Promoting Good Teaching
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9011196 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James H Korn (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-132 |
| Publication date | 1972-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221546.1972.11774938 |
| OpenAlex | W2031373531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A major project to improve college teaching is currently in progress under the sponsorship of the Association of American Colleges and the American Association of University Professors. Undoubtedly, other smaller, but not less concerned, organizations are involved with this familiar problem. In reviewing previous efforts of this sort, it is hard to find evidence that many significant changes have been produced, either in procedures used to evaluate teaching or in professional rewards based on teaching ability. This paper contains some suggestions for a change in emphasis by groups concerned with improving college teaching. One suggestion involves placing greater emphasis on the planning of learning, rather than on classroom performance, as the most important function of a teacher. It is then argued that the organizational key to this problem is the promotion committee and a procedure is suggested which can be used by such committees to evaluate teaching. First, however, it should be made clear that these suggestions
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| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1978 - 1978 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |