Teaching Strategies

 University of the Pacific Faculty Center Example Syllabus Template

 

There are many ways to effectively teach and engage students in higher education.  This page will share updated resources for faculty members to learn more about how people learn in order to capitalize on the ways in which they process information.

Pedagogical approaches include active learning techniques such as collaborative and cooperative learning, problem and project-based learning, inquiry-based learning, etc...

1. An extensive list of Interactive Teaching Techniques from UCF' Faculty Center.
2. Stanford's Tomorrow's Professor provides an archived list of summarized articles on teaching.
3. Carnegie Mellon has developed a webpage on How to Solve a Teaching Problem.
4. Teaching Materials from Berkeley's OED shares numerous resources.
5. University of Michigan's CRLT supports teaching with a Teaching Strategies site.


External linkLearning Theories assist with how students learn, and make conceptual connections.

External link Active Teaching Methods and Strategies provide engaging approaches and authentic, inquiry-based active environment.

External linkClassroom Prepatory Sheets assist in planning progress on engaging student learning.

External linkCritical Thinking Bloom’s, Inquiry, Fact-Opinion-Judgment, Triarchic Theory of Intelligence.

External link Interactive Syllabican enhance with tools for students of diverse background and learning styles.

Association of American Colleges and Universities is concerned with the quality, vitality, and public understanding of higher education.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching is a policy and research center.

External link Duke Center for Instructional Tech is a premier center for supporting teaching with technology.

Georgetown Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship of teaching and learning.

Portland State Center for Academic Excellence integrates learning with civic engagement.

External link National Teaching and Learning Forum is a conversation among professors.

External link Learning Styles Site provides a number of instruments for helping identify learning styles.