How to Teach College

<b>From the bestselling author of <em>Lies My Teacher Told Me</em> comes a profound and practical road map for cultivating a rewarding empowering classroom experience for both teachers and students-brimming with lessons for lifelong learners

</b><br><b>Not 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 work'—their research their writing. . . . Those professors miss the joys of teaching. —from the introduction to <i>How to Teach College</i></b><br><br><p>Widely known as a bestselling author and an award-winning college professor for over fifty years James W. Loewen passed away in 2021 but his words and wisdom live on in <em>How to Teach College</em>. 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.</p>

<p><em>How to Teach College</em> 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 in Loewen’s vibrant original and inimitable voice. In it he offers advice on:

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<li>How to make content come alive with vibrancy leading to knowledge retention comprehension and student engagement

</li><li>How to convey a love of one’s topic and motivate students to become lifelong learners—both in the classroom and outside of it

</li><li>How to efficiently design a syllabus manage the classroom and optimize testing and grading

</li><li>The importance of ethics and open-mindedness when it comes to shaping young minds and how to incorporate freedom of thought into each and every lesson</li></ul>

<p>As 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 Loewen taught the way he wrote: with creativity humor and a high expectation that students can handle the truth. Edited by Loewen’s son himself a fellow educator and longtime high school teacher as well as sociology professor Michael Dawson <em>How to Teach College</em> comes as a pivotal moment in history and is sure to inspire and motivate generations of teachers to come.</p>