Guide to Better Teaching

Leila Jahangiri, a graduate of King's College, London, and Harvard University, is an active clinician, researcher, and teacher. Her scholarly focus and passion is for effective teaching and innovative curriculum development. For the past 10 years, as chair of a large department at New York University College of Dentistry, she has made significant strides to develop faculty in utilizing multiple strategies to optimize teaching. Always looking for novel opportunities, she met and began collaborating with Tom Mucciolo isa presentation skills consultant, leadership advisor, and president of MediaNet. Tom is the coauthor of five books, a sought-after keynote speaker, and a recognized industry expert regarding visual communications. Since 1985, high-profile communicators, including corporate leaders, politicians, media personalities, as well as those at any organizational level demand his coaching expertise. In 2005, Tom joined New York University as an adjunct faculty member. The authors' collaboration is a culmination of a vast research study. They share a common goal of finding ways to help teachers teach better, leaders lead better, and in the process, allow teachers to become leaders.

• IntroductionPerspectivesChapter 1: From a Learner's PerspectiveThe Effective TeacherWho Should AssessLearner PreferencesEffective Teachers and the Learning ProcessGetting to Know YouChapter 2: The Science Behind the ScenesPreferences of Different LearnersCategorizing PreferencesA Self-Assessment MethodChapter 3: PersonalityCaringEmpathyHappinessEnergyPassionMotivationExpertiseInspirationSelf-ConfidenceApproachablePersonal AppearancePersonality Summary and StrategyChapter 4: ProcessContent OrganizationContent DevelopmentContent DesignAdditional Sense StimulationEnvironmentProcess Summary and StrategyChapter 5: PerformanceBody Language StyleSpeaking StyleTechnologyFocusInteractionPerformance Summary and StrategyChapter 6: Skills Assessment ToolsApplying Science in DesignForms of MeasurementAssess YourselfInteractive Electronic AssessmentsUnderstanding the Electronic AnalysisUnderstanding LearnersApplying the ResultsAudience Evaluation ToolsToward TriangulationTrack Your ProgressEndnotesIndex

Closing the teaching, learning and knowledge gap is at the very essence of A Guide to Better Teaching: Skills, Advice, and Evaluation for College and University Professors. This well-written and researched book not only applies to academia, but to the business community. To survive and thrive in the era of change we need to train and develop our people. This book will become your most important guide to helping you influence workplace understanding and knowledge through better teaching.