The happy professor : how to teach undergraduates and feel good about it /: how to teach undergraduates and feel good about it. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bill Coplin.
• Authors: Coplin, William D
• Contents: Foreword / Chancellor Kent Syverud, Syracuse University -- You -- Artist -- Skills coach -- Advisor -- Boss -- Andragogy, not pedagogy -- The five laws of the minimalist -- Everything is experiential -- Evaluate yourself -- Use undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) -- Use Dale Carnegie speeches -- Create groups for small in-class assignments -- Set the stage in the first class -- Use simulations and role plays -- Lie to the class -- Keep your mouth shut -- Make laptops and cell phones helpful -- Start with the concrete and familiar -- Use modules -- Use class time for coaching -- Debriefing competitions -- Create lateness and absence policies -- Differentiate between points earned and points lost -- Use extra credit points to stimulate extra practice -- Use group presentations as teamwork practice -- Writing to communicate -- Improve typing -- Simple computer applications -- Excel is life -- Information searching basics -- Survey basics required -- Quantitative tools are not about mathematics -- The easy way to community engagement -- Use continuums to avoid the role of propagandist -- Use problem solving exercises -- The order, freedom, equality triangle -- The grading exercise -- The Prince system -- Conclusion: Where do you go from here?
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (152 pages), (3 illustrations)
• Subjects: 378.1/25; College teaching -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; College teachers -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Teacher-student relationships -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475849073; 1475849079
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.