How to Become an Effective Course Director

• Main Authors: Newton, Bruce W. (Author), Menna, Jay H. (Author), Tank, Patrick W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Education.; Life sciences.; Teaching.; Education, general.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Life Sciences, general.

If you think you know what students expect from a course director – think again. The surprising results show that students desire qualities in a course director that are different from what course directors think students want. This book gives advice on how to manage the differences in expectations...

Table of Contents:

• What A Course Director?
• Whose Idea Was This?
• Anatomy of a Course Director
• Living With Our Differences
• Where Do I Start?
• Managing Courses with Laboratories
• Responding to Student Problems and Issues
• Measuring Course Effectiveness
• Documentation
• Impediments
• Pitfalls
• Professionalism
• Administrative Support
• Special Considerations.