Description
Your hands-on guide to teaching adults. . . no matter what the subject
In this expanded edition of How to Teach Adults, Dan Spalding offers practical teaching and classroom management suggestions that are designed for anyone who works with adult learners, particularly new faculty, adjuncts, those in community colleges, ESL teachers, and graduate students. This reader-friendly resource covers all phases of the teaching process from planning what to teach, to managing a classroom, to growing as a professional in the field.
How to Teach Adults can guide new instructors who are trying to get up to speed on their own or can help teacher trainers cover what their students need to know before they get in front of a class. It is filled with down-to-earth tips and checklists on such topics as connecting with adult students, facilitating discussions, and writing tests, plus everything you need to remember to put into your syllabus and how to choose the right textbook. Dan Spalding reveals what it takes to teach all students the skills they need to learn, no matter what the topic or subject matter.
Full of vivid examples from real-world classrooms, this edition:
- Shows how to get started and tips for designing your course
- Includes information for creating a solid lesson plan
- Gives suggestions for developing your teacher persona
How to Teach Adults offers the framework, ideas, and tools needed to conduct your class or workshop with confidence.
Chapter
The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series
Teach Yourself How to Teach
Teaching is the Best Job in the World
Teaching Grownups is More Fun Than Teaching Kids
Thank You, Kickstarter Backers
CHAPTER 1: Foundations of Teaching
Safety First, Discomfort Second
Being an Expert Doesn't Make You a Good Teacher
Try to See from the Student's Perspective
Find Out Where Students are on their Journeys
Your Job is to Help Students Learn
You Teach the Whole Student, Too
Cultivate Intrinsic Motivation
Adult Education has a Posse
Everything in Education is Contested
The Teacher Development Cycle
Teaching Will Make You Feel Like an Idiot
Teaching is a Tough Career that Keeps Getting Worse
You Want to be a Great Teacher
CHAPTER 2: How to Get Started Teaching
Read Your Teaching Contract
You Can’t be Friends with Your Students
Understand the Bureaucracy
Know Your School Bureaucracy!
CHAPTER 3: How to Design Your Course
What Question Will You Start With?
Plan Your Course Objectives
Focus on Your Course Objectives
Plan with the End in Mind
Make Your Expectations Clear to Students
Textbooks Provide Course Design to Teachers
Tips for Evaluating Educational Software
Progress is Uneven; Take Advantage of This
CHAPTER 4: How to Lesson Plan
The First Day of Class Is the Most Important
Start with a Survey and an Entry Assessment
Teach the Discomfort Zone
Pace and Motivate within Each Lesson Plan
What to Include in Each Lesson
Develop Your Own Materials
Share Your Materials Freely
Don’t Get too Invested in What You Design.
Multilevel Classes Are Hard . . .
Getting the Most from Student Writing
End Each Class on a Strong Note
CHAPTER 5: Grading and Assessments
Assessments are Hard, Fraught, and Crucial
The Five Principles of Assessment
The Five Core Principles of Summative Assessment
Validity Is the Most Important Part of a Test
Grade and Evaluate Students Fairly
A Grade Doesn't Measure How Much You Like Your Students
“Class Participation” Grades are Mostly Bs
How to Write a Formative Assessment
Formative Assessment Questions
How to Write a Summative Assessment
True/False Questions . . .
Multiple Choice Questions . . .
Short Answer Questions . . .
Overall Summative Assessment Design Tips
Be Critical with the Facts
Easy Versus Difficult Classes
Standards are Assessments for Teachers
CHAPTER 6: How to Run Your Class
Start and Finish Each Class the Same Way
Build Trust to Maximize Learning
Intervene with Students Who Start (or Fall) Behind
Successful Interventions for Struggling Students
Know Every Student's Name
Good Questions Are Short and Clear
How to Craft Good Questions
Use Nonverbal Communication
Effectively Deal With Difficult Students
How to Deal with Difficult Students
Time to Lean, Time to Clean
While Students Work . . .
You Will Bias for the Highest
Surprise! It's a Big Class
Surprise! It's a Small Class
CHAPTER 7: How to Present Information
Use Blue and Black Markers
Tips for Effective Board Work
Tips for Facilitating a Good Discussion
Use the Vocabulary of Your Field
Use Solo, Partner, and Group Work Strategically
Make the Most of Group Work
Tips for Effective Group Work
Tips for Effective Report Backs
Incorporate Current Events
Don't Correct Every Mistake
Always Tell Students Where They Are
CHAPTER 8: How to Develop Your Teacher Persona
The Classroom Is not a Democracy
Which Country Is Your Classroom?
You Are the Leader in the Classroom
You Are not a Social Worker
When You Don't Know, Say “I Don't Know”
When You Get Upset, Check Your Expectations
Sometimes, Get Pissed off
CHAPTER 9: Growing as a Teacher
Set Your Own Teacher Objectives
Sample Teacher Reflection Questions
Learning to Reflect Will Make You Your Own Best Teacher
Most Students Don't Recognize Bad Teaching
The Worst Teachers Think They're Amazing
Opportunities for Improvement
For-Profit Schools Have a Lot to Teach Us
Administrators Are People, Too
Administrators Are Evil, Too
Leave Your Job (and Get a Better One)
Get the Most from a Conference
Have Amazing Instruction in Your Life
Remember the Horrible Instruction in Your Life
Read More Education Books
Develop a Network of Peers You Respect
Discussed While Biking Home with Don and Barbara
Don't Go Back to School Until You Have to
Take Advantage of Being Unemployed
Everything I've Told You Is Wrong
CHAPTER 10: The Future of Education
We Need to Talk about Education
What the Crisis in Education Is not
Teachers Humanize Education
Teachers in a Learner-Centered World
It's Time to Go on the Offense
My Definition of “Education.”
Appendix: Teacher Glossary
How to Teach Adults
：Plan Your Class, Teach Your Students, Change the World, Expanded Edition
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