University of California Press
Learning from Each Other: Refining the Practice of Teaching in Higher Education
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- Michele Lee Kozimor-King
- University of California Press
- Paperback
- 9780520296589
- 8.9 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches
- 1 pounds
- Social Science > Sociology - General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
- employing the science of learning in a social science context
- understanding the effects of a flipped classroom on student success
- pedagogical techniques to create a community of inquiry in online learning environments
- the risks and rewards of co-teaching
- reaching and teaching non-traditional students
- facilitating learning and leadership in student team projects
- connecting students with the community through research
- issues of assessment, including backward design, developing and using rubrics, and defining and implementing the scholarship of teaching and learning
Through Learning from Each Other, all faculty who care about their teaching, but especially faculty in the social sciences, can successfully employ curricular innovations, classroom techniques, and advances in assessment to create better learning environments for their students.
Author Bio
Michele Lee Kozimor was a 2008-2009 Sloan Early Career Work and Family Scholar. She is currently a sponsoring member of the Work and Family Research Network. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching and learning (including mentorship) and the effects of control and self-efficacy on work-family outcomes.
Kozimor's past work has addressed public perceptions of the work-family roles of women and the impact of career interruption on occupational attainment and career mobility of women. Her current research examines the impact of family structure on retirement expectations of women, the impact of owners' characteristics, work, and family issues on equine body condition, and teaching research methodology using service-learning. Her research has appeared in the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare and Research in the Sociology of Work. Kozimor has led numerous workshops on balancing work and family.
She is the current president of the Mid-Atlantic Council on Family Relations and the Region III Representative for Alpha Kappa Delta the International Sociology Honor Society. Kozimor teaches undergraduate courses in research methodology, social statistics, population issues, race and ethnic relations, sex and gender, marriage and family, social media, urban sociology and in the first-year seminar program.
She has received numerous awards for her teaching. Kozimor was recognized as the 2012 Excellence in Teaching the First-Year Seminar Award recipient which is co-sponsored by McGraw Hill and The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition.
Education
- B.A., Elizabethtown College
- M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Source: Elizabeth Town College
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