Teaching in America : a guide for international faculty /

Advice is given to new international faculty and teaching fellows on how they can encourage their students to participate actively in their classes. The advice is taken from veteran international faculty and teaching fellows who also discuss how they prepare for classes and what they find surprising...

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Corporate Author: Harvard University. Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
Other Authors: Simon, Jamil, Sarkisian, Ellen
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, [1993?]
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Summary:Advice is given to new international faculty and teaching fellows on how they can encourage their students to participate actively in their classes. The advice is taken from veteran international faculty and teaching fellows who also discuss how they prepare for classes and what they find surprising about American students. Other topics include : Breaking down barriers, being accessible to students, and the language problem.
Item Description:Accompanying book: Teaching American students : a guide for international faculty and teaching assistants in colleges and universities / Ellen Sarkisian. Revised edition Cambridge, Mass. : Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 1997.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (38 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 book (109 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.)
Format:VHS.
Audience:International faculty and teaching fellows.
Production Credits:Writers, Jamil Simon, Daniel Barnett, James Wilkinson ; editor, Daniel Barnett.