PREPARING TO
TEACH
Developing a good teaching plan with appropriate corresponding materials is a
process . . . try to build in flexibility; keep what works; discard what
doesn't!
TOPIC 3:
Planning a syllabus /Selecting texts and
materials /
Addressing diversity &
disabilities
1. Planning a syllabus
a. basic syllabus
guidelines
b. the “Course Information Document”
2. Selecting texts and
materials
a. how to locate, review
and select texts for a class
b. do you actually need a textbook?
3.
Addressing diversity &
disabilities
a. UA's Disability Resource Center and S.A.L.T.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
(due in class Wed Feb 2nd when you'll have the
opportunity to share your ideas about your evolving syllabus, including
what you learned as you constructed it)
USEFUL FOLLOW-UP READING: Planning a syllabus
/Selecting texts and materials
On Syllabus
Preparation:
- The UA course
syllabus policies (see above)
- Iowa State's Center
for Excellence in Learning and Teaching site on
"How to Create an Effective Syllabus"
http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/preparing-to-teach/how-to-create-an-effective-syllabus
-Washington
University's Teaching Center site on "Preparing a Syllabus": https://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/resources/course-design/preparing-a-syllabus/
On Textbook Selection:
- Science
Teaching Reconsidered: (Chapter 7 Choosing and Using Instructional
Resources)
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5287&page=47
- other sections in this resource are quite useful!
- A slightly dated
but interesting essay: R. Lewis (1992)
Textbook
Adoption: How Do Professors Select The Right One?
The Scientist 6 [7] and comment: W. Farnsworth (2004)
“In
Teaching Science, Let The Textbook Support The Classwork, Not Vice
Versa,”
The Scientist 6[11].
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