In this Book
- Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers: Successful Strategies from Award-Winning Teachers
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
Non-tenure-track lecturers and adjunct instructors face particular challenges at US colleges, including heavy teaching loads, lack of office space, little control over the selection of course topics or textbooks, and long commutes between jobs at two or more schools. Quick Hits for Adjunct Faculty and Lecturers contains short, practice-oriented articles by experienced instructors that offer valuable teaching and career tips for balancing competing demands, addressing student issues, managing classrooms, and enhancing professional development.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xiii-xv
- 1 Balancing Competing Demands
- Secret Agent
- p. 13
- 2 Addressing Student Issues
- Making Course Content More Engaging!
- pp. 21-22
- Quick Tips for Time Management
- pp. 26-27
- Student Affairs 101
- pp. 28-29
- Student Writing Challenges
- pp. 30-31
- 3 Adopting Best Practices
- pp. 33-35
- 4 Managing the Classroom
- Keep It Central
- pp. 69-70
- Flipping the Classroom
- pp. 70-71
- 5 Enhancing Professional Development
- Getting Real about Mentorship
- pp. 92-93
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253018403
Related ISBN(s)
9780253018342
MARC Record
OCLC
922966553
Pages
130
Launched on MUSE
2015-10-16
Language
English
Open Access
No