Center for Teaching
Books
The CFT’s former newsletter, Teaching Forum (1997 – 2003), included reviews of books related to teaching and learning. Below are links to those book reviews:
- A Life in School: What the Teacher Learned. Jane Tompkins. Addison-Wesley, 1996.
- A Practitioner’s Guide to Reflection in Service-Learning. Janet Eyler, Dwight E. Giles, and Angela Schmiede. Vanderbilt Press, 1996.
- Building Learning Communities in Cyberspace: Effective Strategies for the Online Classroom. Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt. Jossey-Bass, 1999.
- Changing Practices in Evaluating Teaching. Peter Seldin and Associates. Anker, 1999.
- Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, Thomas A. Angelo and Patricia Cross. Jossey-Bass, 1993.
- Critical Thinking: Theory, Research, Practice, and Possibilities. Joanne G. Kurfiss. Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1988.
- Critical Thinking: What Every Person Needs to Survive in a Rapidly Changing World. Richard W. Paul. Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique, 1990.
- Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. John C. Bean. Jossey-Bass, 1996.
- First Day to Final Grade. A Graduate Student’s Guide to Teaching. Anne Curzan and Lisa Damour. University of Michigan Press, 2000.
- Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America’s Most Wired Campuses. David Brown, editor. Anker, 2000.
- Lessons from the Cyberspace Classroom: The Realities of Online Teaching. Rena Palloff and Keith Pratt. Jossey-Bass, 2001.
- Service-Learning in Higher Education: Concepts and Practices. Barbara Jacoby and Associates. Jossey-Bass, 1996.
- Teaching and the Case Method, 3rd ed., Louis Barnes, C. Roland Christensen, and Abby Hansen. Harvard Business School Press, 1994.
- Teaching Online: A Practical Guide. Susan Ko and Steve Rossen. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.
- Teaching Through Academic Advising: A Faculty Perspective. Alice G. Rienarz, Eric R. White, eds. Jossey-Bass, 1995.
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. Parker J. Palmer. Jossey-Bass, 1998.
- Women Faculty of Color in the White Classroom. Lucila Vargas, editor. Peter Lang Publishing, 2002.



