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"The majority of professors have never had a formal course in education, and the most common method for learning how to teach is on-the-job training. This represents a challenge for disciplines with ever more complex subject matter, and a lost opportunity when new active learning approaches to...

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Main Authors: Wankat, Phillip C., 1944- (Author), Oreovicz, Frank S. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2015]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > Science & Technology.
Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher)
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Teaching Engineering
  • 2. Efficiency
  • 3. Designing Your First Class
  • 4. Objectives, Textbooks, and Accreditation
  • 5. Problem Solving and Creativity
  • 6. Lectures
  • 7. Active Learning
  • 8. Teaching with Technology
  • 9. Design and Laboratory
  • 10. One-to-One Teaching and Advising
  • 11. Testing, Homework, and Grading
  • 12. Student Cheating, Discipline, and Ethics
  • 13. Psychological Type and Learning
  • 14. Models of Cognitive Development: Piaget and Perry
  • 15. Learning Theories
  • 16. Evaluation of Teaching
  • 17. Professional Concerns
  • Appendix A. Obtaining an Academic Position
  • Appendix B. Teaching Engineering Course.