From The Authors: Is the term "innovative faculty development" actually redundant? In our way of thinking, faculty development-mostly because of its youth-necessitates innovation. In fact, any new field depends upon creative thinking and its implementation into innovation to progress. In our academic careers, despite a background in traditional studies in English, we have helped develop three new disciplines-pop culture (especially comic book theory), creative writing, and now faculty development. Our careers have coincided with the rise of these three fields. But here we want to focus on...

We hope readers will consider these threads when reviewing the teaching tips in this collection: 1. Teaching metacognition demands intention and modeling of the strategies. 2. Using metacognition in the classroom requires establishing the students as willing and interested learners in the first place. 3. Teaching students how to apply metacognitive strategies also means that we are teaching students to learn about the learning process. 4. Teaching metacognition encourages students to become active, critical, and creative learners. In short, metacognition offers a way for you to rethink...