CETL Archives
Book Talks Archive - Spring 2001
Discussion as a Way of Teaching
Authors: Stephen D. Brookfield & Stephen Preskill
Date: Wed., February 28, 2001
Facilitators: Jeanne Hites (CIM) and Arthur Mehrhoff
(CMTY)
Description: Brookfield & Preskill offer a variety of practical ideas, tools, and techniques for creating democratic classrooms, including discussions. They also address tensions and possibilities arising from ethnic, cultural, social class, and gender differences. The books authors also review how to balance the voices of students and teachers, while still preserving the moral, the political, and the pedagogic integrity of discussion.
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment
Authors: Barbara Walvoord, Virginia Anderson
Date: Thurs., March 22, 2001
Facilitator: Mary Clifford (CJS)
Description: This book is offered as part of the Book Talk series, brought back by popular demand. The authors, Walvoord and Anderson, address one of the most difficult areas of teaching: grading. Grades matter greatly to students, and how we grade influences what and how they study and how superficially or deeply they learn. Also, grades matter greatly to faculty in two ways: faculty serve as coaches and judges and the faculty are also judged by the grades they give.
Service-Learning in Higher Education
Author: Barbara Jacoby and Associates
Date: Wed., April 25, 2001
Facilitators: Linda Havir (SOC) and Marge Pryately
(SPC)
Description: Written by Barbara Jacoby and Assoc., this book combines the most current theory and practice in the field of service-learning, with examples from actual campuses. It is a comprehensive guide to developing high quality levels of service-learning experiences both in the curriculum and through student affairs programs. During 2000, MnSCU institutions committed to support service-learning in its institutions. Hear what SCSU has done to promote the service-learning concept.
