Louis Schmier's teaching and learning philosophy has permeated his classroom - and beyond thanks to the internet - to change the lives of students and educators alike. It is a philosophy that challenges educators to treat students as fellow human beings - to go "where students are at," acknowledge, understand, and explore the importance of their feelings, memories, and day-to-day stresses, and convince them of their own abilities and potentials.  Random Thoughts: The Humanity of Teaching is not a typical book on teaching. Louis Schmier calls attention to what he says is the "too often lacking but needed human dimension" of education, and shows that the heart of teaching is to care about each student as a unique, sacred human being. In this collection of 65 inspirational reflections, Louis opens his heart and soul to tell about the tragedies and triumphs that have shaped his philosophy of education and his approach to teaching.

Random Thoughts: The Humanity of Teaching

Schmier, Louis

Atwood Pub

Media attention focused on the instructional quality in colleges and universities reflects a higher education system that must do a better job of preparing instructors. First Steps is written just for that purpose - to help new instructors and teaching assistants set and meet standards of excellence. 
Glenn Ross Johnson provides the basics of instruction, from preparation through evaluation, step-by-step. He focuses on what new instructors need most, covering the essentials such as: 
• Determining your course objectives • Selecting textbooks • Involving your students more actively • What can be learned about your teaching through the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS) • Evaluating your students

First Steps to Excellence in College Teaching

Education & Teaching

Johnson, Glenn R.

Schools & Teaching

Marriage As an Economic Partnership: How One State Made It Happen

Staab, Jo

Parenting & Relationships

Educators have long known that students learn in different ways. The concept of learning styles provides a framework for understanding individual differences and also helps instructors begin to formulate instructional methods to enhance learning for all students. Learning Style Perspectives uses the constructs of auditory, visual, and tactile learner preferences as a way of understanding differences in perception and processing information. Lynne Celli Sarasin provides an overview of the major theorists Gregorc and Butler, Sims and Sims, McCarthy, Harb, Durrant, and Terry and synthesizes those theories into an approach to teaching which is readily applied to postsecondary classrooms.

Learning Style Perspectives: Impact in the Classroom

Science & Math

Lynne Celli Sarasin

Behavioral Sciences

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