. His previous books include Religion in America Since 1945: A History and Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1. The Introductory Course
Chapter 2. Getting Ready
Chapter 3. Early Class Meetings
Chapter 4. The Discussion and Lecture Routine
Chapter 5. Educators' Excursions
Chapter 6. Technology and Technique
Chapter 7. Papers and Plagiarism
Chapter 8. Treats and Tribulations
Chapter 9. Radicals and Patriots
Chapter 10. The Conscious Professor
Chapter 11. Long Dry Spouts and Levels Unheard Of
Chapter 12. Mid-Term Misconceptions
Chapter 13. A Dry Pleasure
Chapter 14. Vietnam as Ancient History
Chapter 15. First Drafts, Draft Dodgers, and Deadlines
Chapter 16. From the Hitler-Stalin Pack to the Peace Treat
Chapter 17. Inflated Grades and Sentiments
Chapter 18. Finals and Farewells
Handouts and Exam Answers