Product Description

This book draws extensively on research literatures to give detailed advice about the core business of teaching: instruction, learning activities, assessment, planning and getting good evaluations. As well as offering hundreds of practical suggestions, the author insists that teaching well (and enjoying it) is as much about how teachers feel about themselves as it is about how many slick teaching techniques they can string together. It is a book about doing teaching and being a teacher: about reducing the likelihood of burn-out and improving the chances of getting the psychic rewards that make teaching fulfilling.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #628541 in Books
• Published on: 2002-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
"Wether you are new to teaching or an old hand, here is a book that may comfort or discomfort you. Peter Wright, a prolific writer on matters educational, has drawn together much of the recent research on being a teacher in higher education. His empathy with teachers and his practical advise may comfort you. His global grasp of problems in teaching and his numerous lists, boxes and tables may discomfort you. You will recognize and probably agree with what Knight guardedly says about using IT, assessment techniques and many other 'methods'. You will find it hard to disagree with his summaries of other people research, but you may be irritated by his personal slant or his superficial treatment of a particular topic. Here is a recipe book written with feeling. Shall I recommend it to my marine scientist daughter who may move from research into teaching? Hmm...perhaps." - David Hawkridge (Brit Jnl of Educational Technology )

About the Author
Peter Knight works in the Centre for Outcomes-based Education at the Open University, UK.