Every year thousands of new mathematics instructors and teaching assistants begin their teaching careers, and, scores of experienced faculty seek ways to explore the new teaching possibilities offered by technological and pedagogical innovations. There is a great need for tools to train college mathematics instructors in both basic teaching skills and innovative methodologies. Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn is a self-contained and extensive resource that addresses this need. It describes training and mentoring activities that have been successfully used in a variety of settings. with a wide range of new instructors, including graduate student teaching assistants, undergraduate tutors, graders and lab assistants, as well as postdoctoral, adjunct, part-time and new regular-rank faculty. It addresses a variety of teaching issues including cooperative learning, technology, and assessment.
Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics is a useful reference for departments interested in creating or enhancing an integrated program to improve the teaching of mathematics by their new and even not so new instructors. The book is a user-friendly guide for implementing such a program.
George Ashline Source: MAA Online Reviews
Any individual community college teacher or mathematics department as a group who wants to actively engage in professional development needs to have this comprehensive resource. This high-quality, comprehensive resource belongs in every mathematics instructor's hands.
Kayana Hoagland Source: The Mathematics Teacher
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