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| Okunrotifa, Peter Olatunde | 1 |
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Vaccaro, Louis C. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1975
Arguing that students' demand for relevance is for wisdom rather than for utilitarian knowledge, and that it is caused by poor teaching, particularly in the liberal arts, the author emphasizes the individual teacher's responsibility to communicate the proper view of education, to lead students in their search for wisdom. (JT)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Institutional Role
Jernigan, Edward E. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
The teaching responsibilities of a professor particularly make him a professional, as pointed out by a faculty member of the U. S. Air Force Academy. He suggests that a teacher's professionalism can be transmitted to his students. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Leadership Responsibility
Adams, Walter H. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
A review of the literature dealing with faculty load in colleges and universities from 1929 reveals that this problem has not been resolved satisfactorily in any institution. Two plans are described for determining assignment loads. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Higher Education, Statistical Analysis
Berdie, Douglas R.; And Others – Improving College and University Teaching, 1976
A study of the effectiveness of teaching assistants is reported with many direct quotations from the 534 suggestions received. Topics included attitudes, teaching quality, amount of responsibility, availability, coordination with professors, evaluation, knowledge of subject matter, and mastery of English language by foreign assistants. (Editor/LBH)
Descriptors: Competence, Higher Education, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teacher Attitudes
Gilbert, Arthur N. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1973
The free enterprise system can be adapted to university life. Any professor would be able to offer a course of his choosing on his own time and charge tuition for it. This system would parallel the regular course structure. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Role, Relevance (Education), Student Teacher Relationship
Willis, Earl T. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1973
Presents 3 tenets necessary for quality higher education: (1) it is the responsibility of the college for the students to acquire knowledge; (2) both the learner and the teacher are members of a learning community; (3) the integrity of the college depends upon the seriousness with which the faculty and students accept a value system based upon the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Role, Relevance (Education), Student Teacher Relationship
Crane, Robert M. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1972
Teachers of the future must be better prepared than ever before, and must be ready to continue their learning that they might be proper identity models for students. (HS)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Professors
Beard, Richard L. – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Author discusses perversions of the art of teaching he regards as destructive. (IR)
Descriptors: Faculty, Higher Education, Moral Values, Political Influences
Okunrotifa, Peter Olatunde – Improving College and University Teaching, 1970
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Instructional Materials, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Responsibility
