New College Classroom

College still looks like it did a century ago, with instructors delivering lectures to silent rows of students. Yet research shows unambiguously that active learning is more effective and inclusive. The New College Classroom translates the evidence into hands-on guidance for teachers in every discipline and institution, so all students can excel.

About the author

Cathy N. Davidson has published more than twenty books, including The New Education and Now You See It. She is the Senior Advisor on Transformation to the Chancellor at the City University of New York and a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center. She served on the National Council on the Humanities and has twice keynoted the Nobel Prize Forum on the Future of Education.Christina Katopodis is a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate at the CUNY Humanities Alliance and has authored or coauthored over a dozen articles on innovative pedagogy, environmental studies, and American literature. She has received the Dewey Digital Teaching Award and the Diana Colbert Innovative Teaching Prize.

Summary

College still looks like it did a century ago, with instructors delivering lectures to silent rows of students. Yet research shows unambiguously that active learning is more effective and inclusive. The New College Classroom translates the evidence into hands-on guidance for teachers in every discipline and institution, so all students can excel.

Product details

• Authors: Cathy N Davidson, Cathy N. Davidson, Cathy N. Katopodis Davidson, Davidson Cathy N., Christina Katopodis, John D. Wong
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780674248854
• ISBN: 978-0-674-24885-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Classroom Management, EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / General, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies