Certificate in Foundations of Teaching Suggested Books and Articles for Exploration of Literature on Teaching

The following list provides suggestions for books and articles to read for writing the two- to three-page review of literature on teaching that is required for the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but will give you a good idea of the kinds of books and articles that would be appropriate for this component of the certificate.

BOOKS

Bain, K. (2004). What the best college teachers do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

Brookfield, S. (1990). The skillful teacher: On technique, trust and responsiveness in the classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Erickson, B. L., Peters, C. B., & Strommer, D. W. (2006). Teaching first-year college students. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Filene, P. (2005). The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina.

Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Finkel, D.L. (2000). Teaching with your mouth shut. Portsmouth, NH: Boynton/Cook.

Kalman, C. (2007). Successful science and engineering teaching in colleges and universities. Boston, MA: Anker.

Leamnson, R. (1999). Thinking about teaching and learning: Developing habits of learning with first year college and university students. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Palmer, P. (1998). The courage to teach: Exploring the inner landscape of a teacher's life. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Provitera-McGlynn, A. (2001). Successful beginnings for college teaching: Engaging your students from the first day. Madison, WI: Atwood.

Svinicki, M. D. (2004). Learning and motivation in the post-secondary classroom. Bolton, MA: Anker.

ARTICLES

Assessment and Grading

Andrade, H. G. (2005). Teaching with rubrics: The good, the bad and the ugly. College Teaching, 53 (1), 27-30.

Hammons, J. O., & Barnsley, J. R. (1992). Everything you need to know about developing a grading plan for your course (well, almost). Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 3, 51-68.

Popham, J. W. (1997). What's wrong—and what's right—with rubrics. Educational Leadership, 55 (2), 72-75.

Classroom Management

Alexander-Snow, M. (2004). Dynamics of gender, ethnicity, and race in understanding classroom incivility. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 99, 21-31.

Boice, R. (1996). Classroom incivilities. Research in Higher Education, 37 (4), 453-486.

Kuhlenschmidt, S. L. & Layne, L. E. (1999). Strategies for dealing with difficult behavior. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 77, 45-57.

Course Planning

Chickering, A. W. & Z. F. Gamson (1987). Seven principles for good practice. AAHE Bulletin 39, 3-7. On the web at http://web.grcc.cc.mi.us/CTL/7princip.htm

Krathwohl, D. (2002). A revision of Bloom’s taxonomy: An overview. Theory into Practice, 41 (4), 212-218.

McAlpine, L. (2004). Designing learning as well as teaching. Active Learning in Higher Education, 5 (2), 119-134.

Parkes, J., & Harris, M. (2002). The purpose of a syllabus. College Teaching, 50 (2), 55-61.

Instructional Strategies

Colbeck, C. L., Campbell, S.E., & Bjorklund, S. A. (2000). Grouping in the dark: What college students learn from group projects. The Journal of Higher Education, 71 (1), 60-83.

deWinstanley, P. A., & Bjork, R. A. (2002). Successful lecturing: Presenting information in ways that engage effective processing. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 89, 19-31.

Faust, J. L., & Paulson, D. R. (1998). Active learning in the college classroom. Excellence in College Teaching, 9 (2), 3-24.

Felder, R. M., Woods, D. R., Stice, J. E., & Rugarcia, A. (2000). The future of engineering education: II. Teaching methods that work. Chemical Engineering Education, 34 (1), 26-39.

Hollander, J. A. (2002). Learning to discuss: Strategies for improving the quality of class discussion. Teaching Sociology, 30 (3), 317-327

Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. T., & Smith, K. A. (1998). Cooperative learning returns to college. Change, 30(4), 27-35.

Learning and Motivation

Pintrich, P. R. (2003). A motivational science perspective on the role of student motivation in learning and teaching contexts. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95 (4), 667-686

Svinicki, M. D. (1999). New directions in learning and motivations. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 80 (Winter), 5-27.

Last Updated September 17, 2007