The Adjunct Faculty Handbook / Edition 2

by Lorri E. Cooper, Bryan A. Booth

Overview

Praise for the First Edition

"The book is very comprehensive. It gives plenty of practical examples and also refers to teaching and learning theory. "—Martin Lightfoot in Management & Education

"This Handbook contains advice and approaches for teaching practices that both new and seasoned faculty can employ to revisit and revitalize what goes on in their classrooms. "—Margaret E. Holt, University of Georgia

Since the First Edition of The Adjunct Faculty Handbook was published in 1996, the number of adjunct faculty members in colleges and universities has increased to the point that most of those institutions could not function efficiently without them. This Second Edition addresses changes in today's higher education environment and their impact on the role of adjunct instructors. At a time when many adjuncts may be given little more than a start date, room number, and brief course description to prepare them for teaching a course, the Handbook provides administrators as well as part- and full-time faculty members with the resources they need to empower adjunct staff.

Key Features

• Provides important tools for adjunct instructors, including handy checklists, sample syllabi, evaluation forms, and case studies
• Offers a full chapter on the role of technology in teaching and learning, plus another on future trends, including network technologies
• Covers the increased emphasis on student evaluations and learning outcomes assessment as well as changes in classroom dynamics and what these mean for today's adjunct faculty
• Addresses both theory and skill, covering topics such as course planning, teaching strategies, theories of learning, cooperative learning, student evaluations, Web 2.0, professional development, and more
• Includes practical advice for designing policies for adjunct programs and for evaluating adjunct instructors, who comprise more than two-thirds of the college instructors in the United States today

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412975193
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/26/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	141
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr. Lorri E. Cooper teaches courses in leadership, managing innovation, and the graduate Management program capstone. She earned a master’s degree at Vanderbilt University and her doctorate at the University of Virginia, where she minored in leadership studies and wrote her dissertation on leadership development for private college presidents and their governing boards. During her time at the University of Virginia, she served as a research associate and then as an administrative director at the Darden School of Business.

Dr. Cooper’s research and writing focuses on leadership development (particularly for practicing managers), management education, and how principles of design can effectively enhance and influence leadership practices. Her edited book The Adjunct Faculty Handbook, 2nd edition will be published in May 2010.

Prior to her academic career, Dr. Cooper worked in management consulting with banking and real estate industries in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Dr. Cooper belongs to OB Teaching Society and to the Midwest Academy of Management.

Table of Contents

Preface - Bryan Booth, Lorri Cooper
1. Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results - Lorri E. Cooper
University and Program Administration
Student Administration
Planning and Support
Ethics and Academic Freedom
Reflection on Teaching
2. Technology in Education - Theodore E. Stone
Introduction
The Face-to-Face Teaching Experience
So What Do Students Really Want?
Setting up the Basics
Beyond the Basics
Gaining Access to the Technology-Rich Classrooms
Hybrid Classes, Web 2.0, and Online Learning
Resources for Hybrid Courses
Distance Learning and the Adjunct Faculty
A Few Words about the CMS
The Online Professor’s Multimedia Tool Kit
Conclusion
3. Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students - Cynthia H. Roman
Introduction
Theories of Student Learning
Students’ Readiness for Learning
How Students Become Adult Learners
Reaching and Relating to Students
Dialogue in the Classroom
Questioning Skills
Learning Strategies for the Online Classroom
Establishing an Environment for Learning
4. Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application - Cynthia H. Roman
Instructional Strategies
Evaluating Learning
Developing Lessons Plans
Course Syllabus
Giving Students Feedback
Program Philosophy
Outcomes Assessment
Conclusion
5. Professional Development of the Adjunct Faulty - Jodi R. Cressman
Introduction
Professional Development Activities for the Adjunct Faculty
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty: Suggestions for Deans, Chairs, and Program Coordinators
Conclusion
6. Evaluation of Student Performance - Susanne Bruno Ninassi
Introduction
Faculty Evaluation of Students
Self and Peer Evaluations
Grading Policy
Grading Issues
What is Academic Integrity
Types of Violations
Adjunct Faculty’s Role
Role of Technology in Academic Integrity
Conclusion
7. Future Trends: Network Technologies and Adjunct Faculty - Terry D. Anderson, Vera L.B. Dolan, Bryan A. Booth
Introduction
Technology-based Communication and Implications for Adjuncts
Network Technology: Adjunct Work and Learning
Applications of the Groups/ Networks/Collectives
Conclusion
Appendix
Index
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students - Cynthia Roman
Evaluation of Student Performance - Susanne Ninassi
Future Trends - Terry Anderson, Vera Dolan, Bryan Booth
Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results - Lorri Cooper
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty - Jodi Cressman
Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application - Cynthia Roman
Technology in Education - Theodore Stone

Editorial Reviews

"The second edition of The Adjunct Faculty Handbook (the first edition appeared in 1996), is a timely, valuable reference resource in the literature of higher education. The new editors have retained the essential purpose, audience, format, and organization of the first edition while updating content to address the current climate...A helpful new feature of the second edition is inclusion of five appendices which will be useful for new teachers and all those supporting them. "

Educational Developer's Caucus Resource Review - Alison Downie