In Master Class: Teaching Advice for Journalism and Mass Communication Instructors, members of the AEJMC Elected Standing Committee on Teaching take readers behind the scenes to explain the teaching strategies, preparation tips, exercises, and project ideas that have, in many cases, earned them university and national teaching awards. It is designed to benefit everyone from instructors-in-training who are about to teach their first class to more experienced professors who are looking for ways to freshen their approach in the classroom. A companion website with additional resources can be found at http://www.aejmc.org/home/resources/teaching-help/.
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Elected Standing Committee on Teaching is devoted to improving the quality of teaching at colleges and universities in the United States and the rest of the world.Chris Roush is the Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in Business Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
IntroductionBy Chris Roush, UNC-Chapel HillChapter 1: So, you’re a College Instructor. Now what?By Karen M. Turner, Temple UniversityChapter 2: Preparation is the KeyBy Catherine Cassara, Bowling Green State UniversityChapter 3: Writing the SyllabusBy Chris Roush, UNC-Chapel HillChapter 4: It’s Your Classroom: Have FunBy Charles N. Davis, University of Georgia and Earnest L. Perry, University of MissouriChapter 5: Exercises and ProjectsBy Mary Rogus, Ohio UniversityChapter 6: Taking your Class OnlineBy Leslie-Jean Thornton, Arizona State University and Susan Keith, Rutgers UniversityChapter 7: Evaluating the ClassBy Jennifer Jacobs Henderson and William G.Christ, Trinity UniversityChapter 8: Preparing for Next SemesterBy Carol B. Schwalbe, University of ArizonaChapter 9: Beyond the ClassroomBy Natalie T. J. Tindall, Lamar UniversityContributorsIndexProceeds from “Master Class” will go to fund programs for the AEJMC Standing Elected Committee on Teaching
This book provides excellent, down-to-earth information—and wisdom—on teaching. Everyone who teaches would improve by reading it.