Amherst College Teaching Scholarship
Being Human in STEM: Partnering with Students to Shape Inclusive Practices and Communities; by Sarah Bunnell, Sheila Jaswal, Megan Lyster
Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning; by Daniel P. Barbezat, Mirabai Bush
Race and Class Matters at an Elite College; by Elizabeth Aries
Retooling Study Abroad: Digital Approaches to Linguistic and Cultural Immersion; by Carmen Granda
Speaking of Race and Class: the Student Experience at an Elite College; by Elizabeth Aries, Richard Berman
Teaching What We Do: Essays by Amherst College Faculty
Assessment of Learning
Assessing Student Learning- A Common Sense Guide; by Linda Suskie
Classroom Assessment Techniques A Handbook for College Teachers; by Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross
Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning; by Dannelle D. Stevens, Antonia J. Levi
Learning and Assessing with Multiple Choice Questions in College Classrooms; by Jay Parkes, Don Zimmaro
Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty; by Elizabeth F. Barkley, Claire Howell Major
Midcourse Correction for the College Classroom: Putting Small Group Instructional Diagnosis to Work; by Carol A. Hurley, Christine M. Rener, Jordan D. Troisi
Blended Learning Techniques
Blended Learning: Across the Disciplines, Across the Academy; by Francine Glazer
Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines; by D. Randy Garrison, Norman D. Vaughan
Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Learning; by Jonathan Bergmann, Aaron Sams
How to Design and Teach a Hybrid Course: Achieving Student-Centered Learning Through Blended Classroom, Online, and Experiential Activities; by Jay Caulfield, Alan Aycock (Foreword)
Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes; by James M. Lang, Flower Darby
Better Than Carrots or Sticks: Restorative Practices for Positive Classroom Management; by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
How Higher Education Feels: Commentaries on Poems That Illuminate Emotions in Learning and Teaching; by Kathleen Quinlan
Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College; by Peter Felten , Leo M. Lambert
The Restorative Classroom: Using Restorative Approaches to Foster Effective Learning; by Belinda Hopkins
The Restorative Practices Handbook For Teachers, Disciplinarians and Administrators; by Bob Costello, Joshua Wachtel, Ted Wachtel
Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation; by Laura Randon
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope; by Bell Hooks
Teaching with Tenderness: Toward an Embodied Practice; by Becky Thompson
Course Design
The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach; by Judith Grunert O'Brien, Barbara J. Millis
Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses; by L. Dee Fink
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses; by Robert C. Hauhart, Jon E. Grahe
Learning That Matters: A Field Guide to Course Design for Transformative Education; by Caralyn Zehnder, Cynthia Alby
Understanding by Design; by Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe
Design Principles
The Non-Designer's Design Book; by Robin P. Williams
Robin Williams Design Workshop; by Robin P. Williams, John Tollett
Discussion
The Discussion Book: 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking; by Stephen D. Brookfield, Stephen Preskill
Discussion in the College Classroom: Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online; by Jay R Howard, Maryellen Weimer (Foreword)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
bell hooks' Engaged Pedagogy: A Transgressive Education for Critical Consciousness; by Namulundah Florence
Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing; by Linda Stout
Bullied: A Student, a School and a Case that Made History; by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (DVD)
Can We Talk about Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation; by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Collective Visioning: How Groups Can Work Together for a Just and Sustainable Future; by Linda Stout
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice; by Geneva Gay
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain; by Zaretta Hammond
Difference Matters: Communicating Social Identity; by Brenda Allen
Diversity and Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching; edited by Margery B. Ginsberg, Raymond J. Wlodkowski
Diversity: The Invention of a Concept; by Peter Wood
Education for Critical Consciousness; by Paulo Freire
The Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success; Freeman A. Hrabowski III, Philip J. Rous, Peter H. Henderson
Ignite: A Decolonial Approach to Higher Education Through Space, Place and Culture; edited by Laura M. Pipe, Jennifer T. Stephens
Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage; by Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed; by Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of the Heart; by Paulo Freire
Pedagogy of the Oppressed; by Paulo Freire, Donaldo Macedo (Introduction)
The Politics of Education: Culture, Power and Liberation; by Paulo Freire, Henry A. Giroux (Introduction), Donaldo Macedo (Translator)
Privilege, Power, and Difference; by Allan G. Johnson
Readings for Diversity and Social Justice; by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, et al.
Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education; by Kay Landis [Handbook PDF]
Stop Talking: Indigenous Ways of Teaching and Learning and Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education; by Ilarion Merculieff, Libby Roderick [PDF]
A Time for Justice: America's Civil Rights Movement; by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (DVD)
University in Chains: Confronting the Military-Industrial-Academic Complex (The Radical Imagination); by Henry A. Giroux
Viva La Causa; by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (DVD)
We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools; by Gary R. Howard, Sonia Nieto (Foreword by)
What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching; by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah A. Mitchell, Mallory SoRelle
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us; by Claude M. Steele
Who Can Afford Critical Consciousness?: Practicing a Pedagogy of Humility; by David Seitz
"Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"; by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Faculty Development
Advancing the Culture of Teaching on Campus: How a Teaching Center Can Make a Difference; by Constance Cook, Matthew Kaplan
Assessing and Improving Your Teaching: Strategies and Rubrics for Faculty Growth and Student Learning; by Phyllis Blumberg
Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher; by Stephen D. Brookfield
Best Practices in Faculty Evaluation: A Practical Guide for Academic Leaders; by Jeffery L. Buller
Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education; by Mary Wright
Coming in from the Margins: Faculty Development's Emerging Organizational Development Role in Institutional Change; by Connie Schroeder
Community As Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color; by Lorgia Garcia Peña
The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life; by Parker J. Palmer
Developing Faculty in Liberal Arts Colleges: Aligning Inidividual Needs and Orgainzational Goals; by Vicki L. Baker, Laura Gail Lunsford, Meghan J. Pifer
An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization; by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey
Faculty Development and Student Learning: Assessing the Connections; by William Condon, Ellen R. Iverson, Cathryn A. Manduca, Carol Rutz, Gudrun Willett, Mary Taylor Huber, Richard Haswell
Faculty Development in the Age of Evidence: Current Practices, Future Imperatives; by Andrea L. Beach, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Ann E. Austin, Jaclyn K. Rivard
A Guide to Faculty Development; Kay J. Gillespie, Douglas L. Robertson
On Course: A Week-By-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching; by James M. Lang
The Quest for Meaning and Wholeness: Spiritual and Religious Connections in the Lives of College Faculty; by Jennifer A. Lindholm
The Slow Professor Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy; by Maggie Berg, Barbara K. Seeber
Student Ratings of Instruction: Can We Trust Them?; by Nira Hativa
What Our Stories Teach Us: a Guide to Critical Reflection for College Faculty; by Linda K. Shadiow
Your Teaching Style A Practical Guide to Understanding, Developing and Improving; by Kay Mohanna, Ruth Chambers, David Wall
General Teaching Strategies
A Guide to Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom: History, Research, and Practice; by Paul Baepler, J.D. Walker, D. Christopher Brooks, Kem Saichaie, Christina Petersen, Bradley A. Cohen (Foreword)
McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers; by Wilbert J. McKeachie, Marilla Svinicki,
POGIL: An Introduction to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning for Those Who Wish to Empower Learners; by Shawn Simonson
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning; by James M. Lang
Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors; by Linda B. Nilson
Teaching for Learning: 101 Intentionally Designed Educational Activities to Put Students on the Path to Success; by Claire Howell Major, Michael S. Harris, Todd Zakrajsek
Teaching What You Don't Know; by Therese Huston
Tools for Teaching; by Barbara Gross Davis
What the Best College Teachers Do; by Ken Bain
Grading
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment; by Barbara E. Fassler Walvoord, Virginia Johnson Anderson
Grading for Equity: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It Can Transform Schools and Classrooms; by Joe Feldman
Life Beyond Grades Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation; by Martin V. Covington, Linda M. von Hoene, Dominic J. Voge
Meaningful Grading: A Guide for Faculty in the Arts; by Natasha Haugnes, Hoag Holmgren, Martin Springborg
Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time; by Linda B. Nilson
Group Work
Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty; by Elizabeth F. Barkley, Claire Howell Major, K. Patricia Cross
Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making; by Sam Kaner
Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators; by Patrick Lencioni
Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching; by Larry K. Michaelsen (Editor)
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization; by Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith
Learning Theory
The ABCs of How We Learn - 26 Scientifically Proven Approaches, How They Work, and When to Use Them; by Daniel L. Schwartz, Kristen P. Blair, Jessica M. Tsan
College What it Was, Is, and Should Be; by Andrew Delbanco
Critical Reading in Higher Education: Academic Goals and Social Engagement; by Karen Manarin, Miriam Carey, Melanie Rathburn, Glen Ryland, Pat Hutchings
Decoding the Disciplines: Helping Students Learn Disciplinary Ways of Thinking: New Directions for Teaching and Learning (J-B TL Single Issue Teaching and Learning); by Joan Middendorf
Democracy and Education; by John Dewey
Evidence-Based Teaching for Higher Education; by Beth M. Schwartz (Editor), Regan A.R. Gurung (Editor)
Experience and Education; by John Dewey
Four-Dimensional Education: The Competencies Learners Need to Succeed; by Charles Fadel, Maya Bialik, Bernie Trilling
The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal; by Parker J. Palmer, Arthur Zajonc, Megan Scribner, Mark Nepo (Foreword by)
Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment: A Guide to Facilitating Learning in Higher Education; by Terry Doyle, John Tagg (Foreword)
High-Stakes Schooling: What We Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform; by Christopher Bjork
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching; by Susan A. Ambrose, Marsha C. Lovett, Richard E. Mayer (Foreword), Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marie K. Norman
Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice; by Maryellen Weimer
Learner-Centered Teaching: Putting the Research on Learning Into Practice; by Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek (Foreword)
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain; by Terry Doyle, Todd Zakrajsek, Jeannie H. Loeb (Foreword); First Edition
On Critical Pedagogy; by Henry A. Giroux
The Practice of Problem-Based Learning: A Guide to Implementing PBL in the College Classroom; by Jose A. Amador
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom; by Bell Hooks
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom; by Bell Hooks
Tell Me More: Listening to Learners Explain; by Eleanor Duckworth
Universal Design in Higher Education: From Principles to Practice; by Sheryl E. Burgstahler (Editor), Michael K. Young (Foreword)
We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change; by Myles Horton, Paulo Freire
Writing, Teaching, and Learning in the Disciplines; by Anne Herrington (Editor)
Pedagogical Partnership
Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning: Structuring Student Voice into Higher Education; by Alison Cook-Sather
Pedagogical Partnerships: A How-To Guide for Faculty, Students, and Academic Developers in Higher Education; by Alison Cook-Sather
Pedagogical Research
Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and Improving Learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering; National Research Council
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: A Guide for Scientists, Engineers and Mathematicians; by Jacqueline Dewar, Curtis Bennett, Matthew A. Fisher
SoTL in Action: illuminating Critical Moments of Practice; by Nancy Chick
Stem Teaching
Entering Mentoring; by Christine Pfund, Janet Branchaw, Jo Handelsman
A Guide to Making Your Science Matter: Escape from the Ivory Tower; by Nancy Baron
Successful Science and Engineering Teaching in Colleges and Universities; by Calvin S. Kalman
Successful STEM Mentoring Initiatives for Underrepresented Students: A Research-Based Guide for Faculty and Administrators; by Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Norman L. Fortenberry (Foreword)
Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide; by Richard M. Felder, Rebecca Brent
Student Development
Generation Z: A Century in the Making; by Corey Seemiller, Meghan Grace
Generation Z Learns: A Guide for Engaging Generation Z Students in Meaningful Learning; by Corey Seemiller, Meghan Grace
Overcoming Student Learning Bottlenecks: Decode the Critical Thinking of Your Discipline; by Joan Middendorf, Leah Shopkow
Practice for Life: Making Decisions in College; by Lee J. Cuba, Nancy Jennings, Suzanne Lovett, Joseph Swingle
Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation; by Saundra Yancy McGuire, Stephanie McGuire (With), Thomas Angelo (Foreword)
Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students; by Anton O Tolman (Editor), Janine Kremling
Student Engagement
Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking and Active Learning in the Classroom; by John C. Bean
Engaging Imagination: Helping Students Become Creative and Reflective Thinkers; by Alison James, Stephen D. Brookfield
Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations (Second Edition); by Stephen John Quaye, Shaun R. Harper
Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty; Elizabeth F. Barkley
The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion; by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
