Open the door to most college classrooms, and youll
find experts in their fields--physics, mathematics,
psychology--readying students for the 21st century.
What you will rarely see, however, are professors who
have ever been formally educated in how to teach. For
decades, teacher education programs have prepared
pre-college practitioners, yet many institutions of
higher learning today offer little to no preparation
for the teaching roles of faculty. This book examines
the development of future faculty in a unique
teaching seminar program designed to fill the gap.
Using ethnographic methods,...