Teaching Inclusively in Higher Education (PB)

200 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This book is designed for higher education instructors. The focus of thebook is to assist all faculty instructors in higher education to better meet the needsof their student populations. It addresses the major issue of higher educationteaching today: the need to reach all higher education students using activelearning strategies. Higher education today is rapidly changing and facultymembers are being presented with new types of students; ones who often haveclear goals for bettering themselves, but at the same time lack what might havebeen considered to be basic skills necessary for success in a college or universitysetting. Instructors today must reach and bring all students into the college oruniversity setting in an inclusive manner. The emphasis of this book is on student-focused strategies for teachinginclusively. This book will provide valuable strategies and practical techniques for instructors to developinclusive college classrooms that promote the learning of all students.The audience targeted will be all instructors who work with higher education students, including studentsin community colleges and vocational institutions. The book is designed to be mainly practical instructionalstrategies with limited theoretical text and references. At the same time, major theories will be included todemonstrate why specific approaches are recommended. Although the authors and editors are from the field ofeducation, the book is particularly valuable for all college instructors withouta background in the discipline of education.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften Hochschulbildung, Fort- und Weiterbildung
• ISBN: 9781607524458
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2010
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Information Age Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Susan C. Brown, Moira A. Fallon