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Overview
Courses: Education and for anyone who teaches
This is a practical handbook for educators of all experience levels who are working in a variety of learning environments.
Inside you will find useful suggestions ranging from how to develop course content and choose teaching and learning strategies to aligning your assessment and evaluation methods with your course objectives.
This handbook covers topics such as:
making learning accessible
building rapport
supporting student success
honing skills for effective questioning
writing well-constructed test questions
designing digital and print materials
Designed in an easy-to-access format with chunks of information,visual organizers, short reflective activities and top ten chapter tips, you will find examples and ideas you can use to design learning opportunities for your students.
Meet your Author
Liesel Knaack is the Director of Vancouver Island University's teaching, learning, and technology centre in British Columbia, Canada. She has been teaching for 25 years. She was an Associate Professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) working in the Faculty of Education as a teacher educator.
Liesel has taught school teachers, university professors and college instructors about teaching and learning methods, incorporating assessment and evaluation components, making learning accessible to all learners, as well as integrating technology into learning environments.
Her research interests are in curriculum and instructional design, engagement of students, development and evaluation of web-based learning tools, integrating technology tools and employing effective questioning techniques. Prior to her post-secondary teaching, she taught in the public school system and in outdoor education centres.
Liesel was awarded UOIT's Faculty Teaching Award in 2006. She has a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, a Master of Education in Curriculum and a Bachelor of Education.
Chapter Contents
Section I: Preparing and Planning Your Course
Chapter 1: Understanding Your Course & Students
Chapter 2: Determining Goals & Learning Objectives
Chapter 3: Aligning Assessment & Evaluation
Chapter 4: Developing Course Content & Structure
Chapter 5: Preparing Your Useful Syllabus
Section II: Creating and Designing Learning Opportunities and Experiences
Chapter 6: Making Learning Accessible
Chapter 7: Choosing Teaching & Learning Strategies
Chapter 8: Planning Your Classes
Chapter 9: Starting With a Full First Day
Chapter 10: Building Rapport & Managing the Class
Section III: Refining and Improving Strategies and Resources
Chapter 11: Supporting Student Success
Chapter 12: Honing Skills for Effective Questioning
Chapter 13: Writing Well-Constructed Test Questions
Chapter 14: Designing Digital & Print Materials
Chapter 15: Ending the Last Class on a Strong Note
