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Calling All Instructors, Staff, and Graduate Students
CFE Spotlight on Teaching Book Review Feature
CFE Spotlight on Teaching book reviews are designed to help faculty, staff, and graduate students determine which books to add to their own personal libraries or to use in their work with faculty and/or graduate students to stimulate discussions on teaching and learning. The books available for review have been selected from recently published books on teaching and learning, often referenced in the teaching/learning literature as “must read” books.
Please let us know if you are willing to write a review for this newsletter. Not only do you get to assist your colleagues, but you also get to keep the book you review as a token of our appreciation for your efforts. Once a title has been selected from the following list, the selection will be removed and a new title will be added. Therefore, if you are not keenly interested in any of the titles listed here now, please check back periodically. If you have a suggestion for a book that should be added to our list, please email your suggestion to the CFE Spotlight on Teaching Managing Editor, Helen Crompton.
Each review should follow this outline: introduction, summary of the book’s content, your analysis and evaluation of the book, and conclusion. This outline is available in more detail from the Writing Center (http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/review.html). The length of the review is limited to 500 words. Once submitted, your book review will be edited by two CFE staff members. You will have the opportunity to proofread the final edited version before publication. Reviews will be published in the CFE Spotlight on Teaching.
To write a book review, submit the book review interest form.
1. Identify the book you are interested in reviewing.
2. If the book is available, it will be sent to you via campus mail or you can drop by the CFE and pick it up. The review should be completed within four (4) weeks of receiving the book. If you find that you cannot complete the review in that time frame, simply return the book.
3. As a token of our appreciation for doing the review, the book is yours to keep. When you have completed the review, please submit the following:
a. The completed book review (500 word limit)
b. A cover sheet that has your name, title, department, and contact information.
Books Available for Review
Last updated: 10/11/2010
Allen, J. K., Bracken, S. J., & Dean, D. R. (2008). Most College Students Are Women: Implications for Teaching, Learning, and Policy. Sterling, VA: Stylus Pub.
Arreola, R. (2007). Developing a Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation System: A Guide to Designing, Building, and Operating Large-Scale Faculty Evaluation Systems. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
Benner, P. Sutphen, M., & Day, L. (2010). Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Blumberg, P. (2009). Developing learner-centered teaching: A practical guide for faculty. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Brookfield, S. D. (2006). The Skillful teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Burns, B. (2006). How to teach balanced reading & writing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Butin, D. W. (2008). Service-learning and social justice education: Strengthening justice-oriented community based models of teaching and learning. Abingdon, NY: Routledge.
Carr, N. (2010). The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains. New York, NY: W.W.Norton & Company, Inc.
Davis, J. (2010). The First Generation Student Experience: Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success. Sterling, VA: Stylus Pub.
Doyle, T. (2008). Helping students learn in a learner-centered environment: A guide to facilitating learning in higher education. Sterling, VA: Stylus Pub.
Filene, P. G. (2005). The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Harper, S. R. & Harris, F.III. (2010). College Men and Masculinities: Theory, Research, and Implications for Practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Heppner, F. H. (2007). Teaching the large college class: A guidebook for instructors with multitudes. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Laursen, S., Hunter, A. B., Seymour, E., Thiry, H., & Melton, G. (2010). Undergraduate research in the Sciences. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Michaelsen, L. K., Parmelee, D. X., & Sweet, M. (2008). Team-based learning: Small group learning's next big step. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Michaelsen, L. K., Knight, A. B., & Fink, Dee-Fink, L. (2002). Team-based learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Millis, B. (2010). Cooperative learning in higher education: Across the disciplines, across the academy. Sterling VA: Stylus Publishing.
Nash, R. J., & Murray, M. C. (2010). Helping college students find purpose : The campus guide to meaning-making. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Nilson, L Burzotta. (2003). Teaching at its best : A research-based resource for college instructors. Bolton, MA: Anker Pub. Co.
Nilson, L. B., & Weaver, B. E. (Eds.) (2005). Enhancing learning with laptops in the classroom. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, Vol. 101. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Palmer, P. J.& Zajonc, A. (2010). The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Perna, L. W. (2010). Understanding the Working College Student: New Research and Its Implications for Policy and Practice. Sterling, VA: Stylus Pub.
Seldin, P. (2006). Evaluating faculty performance : A practical guide to assessing teaching, research, and service. Bolton, Mass.: Anker Pub. Company Inc.
Sullivan, W. M., & Wegner, J. Welch. (c2007). Educating lawyers : Preparation for the profession of law. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
Suskie, L. A. (2009). Assessing student learning: A common sense guide. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Walvoord, B. E. F., & Anderson, V.J. (2009). Effective grading: A tool for learning and assessment. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Weimer, M. (2010). Inspired College Teaching: A Career-Long Resource for Professional Growth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley.
Zubizarreta, J., & Millis, B. (2009). The learning portfolio: Reflective practice for improving student learning. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
