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Teaching Inclusively in Higher Education

  • 1.  Teaching Inclusively in Higher Education

    Posted 04-16-2010 14:53
    I just received this new book notice which seems within Mg-Ed-Dv's domain:

    Moira A. Fallon, SUNY - College at Brockport and Susan C. Brown, eds.
    Teaching Inclusively in Higher Education (Charlotte: Information Age
    Publishers)

    This book is designed for higher education instructors. The focus of the
    book is to assist all faculty instructors in higher education to better meet
    the needs of their student populations. It addresses the major issue of
    higher education teaching today: the need to reach all higher education
    students using active learning strategies. Higher education today is rapidly
    changing and faculty members are being presented with new types of students:
    ones who often have clear goals for bettering themselves, but at the same
    time lack what might have been considered to be basic skills necessary for
    success in a college or university setting. Instructors today must reach and
    bring all students into the college or university setting in an inclusive
    manner. The emphasis of this book is on student-focused strategies for
    teaching inclusively. This book will provide valuable strategies and
    practical techniques for instructors to develop inclusive college classrooms
    that promote the learning of all students.

    The audience targeted will be all instructors who work with higher education
    students, including students in community colleges and vocational
    institutions. The book is designed to be mainly practical instructional
    strategies with limited theoretical text and references. At the same time,
    major theories will be included to demonstrate why specific approaches are
    recommended. Although the authors and editors are from the field of
    education, the book is particularly valuable for all college instructors
    without a background in the discipline of education.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS:
    PART 1: STUDENTS AS DIVERSE INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF INCLUSIVE GROUPS 1. A
    Student-Centered Approach to College Classrooms, Moira A. Fallon and Susan
    C. Brown. 2. Students as Cultural Beings, Susan C. Brown. 3. When Reading in
    College is a Problem: What Really Matters? Alexander B. Casareno. PART II:
    INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTORS AS STRATEGIC LEADERS AND COLEARNERS 4. Changing
    Instructional Strategies and Methods to Meet the Needs of All Learners,
    Moira A. Fallon. 5. The Changing Role of Instructors as Both Leaders and
    Learners, Paul T. Parkison. 6. Using Language Successfully in the College
    Classroom, Ellyn L. Arwood and Joanna R. Kaakinen. PART III: TECHNOLOGICAL
    CLASSROOM CLIMATES AS INCLUSIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES 7. Technology
    Connecting Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, Mark C. Geary. 8.
    Reaching Students through a Virtual Community, Shelley B. Harris, Jennifer
    C. Wilson and Jacqueline M. Ferguson. 9. The Technological Age of Teaching,
    Michelle Pulaski Behling and Beth Gordon Klingner. 10. Applications to
    Inclusive College Classrooms, Moira A. Fallon, Susan C. Brown, and Alexander
    B. Casareno Authors' Biographies.

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