Online Teaching Resources Guide: http://www.irc.uci.edu/trg/trgtoc.html (Irvine)

A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence: http://uga.berkeley.edu/sled/compendium/ (Berkeley)
 

Tuesday, January 30 Introduction to the Course, Classroom Icebreakers, Managing Stage Fright

Tuesday, February 6 How to Run a Discussion Section Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Quick Tips, Really Practical Stuff Berkeley: Section 16

Tuesday, February 13 Evaluating Teaching Styles DUE: Written report on teaching observation Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Learning to Teach, Learning to Think Berkeley: Section 6

Tuesday, February 20 5:15-6:45: shortened class due to conflict with campus visit from tenure-track finalist Techniques for Generating Discussion [postponed to 3/20] DUE: Teaching Demonstrations: 5:15-6:45 Reading  Assignment: Berkeley: Sections 10, 11, 12 [postponed to 3/20]

Tuesday, February 27 Active/Experiential Learning Techniques Promoting Critical Thinking Guest speaker: Betsy Decyk, Lecturer in Philosophy, CSULB DUE: Teaching Demonstrations: 5:15-6:45 Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Interactive Teaching and Learning; Promoting Critical Thinking Berkeley: Section 21

Tuesday, March 6 Evaluating Student Performance Grading Techniques and Critiquing Papers Guest speaker: Al Spangler, Professor of Philosophy, CSULB Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Ethics, Grading, and Essays Berkeley: Sections 13, 15, 22, 23

Tuesday, March 13 Preparing Effective Lectures DUE: Grading assignment Guest speaker: Sara Goering, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, CSULB Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Methods of Presenting Information Berkeley: Sections 5, 7, 8, 9, 18, 19

Tuesday, March 20 Advanced Techniques for Generating Discussion Guest speaker: Larry Nolan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, CSULB Reading  Assignment: Berkeley: sections 1, 14

Tuesday, March 27 Teaching Writing Guest speaker: Gary Griswold, Director, Writers' Lab, CSULB Reading  Assignment: http://www.csulb.edu/~wrl/ -- Especially "for faculty" sections

Tuesday, April 3 Instructional Technology: the Internet and CourseInfo Class Meeting in Campus Lab: LAB Bldg 306 Bring: diskette + print-out of Composer instructions: http://www.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/composer.html

April 9-13: SPRING BREAK: no class

Tuesday, April 17 Teaching in a Diverse Classroom Guest speaker: Dr. James Sauceda, Director, CSULB Multicultural Center DUE: Teaching Demonstrations II Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Multicultural Environments

Tuesday, April 24 Designing Your Own Course Creating a Syllabus and Effective Assignments DUE: Teaching Demonstrations II Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Syllabus, Assignment, and Test Design

Tuesday, May 1 University Resources for Learning and Referral Disruptive Students and Behavior Problems Guest speaker: Steve Katz, Director, Judicial  Affairs, CSULB DUE: Teaching Demonstrations II DUE: Class Web page Reading  Assignment: Irvine: Testing Authority

Tuesday, May 8 MEET IN MHB-915 Review Sessions: Preparing Students for Examinations Guest speaker: Phildon Huffaker, Lecturer in Philosophy, CSULB Reading  Assignment: Berkeley: Section 20

Tuesday, May 15 MEET IN MHB-915 DUE: Class presentations: Your Syllabus

Final Exam Week: Final Project Due: Friday, May 25-4:00 p.m.