Arthur Zajonc and Parker Palmer: The Heart of Higher Education:A Call to Renewal takes an inspiring, values-based approach to the purpose of higher ed. Elizabeth AllisonCIIS
--- On Mon, 8/6/12, Karen T Litfin <lit...@u.washington.edu> wrote: From: Karen T Litfin <lit...@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [gep-ed] The purpose of college teaching and how to achieve it To: "Lisa Dilling" <lisa.dill...@colorado.edu> Cc: "GEP List" <gep-ed@googlegroups.com> Date: Monday, August 6, 2012, 4:48 PM Hi Lisa, Highly recommended and also relevant to global environmental politics: Chris Uhl, Teaching As If Life Matters (Johns Hopkins, 2011). Chris teaches Environmental Studies at Penn State. http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/SearchHandler http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Life-Matters-Promise-Education/dp/1421400391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344286075&sr=8-1&keywords=uhl+teaching Enjoy! Karen Litfin University of Washington On Mon, 6 Aug 2012, Lisa Dilling wrote: > Hi everyone,I am interested in finding books that have been inspirational to > others about what the goals of > college-level teaching are, and how to best achieve those goals. There has > been a lot of debate recently on whether > universities are serving undergraduates well (e.g. "Academically Adrift"), > whether to emphasize content or critical > thinking skills, whether we should be entertainers or demand rigor, and how > to best judge educational outcomes. > What I am looking for here is books from writers who lay out the case for > what inspires them to teach at the > college level, and how to view our role as professors, written from more of > the personal and experiential side > rather than only laying out research findings. > > Thanks in advance for any good reading suggestions! If you send them > directly to me I can compile a list and > resend. > best, > Lisa > > > --Lisa Dilling, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies > Center for Science and Technology Policy Research/CIRES > University of Colorado > 1333 Grandview Ave, Campus Box 488 > Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488 > Phone: (303) 735-3678; Fax: 303-735-1576 > Email: ldill...@colorado.edu > webpage: http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/about_us/meet_us/lisa_dilling/ > > >
