TY - BOOK ID - 71488142 TI - What the best college teachers do PY - 2004 SN - 9780674065543 0674065549 9780674013254 0674013255 0674283236 9780674283237 PB - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, DB - UniCat KW - College teaching KW - Effective teaching KW - 378 KW - 378 Hoger onderwijs. Universitair onderwijs --(algemeen) KW - Hoger onderwijs. Universitair onderwijs --(algemeen) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:71488142 AB - What makes a great teacher great? Who are the professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the conclusion of a fifteen-year study, offers valuable answers for all educators. The short answer is--it's not what teachers do, it's what they understand. Lesson plans and lecture notes matter less than the special way teachers comprehend the subject and value human learning. Whether historians or physicists, in El Paso or St. Paul, the best teachers know their subjects inside and out--but they also know how to engage and challenge students and to provoke impassioned responses. Most of all, they believe in two things: that teaching matters, and that students can learn. Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential. This book is a source of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators.--From publisher's description. ER -