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Essential Reading for College Faculty—Books

(Ask about discounts if you order multiple copies.)

For Members of Professional Development Committees
and Other Faculty Developers

Brinko, Kathleen T., and Robert J. Menges. Practically Speaking: A Sourcebook for Instructional Consultants in Higher Education. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press, 1997. ISBN: 0-913507-87-3. Price in 2008= $39.95

For Any College Faculty

Brookfield, Stephen. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1995. ISBN: 0-787-90131-8  $33 at Amazon or the publisher in 2001 (Contact publisher about quantity discounts.)

Eyler, Janet, and Dwight E. Giles, Jr. Where’s the Learning in Service Learning? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1999. ISBN: 0-787-94483-1  ($38 in 2008)

Johnson, David; Roger Johnson, and Karl Smith. Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom. Edina, MN: Interaction Book Company, 1998. ISBN 0-939603-14-4 $26.00

MacLean, Marion S., and Marian M. Mohr. Teacher Researchers at Work. The National Writing Project, 1999. $15

Silberman, Mel. Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1996. ISBN: 0-205-17866-9 $32

Essential Reading for College Teaching— Periodicals

College Teaching is a quarterly journal from Heldref Publications, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. ($58/year for individuals for print and online subscriptions as of 2008).

Innovation Abstracts (100 copies for $800 institutional membership) from NISOD (the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development).

 

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