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/
