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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823751703321

Autore

Aveni Anthony F.

Titolo

Class not dismissed : reflections on undergraduate education and teaching the liberal arts / / Anthony Aveni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4920-0173-2

1-60732-303-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Classificazione

EDU015000BIO026000

Disciplina

370.11/2

Soggetti

Education, Humanistic

College teaching

Lecture method in teaching

Undergraduates

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Why I Teach""; ""3. What I Teach""; ""4. How I Teach""; ""5. Questioning Teaching""; ""6. Epilogue: Class (Not) Dismissed""; ""Notes""

Sommario/riassunto

"In Class Not Dismissed, award-winning professor Anthony Aveni tells the personal story of his six decades in college classrooms and some of the 10,000 students who have filled them. Through anecdotes of his own triumphs and tribulations--some amusing, others heartrending--Aveni reveals his teaching story and thoughts on the future of higher education. Although in recent years the lecture has come under fire as a pedagogical method, Aveni ardently defends lecturing to students. He shares his secrets on crafting an engaging lecture and creating productive dialogue in class discussions. He lays out his rules on classroom discipline and tells how he promotes the lost art of listening. He is a passionate proponent of the liberal arts and core course requirements as well as a believer in sound teaching promoted by active scholarship. Aveni is known to his students as a consummate storyteller. In Class Not Dismissed he shares real stories about everyday college life that shed light on serious educational issues. The



result is a humorous, reflective, inviting, and powerful inquiry into higher education that will be of interest to anyone invested in the current and future state of college and university education. "--