Showcase Series
Spring 2006
KEN BAIN
TEACHING THE BASICS
WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Ken Bain, director of the Center of
Teaching Excellence at New York University and author of
What the Best College Teachers Do, came to MTSU on April 21,
2006, to lead an all-day event for MTSU faculty. His
showcase--"Teaching the Basics with New Technologies," was held at
the Consolidated Utility District's Conference Center, with
continental breakfast and lunch provided.
Ken Bain has spent over 15 years
researching the "best" college teachers in different disciplines and
universities throughout the United States. His talk
focused on what makes a great teacher, integrating new technologies
into teaching, why students remember some professors long after
college, how the great teachers engage and challenge students, how
professors can use a variety of pedagogical tools to improve
learning, and why teaching matters.
Ken Bain's writings on college
teaching focus on the relationship between teacher and student to
explain how learning can succeed...or fail. Needless to say,
once the teacher burns out, stops growing, loses interest, learning
fizzeles out as well.
See also
- Engaging students
- Improving your teaching
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