Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xix

About the Author xxi

1. Experiencing Teaching 1

2. The Core Assumptions of Skillful Teaching 15

3. Understanding Our Classrooms 27

4. What Students Value in Teachers 41

5. Understanding and Responding to Classroom Emotions 55

6. Lecturing Creatively 69

7. Using Discussion Methods 83

8. Teaching in Diverse Classrooms 97

9. Teaching About Racism 111

10. Using Imagination, Play, and Creativity 125

11. Teaching in Teams 141

12. Teaching Students to Think Critically 155

13. Teaching Online 169

14. Giving Helpful Evaluations 185

15. Helping Students Take Responsibility for Learning 199

16. Understanding Students’ Resistance to Learning 213

17. Responding to Students’ Resistance to Learning 227

18. Exercising Teacher Power Responsibly 239

19. Negotiating the Politics of Teaching 253

20. Staying Sane: 16 Maxims of Skillful Teaching 265

References 279

Name Index 297

Subject Index 303

About the Author

STEPHEN D. BROOKFIELD is the John Ireland Endowed Chair at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more than 45 years, he has taught in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States. A six-time winner of the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education, he is the author or coauthor of numerous books on teaching, including Engaging Imagination, Teaching for Critical Thinking, Powerful Techniques for Teaching Adults, and Discussion as a Way of Teaching, all from Jossey-Bass. Use this book for your next book club or faculty development event. Download your free Jossey-Bass Faculty Development Book Club Guide and design an outstanding event for you and your colleagues: http://news.wiley.com/facultybookclub.