| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 392 pages) |
| Contents |
Who cares for teaching in community colleges: the rationale and methodology of our inquiry -- Instructors' approaches to pedagogy and the multiple conceptions of "good teaching" -- Modal classroom: the varieties of lecture/discussion -- Lecture/workshop and "hands-on" learning: the complexities of occupational instruction / W. Norton Grubb and Barbara Byrd -- Remedial/developmental education / W. Norton Grubb and Helena Worthen -- Standards and content: the special dilemmas of community colleges / W. Norton Grubb and Helena Worthen -- Innovative practices: the pedagogical and institutional challenges -- Institutional influences on teaching: the potential power of "teaching colleges" / W. Norton Grubb and Elnora Webb -- Funding and policy: the neglect of teaching -- Alternative futures: creating the "teaching college." |
| Summary |
Based on the most extensive research on community college teaching to date, this book examines the nature of teaching and the institutional forces that shape it in a variety of course settings |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-382) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Community college teaching -- United States
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Community colleges -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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Community college teaching
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Community colleges
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585451893 |
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9780585451893 |
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0203900855 |
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9780203900857 |
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0415921643 |
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9780415921640 |
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0415921651 |
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9780415921657 |
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9786610517718 |
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6610517711 |
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1135962383 |
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9781135962388 |
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1280517719 |
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9781280517716 |
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