Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students

"Fairly new to teaching? Pressed for time? Then Teaching College is the shortest distance between fear and success. It's easy to read, peppered with great tips, action steps, and illustrative videos, and brimming with ways to make your course and course materials personally relevant and interesting to your students."- LINDA B. NILSON, Director Emeritus, Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University, and author of Teaching at its Best "Dr. Eng tackles one of the biggest problems facing higher education: so few professors are adept at the art of teaching. Dr. Eng provides sound strategies for improving professors' communication of ideas, student engagement, and actual student learning. I found the writing style to be bothinviting and enjoyable. This is a "must read" for any professor who cares whether or not his or her students benefit from class."- JENNY GRANT RANKIN, TEDx speaker, award-winning educator, and lecturer, University of Cambridge, UK. xa0"A really useful book for any college professor who wants to movebeyond lectures and give students deeper engagement. A practical, easy to read, and important guide for anyone in higher education."- JO BOALER , Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University, best-selling author of Mathematical Mindsets , and co-founder of YouCubed.orgxa0"This is a terrific collection of tried and true teaching strategies that, unlike most other books on university teaching, is written for the adjunct or contingent university teacher, by someone who's been there. Norman Eng understand the constraints that contingent faculty teach under, and has created a book to help them succeed."- KAREN KELSKY , best-selling author, founder, and president of The Professor Is In " Teaching College is the most 'bang for your buck' resource that I have seen for new college instructors. His advice is evidence-based and very practical. You can't go wrong with this book. Highly recommended."- GWENDOLYN METTETAL , Director, University Center for Excellence in Teaching (UCET), Indiana University South Bendxa0"What a fantastic book! As someone who has taught in K-12 and college classrooms, I have often lamented the fact that K-12 teachers get so much preparation in the skills of teaching, while those at the college level get none. In Teaching College , Norman Eng closes that gap brilliantly, synthesizing education and marketing into a fresh approach that will significantly change the way college classes are taught worldwide. You will find useful insights and practical, actionable tips on every page, and all of it written in an approachable, conversational style. A must for anyone who teaches at the college level." - JENNIFER GONZALEZ , Editor-in-Chief at Cult of Pedagogy "Dr. Eng has created an accessible, evidence based guide to effective college instruction that will be particularly valuable for relatively new faculty members who are coming out of graduate programs where there were limited opportunities to teach.xa0 He provides practical guidance and anticipates and responds to the numerous challenges all instructors face. This is a very valuable resource, and I encourage its widespread use."- DAVID H. MONK , Dean, College of Education, Penn State University"This book is an excellent source for instructors who would like to take their first steps toward including interactive and hands-on work in their classes, which when done effectively can powerfully shape student learning. In addition, the important support that the book offers for successfully implementing these beginning interactive approaches can give innovative instructors the confidence and inspiration they need to take further steps toward mastering ever more challenging and rewarding approaches to effective teaching."- GRETCHEN JOHNSON , Dean, School of Education, City College of New York, City University of NewYork