Philosophy 496 - Teaching Methods
Websites with Helpful Guides to Teaching
Indiana University Teaching Handbook - http://www.teaching.iub.edu/handbook_toc.php The section on Teaching Methods has good discussions of lecturing, small group work, etc.
Center for Teaching and Learning - Stanford University - http://ctl.stanford.edu/ See especially the Teaching Tips for TA's at http://ctl.stanford.edu/TA/index.html Some of these are password protected, but many are not.
Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning - Harvard University http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs.html "Twenty Ways to Make Lectures more Participatory" at http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs/TFTlectures.html and "Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom" at http://bokcenter.fas.harvard.edu/docs/hotmoments.html are examples of their materials.
Teaching Topics including Teaching First Year Students from University of Washington at http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/resources/topics.html
Working with TA's at MIT at http://web.mit.edu/tll/tll-library/teach-talk/tas.html What the TA should expect from faculty and vice versa, etc.
Recommended Books
Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters, Diane Weltner Strommer, Teaching
First-Year College Students, Revised and Expanded Edition of Teaching College
Freshmen.
. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 978-0-7879-6439-9 Paperback 304 pages May 2006
Betty La Sere Erickson and Diane Weltner Strommer, Teaching College Freshmen. (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991). UI Call Number: LB2331.E76 1991
Alan Brinkley, Cynthia G. Fleming, et al. The Chicago Handbook for Teachers: A Practical Guide to the College Classroom.
The Chicago Handbook for Teachers. (Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1999).
ISBN: 0226075125
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, ed. The Art and Craft of Teaching. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1984). UI Call Number: LB2331.A646 1984
David Royse, Teaching Tips for College and University Instructors: A Practical Guide. (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2001). UI Call Number: LB2331.R695 2001
Learning, Outcomes Objectives, Learning Styles
Bloom's Taxonomy of Learning Objectives at http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/guides/bloom1.html
Learning Styles at http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/ls/
LINKS that you might use in helping students with specific problems:
Helpful Guide to Writing Philosophy Papers at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/philosophy.html
Philosophy Paper Writing Tutor from Williams College - Summary of Tips
How to Read an Assignment at http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/readassign.html
Taking an Essay Test:
How to Take Notes: Cornell System at http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/enreadtp/Cornell.html
My PHILOSOPHY TOOLS site has many other links which can be used to help students.