33 Simple Strategies for Faculty
156 pages, 5 x 8
71 text boxes, 1 table
Paperback
Release Date:12 Oct 2018
ISBN:9780813599472
Hardcover
Release Date:12 Oct 2018
ISBN:9780813599489
33 Simple Strategies for Faculty
A Week-by-Week Resource for Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students
By Lisa M. Nunn
Rutgers University Press
Winner of the 2020 Scholarly Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award from the American Sociological Association
Many students struggle with the transition from high school to university life. This is especially true of first-generation college students, who are often unfamiliar with the norms and expectations of academia. College professors usually want to help, but many feel overwhelmed by the prospect of making extra time in their already hectic schedules to meet with these struggling students.
33 Simple Strategies for Faculty is a guidebook filled with practical solutions to this problem. It gives college faculty concrete exercises and tools they can use both inside and outside of the classroom to effectively bolster the academic success and wellbeing of their students. To devise these strategies, educational sociologist Lisa M. Nunn talked with a variety of first-year college students, learning what they find baffling and frustrating about their classes, as well as what they love about their professors’ teaching.
Combining student perspectives with the latest research on bridging the academic achievement gap, she shows how professors can make a difference by spending as little as fifteen minutes a week helping their students acculturate to college life. Whether you are a new faculty member or a tenured professor, you are sure to find 33 Simple Strategies for Faculty to be an invaluable resource.
Many students struggle with the transition from high school to university life. This is especially true of first-generation college students, who are often unfamiliar with the norms and expectations of academia. College professors usually want to help, but many feel overwhelmed by the prospect of making extra time in their already hectic schedules to meet with these struggling students.
33 Simple Strategies for Faculty is a guidebook filled with practical solutions to this problem. It gives college faculty concrete exercises and tools they can use both inside and outside of the classroom to effectively bolster the academic success and wellbeing of their students. To devise these strategies, educational sociologist Lisa M. Nunn talked with a variety of first-year college students, learning what they find baffling and frustrating about their classes, as well as what they love about their professors’ teaching.
Combining student perspectives with the latest research on bridging the academic achievement gap, she shows how professors can make a difference by spending as little as fifteen minutes a week helping their students acculturate to college life. Whether you are a new faculty member or a tenured professor, you are sure to find 33 Simple Strategies for Faculty to be an invaluable resource.
With its inviting tone and straightforward advice, 33 Simple Steps is the rare combination of useful and user-friendly. For faculty who feel like their time is stretched more than ever, Nunn provides excellent strategies with which professors can help students succeed.
With its inviting tone and straightforward advice, 33 Simple Steps for Faculty is the rare combination of useful and user-friendly. For faculty who feel like their time is stretched more than ever, Nunn provides excellent strategies with which professors can help students succeed.'
Dr. Nunn’s book is full of insightful and practical weekly strategies for intentionally creating and sustaining a culture of belonging for first-generation college students.
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LISA M. NUNN is an associate professor of sociology at the University of San Diego in California. She is the author of Defining Student Success: The Role of School and Culture (Rutgers University Press).
Introduction
WEEK 1
Introducing Yourself (Not Your Professional Self)
WEEK 2
Modeling a Study Guide
WEEK 3
Finding Study Partners
WEEK 4
Articulating Your Pedagogic Rationales
WEEK 5
Improving Time Management
WEEK 6
Sharing Stress-Management Ideas
WEEK 7
Attending Office Hours
WEEK 8
Collecting Midsemester Feedback
WEEK 9
Interviewing Fellow Students
WEEK 10
Finding Your Discipline
WEEK 11
Discovering Life Purpose and Passion
WEEK 12
Sharing Stories of College Woe
WEEK 13
Laughing and Commiserating Together
WEEK 14
Learning from Failures
WEEK 15
Saying Farewell
Acknowledgments
References
Index
