"Go-To" Teaching Resources Print

We asked Teaching and Learning Committee members (and one former teaching award recipient, Barbara Patterson) what their "go-to" pedagogy books are when they are preparing syllabi or gearing up to start a new semester. The following are a few of the sources on their shelves:

Bain, Ken. What the Best College Students Do. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012.

Boal, Augusto. Games for Actors and Non-Actors. Florence, KY: Routledge, 2002.

Barlett, Peggy F., and Geoffrey W. Chase, eds. Reimagining Higher Education: Stories and Strategies for Sustainability. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012 (forthcoming).

Brookfield, Stephen D. Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2009. (See also the author's website.)

Cooper, Nic, and Betty K. Garner. Developing a Learning Classroom: Moving Beyond Management through Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2012.

Davidson, Cathy N. Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn. New York, NY: Viking Press, 2011.

Davis, Barbara Gross. Tools for Teaching. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2009.

Fink, L. Dee. Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

Finkel, Donald L. Teaching with Your Mouth Shut. Portsmouth, NJ: Heinemann, 2005.

Grace, Fran, and Judith Simmer-Brown, eds. Meditation and the Classroom: Contemplative Pedagogy for Religious Studies. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2012.

hooks, bell. Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom. Florence, KY: Routledge, 2009.

Kahn, Richard. Critical Pedagogy, Ecoliteracy, and Planetary Crisis: The Ecopedagogy Movement. New York, NY: Peter Lang Press, 2010.

Kaye, Cathryn Berger. The Complete Guide to Service Learning. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Publishing, 2010.

Kress, Christine M., Peter J. Collier, and Vicki L. Reitenauer. Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across the Disciplines. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2005.

Mullens, Jo Beth, and Pru Cuper, eds. Fostering Global Citizenship: Through Faculty-led International Programs. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2012.

Pollack, Stanley, and Mary Fusoni. Moving Beyond Icebreakers: An Innovative Approach to Group Facilitation, Learning, and Action. Roxbury, MA: Center for Teen Empowerment, 2005.

Rohd, Michael. Theatre for Community Conflict and Dialogue: The Hope Is Vital Manual. Portsmouth, NJ: Heinemann, 1998.

Shor, Ira. When Students Have Power: Negotiating Authority in a Critical Pedagogy. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1997.

Shor, Ira, and Paulo Freire. A Pedagogy for Liberation: Dialogues on Transforming Education. Bel Air, CA: Bergin and Garvey, 1987.

Wiggins, Grant, and Jay McTighe. Understanding by Design. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005.

For online teaching and learning, check out the Wabash Center's website.

For information about Religion in the Schools, click here. Also, the Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K–12 Public Schools in the United States may be of interest.