Teaching College

Your students aren't reading. They aren't engaged in class. Getting them to talk is like pulling teeth. Whatever the situation, your reality is not meeting your expectations. Change is needed. But who's got the time? Or maybe you're just starting out, and you want to get it right the first time. If so, Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students is the blueprint. Find out how to hack the world of higher education instruction and have your course become the standard.

Are you a new teacher preparing to transition from college to the real-world classroom? Let's be real—many of the strategies you learned in school are unrealistic and ineffective in a classroom. In First Class Teaching you'll find relatable stories that will make you feel less alone and equip you with simple and effective strategies that you can implement immediately to make your first few teaching years a whole lot easier.

Offering the most comprehensive single-volume treatment of adult learning available, this landmark book offers a wide-ranging perspective on adult learning, synthesizes the latest thinking and work in the field, includes coverage of the sociocultural perspectives of adult learning, and explores the broader social implications of adult education.

In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator Bell Hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today. In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, Hooks explores the confounding and sometimes controversial topics that teachers and students have urged her to address since the publication of the previous best-selling volumes in her Teaching series, Teaching to Transgress and Teaching Community.

Fed up with students who talk over you and ignore instructions? Drained and worn out by disruption, disobedience, and defiance? Does the thought of facing some groups fill you with utter dread? Drawing on 20+ years experience in special education and mainstream settings, teacher-trainer Rob Plevin explains a proven, step-by-step plan for successfully managing the most challenging individuals and groups in today’s toughest classrooms. Packed with powerful, fast-acting techniques - including a novel routine to get any class quiet in 15 seconds or less.

Revised and updated, Teaching Yoga by yoga expert Mark Stephens is one of the most popular resources for new and experienced teachers, and has been a trusted guide since its publication in 2010. This classic resource covers fundamental topics of yoga history and philosophy, as well as each of the 11 major styles of contemporary yoga. There is also practical advice for every stage of the teaching process, including tools for teaching 108 yoga poses (asanas), breathing techniques (pranayama), and meditation.

In Teaching to Transgress, Bell Hooks - writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual - writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Bell Hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom? Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings. This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the United States and demonstrates how schools can improve the academic achievement and life readiness of economically disadvantaged students.

In this wonderfully practical and deeply inspiring book, Christian college master teacher Quentin Schultze offers 30 short readings that reveal the heart of effective Christian higher education—what he calls "servant teaching" with faith, skill, and virtue. Each chapter provides a key to motivating students to learn with excellence, compassion, and delight. The book also serves as a journal for identifying your own teaching strengths and highlighting effective instructional practices which you can begin immediately.

Ten years ago, Bell Hooks astonished readers/listeners with Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. Now comes Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope - a powerful, visionary work that will enrich our teaching and our lives. Combining critical thinking about education with autobiographical narratives, hooks invites listeners to extend the discourse of race, gender, class and nationality beyond the classroom into everyday situations of learning. Bell Hooks writes candidly about her own experiences.

Complete Spanish Step-by-Step is a top-selling Spanish book on all of Amazon! With more than 1,000 four- and five-star reviews, the reviews speak for themselves. Now, it’s your turn to learn Spanish with us! This audio course is designed to help you learn Spanish as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.

Math has certainly gotten a bad reputation for being a subject that involves endless calculations and problems that will never be used in the real world, especially now that we all walk around with calculators in our pockets! But the fact is that math is required in multiple areas of an adult’s life, from preparing recipes to managing finances, and that’s without a career in STEM.

In Teaching White Supremacy, Donald Yacovone shows us the clear and damning evidence of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots in our nation’s education system in a fascinating, in-depth examination of America’s wide assortment of texts, from primary readers to college textbooks and other higher-ed course materials. Sifting through a wealth of materials, from the colonial era to today, Yacovone reveals the systematic ways in which white supremacist ideology has infiltrated American culture and how it has been at the heart of our collective national identity.

Teach Like a Champion 3.0 is the long-awaited update to Doug Lemov's highly regarded guide to the craft of teaching. This book teaches you how to create a positive and productive classroom that encourages student engagement, trust, respect, accountability, and excellence. In this edition, you'll find new and updated teaching techniques, the latest evidence from cognitive science and culturally responsive teaching practices, and an expanded companion video collection.

It’s the New Normal for academics. Students are different, classes are different, promotion is different, even parking on campus is different. But, you need to be a productive academic in the New Normal, and you need a guidebook on how to do it. Professor Tim Slater knows how, and in this guidebook for New Normal academics, he’ll teach you how. Author of 26 books, more than a hundred peer reviewed journal articles, awardee of nearly $30M in grants, and winner of numerous academic awards, Dr. Slater is an expert in academic time management. In this short guide, he’ll teach you how to ...

You might be beginning your career as an elementary school teacher, and you’re both excited and a little nervous to get up to get started. But this is a big step forward, so you’re secretly a little worried. Or you might be an experienced elementary school teacher. You’re feeling a little overwhelmed, burnt out, and wondering if teaching is still the right vocation for you. The good news is that you’re in the right place. This book will share with you the proven tips and strategies to help you confidently manage your classroom.

50 Things to Know About Teaching at a Community College by author Valerie Jean Kline offers a unique approach to what you should know before you decide to start your career teaching at a community college. Most books on education tell you about the logistical and theoretical aspects of teaching. They focus on the history and groundwork. Believe this. Inspire that. Although there is nothing wrong with that and all teachers should begin with a foundation of belief and passion, Valerie Jean’s take on community college teaching is realistic and straight to the point.