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Recommended Readings

Basic Guides

As basic guides to teaching and learning in higher education, CTL recommends these two books.

A Guide to Teaching & Learning Practices
(4th Edition). Instructional Development Services, Florida State University. Free to SDSU Faculty to download as zip folder.

Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (2nd Edition) by Linda B. Nilson. Anker Publishing.

Cooperative, Active Learning, Inquiry, Problem Based

Brown, S. (Ed.). (2000). Active learning in higher education (Vol. 1, No.1). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Some articles in this volume include "Are assessors professional? Student assessment and the professionalism of academics" and "Encouraging students to reflect as part of the assignment process: student responses and tutor feedback."

Curriculum & Course Evaluation

Faculty Scholarship

Grading/Evaluation/Student Assessment

The Learner: Motivation / Learning Styles

The Multi-Cultural Classroom

Sociology and Education

Teaching Practice

Technology and Teaching

Theory and Philosophies of Teaching

Writing-Across-the Curriculum

Miscellaneous