Teaching what you don't know [electronic resource] / Therese Huston.

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Huston, Therese

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ebrary, Inc

Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 314 pISBN:

9780674035805 (alk. paper)

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Electronic books.

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378.1/25 22

LOC classification:

LB2331 .H875 2009eb

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Contents:

The growing challenge -- Why it's better than it seems -- Getting ready -- Teaching and surviving -- Thinking in class -- Teaching students you don't understand -- Getting better -- Advice for administrators.

Summary: Everyone in academia knows it and no one likes to admit it: faculty often have to teach courses in areas they don't know very well. The challenges are even greater when students don't share your cultural background, lifestyle, or assumptions about how to behave in a classroom. In this practical and funny book, an experienced teaching consultant offers many creative strategies for dealing with typical problems. --from publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-302) and index.

Everyone in academia knows it and no one likes to admit it: faculty often have to teach courses in areas they don't know very well. The challenges are even greater when students don't share your cultural background, lifestyle, or assumptions about how to behave in a classroom. In this practical and funny book, an experienced teaching consultant offers many creative strategies for dealing with typical problems. --from publisher description.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.