Part One: Removing Barriers to Teaching Improvement
1. What Makes the Improvement of College Teaching Difficult?
2. Overcoming Faculty Resistance and Encouraging Participation
3. Improving Teaching: A Five-Step Process
Part Two: Key Elements of Successful Instructional Development
4. Ongoing Assessment and Feedback
5. A Flexible Mix of Improvement Activities
6. Colleagues Assisting Collegaues
7. Supportive Academic Leaders
Part Three: Institutional Options for Improving College Teaching
8. Organizational and Administrative Approaches
9. Profiles of Teaching Improvement Programs
19. Closing Advice on Improving College Teaching
Resources: A. How Do You Teach? A Checklist for Developing Instructional Awareness B. Guidelines for Classroom Observation