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Review Essay: Six Books Every College Teacher Should Know

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dc.creator José Antonio Bowen
dc.date 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:48:18Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:48:18Z
dc.identifier 2155-109X
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/a54cd09b335d40168b7e8415fa20541d
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23678
dc.description This review essay of six classic books (by Bain, Fink, Gross-Davis, Barkley, Angelo and Cross, and Walvoord and Anderson) on college teaching, applies their lessons to teaching music history. All six provide research on how the very best teachers get things wrong, correct mistakes, and try new approaches. Mostly, the research is emphatic that good teaching comes from hard work and thoughtfulness about student needs. A key finding is that high standards alone do not yield good results, but combining challenge with support is almost universally common in the best teachers. Equally important for student success are active engagement during class time, clear grading strategies, and a focus on creating an environment where students can change. Most of us recognize that changing the way our students think is difficult, but the best professors model change by teaching the history of their subject and how knowledge changes.
dc.language English
dc.publisher Pedagogy Study Group of the American Musicological Society
dc.relation http://www.ams-net.org/ojs/index.php/jmhp/article/view/23/35
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/2155-109X
dc.source Journal of Music History Pedagogy, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 175-182 (2011)
dc.subject Pedagogy
dc.subject teaching and learning
dc.subject music history
dc.subject musicology
dc.subject review
dc.subject best teaching
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Music and books on Music
dc.subject M
dc.subject DOAJ:Music
dc.subject DOAJ:Arts and Architecture
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Music and books on Music
dc.subject M
dc.subject DOAJ:Music
dc.subject DOAJ:Arts and Architecture
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Music and books on Music
dc.subject M
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Music and books on Music
dc.subject M
dc.subject Special aspects of education
dc.subject LC8-6691
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Music and books on Music
dc.subject M
dc.title Review Essay: Six Books Every College Teacher Should Know
dc.type article


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