Synopses & Reviews
A real-world teaching guide to help you inspire and empower adult studentsIn this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practical teaching and classroom management suggestions that are designed for anyone who works with adult learners, particularly new faculty, adjuncts, those in community colleges, ESL teachers, and graduate students. This reader-friendly resource covers all phases of the teaching process from planning what to teach, to managing a classroom, to growing as a professional in the field.
How to Teach Adults reveals what it takes to teach all students the skills they need to learn, no matter what the subject matter. It is filled with vivid examples from real-world classrooms; down-to-earth tips and checklists on such topics as connecting with adult students, facilitating discussions, and writing tests; how to choose the right textbook; plus everything you need to remember to put into your syllabus. This edition covers:
- Getting Started Teaching
- Designing Your Course
- Creating a Lesson Plan
- Grading and Assessments
- Running a Class
- Presenting Information
- Developing Your Teacher Persona
No matter whether you’re new to teaching or a seasoned professional, How to Teach Adults offers the framework, ideas, and tools needed to conduct your class or workshop with confidence.
Synopsis
How to Teach Adults provides a guide for new instructors studying on their own and helps teacher-trainers in college and graduate school programs cover what their students need to know to effectively manage a classroom. Examples of practical topics covered include making sure new faculty include everything they need to put in their class syllabus, or helping them write a quiz. This reader-friendly book gives down-to-earth tips and checklists on such topics as facilitating discussions and connecting with adult students, includes a glossary on teaching vocabulary, and covers administrative topics such as choosing the right textbook.
Synopsis
Your hands-on guide to teaching adults. . . no matter what the subject In this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practical teaching and classroom management suggestions that are designed for anyone who works with adult learners, particularly new faculty, adjuncts, those in community colleges, ESL teachers, and graduate students. This reader-friendly resource covers all phases of the teaching process from planning what to teach, to managing a classroom, to growing as a professional in the field.
How to Teach Adults can guide new instructors who are trying to get up to speed on their own or can help teacher trainers cover what their students need to know before they get in front of a class. It is filled with down-to-earth tips and checklists on such topics as connecting with adult students, facilitating discussions, and writing tests, plus everything you need to remember to put into your syllabus and how to choose the right textbook. Dan Spalding reveals what it takes to teach all students the skills they need to learn, no matter what the topic or subject matter.
Full of vivid examples from real-world classrooms, this edition:
- Shows how to get started and tips for designing your course
- Includes information for creating a solid lesson plan
- Gives suggestions for developing your teacher persona
How to Teach Adults offers the framework, ideas, and tools needed to conduct your class or workshop with confidence.
About the Author
DAN SPALDING has more than ten years’ experience teaching adults in both academic and nonacademic settings. He has developed curriculum for nonprofits, consulted with online learning startups, and is currently building a web platform to help people discuss and learn about the Antarctic.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1 Foundations of Teaching
2 How to Get Started Teaching
3 How to Design Your Course
4 How to Lesson Plan
5 Grading and Assessments
6 How to Run Your Class
7 How to Present Information
8 How to Develop Your Teacher Persona
9 Growing as a Teacher
10 The Future of Education
Appendix: Teacher Glossary
References
Further Reading
Index