TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bain,Ken
TI  - What the best college teachers do
SN  - 9780674013254
AV  - LB2331.B162.W438 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, Massachusetts
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - College teaching
KW  - United States
KW  - Effective teaching
N1  - Introduction: Defining the best --; What do they know about how we learn? --; How do they prepare to teach? --; What do they expect of their students? --; How do they conduct class? --; How do they treat their students? --; How do they evaluate their students and themselves?; 2
N2  - What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out--but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses. Most of all, they believe in two things: that teaching matters, and that students can learn. Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential. This book is a source of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators.--From publisher's description
ER  -