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What the Best College Teachers Do
Ken
Bain
Winner of the Virginia and Warren Stone Prize, Awarded
Annually by Harvard University Press for an Outstanding Book on
Education and Society
What makes a great teacher great? Who are the
professors students remember long after graduation? This book, the
conclusion of a fifteen-year study of nearly one hundred college
teachers in a wide variety of fields and universities, 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 two things fervently: that teaching matters and that
students can learn.
In stories both humorous and touching, Bain describes examples of
ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the
depth of their own potential. What the Best College Teachers Do
is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers
and seasoned educators.
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