Synopses & Reviews
For almost two decades, acclaimed education scholar and current president of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Lee S. Shulman has been bringing uncommon wit, passion, and vision to issues of teaching and learning in higher education. "Teaching as Community Property" brings together a brilliant collection of Shulman's papers and presentations since 1987, giving readers a unique window into his ideas and proposals for the improvement of teaching and learning in higher education. What emerges is a vision of Shulman's overarching agenda--to improve the quality of teaching for "all" students by making teaching a more respected dimension of all the disciplines and professional fields.
Book News Annotation:
For this companion volume to
The Wisdom of Practice, the
president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
has gathered 15 of his essays, from the landmark 1987 article
"Knowledge and Teaching: Foundations of the New Reform" to a piece
included in a 2004 text on the contributions of research
universities. "Three Exercises in the Peer Review of Teaching" (1995)
helped extend this academic practice to teaching.
Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
"Teaching as Community Property" brings together in one important volume almost two decades of work by the acclaimed education scholar and president of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Lee S. Shulman. This book offers college and university leaders, faculty developers, and researchers insight into Shulman’ s ideas and proposals for the advancement of teaching and learning in higher education.
Synopsis:
Lee Shulman has been president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching since 1997. He is a former president of the American Educational Research Association as well as past president of the National Academy of Education. In this second volume of a landmark two volume collection of Shulman's best work, he addresses such compelling questions as What are the most effective approaches to teaching? How important is knowledge of subject matter to a teacher's success? And, how do we measure success in teaching and learning?