How to Teach College

From the bestselling author ofLies My Teacher Told Me comes a profound and practical road map for cultivating a rewarding, empowering classroom experience for both teachers and studentsbrimming with lessons for lifelong learnersNot a few professors teach solely because they have to, to hold a position that lets them do what they really want to do, which is their worktheir research, their writing. . . . Those professors miss the joys of teaching. from the introduction to How to Teach CollegeWidely known as a bestselling author and an award-winning college professor for over fifty years, James W.Loewenpassed away in 2021, but his words and wisdom live on inHow to Teach College.Full of strategies and secrets to inspire and invigorate students, this is a must-read for educational leaders at every level looking to deepen the impact of their teaching and inspire students to stay curious, vigilant, and engaged.How to Teach College is an invaluable resource for professors teaching in increasingly fraught American classrooms. With a special emphasis on teaching students from diverse backgrounds and potentially controversial subjects, this posthumously published book comes to us inLoewens vibrant, original, and inimitable voice. In it, he offers advice on:How to make content come alive with vibrancy, leading to knowledge retention, comprehension, and student engagementHow to convey a love of ones topic and motivate students to become lifelong learnersboth in the classroom and outside of itHow to efficiently design a syllabus, manage the classroom, and optimize testing and gradingThe importance of ethics and open-mindedness when it comes to shaping young minds, and how to incorporate freedom of thought into each and every lessonAs a leading sociologist of race relations and a prizewinning college educator with a teaching career spanning over half a century at Tougaloo College, Harvard University, University of Vermont, and Catholic University,Loewentaught the way he wrote: with creativity, humor, and a high expectation that students can handle the truth. Edited byLoewens son, himself a fellow educator and longtime high school teacher, as well as sociology professor Michael Dawson,How to Teach College comes as a pivotal moment in history and is sure to inspire and motivate generations of teachers to come.