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Interior Design: Practical Strategies for Teaching and Learning
by Katherine S. Ankerson, Jill Pable

List Price: $41.50
©2008, 300 pp., Softcover, 8.5x11 (978-156367-558-4)

Book Category: Professional Practice

Interior Design: Practical Strategies for Teaching and Learning provides a pedagogical approach specifically geared to instruction in interior design. Combining theory with practical application and examples unique to the interior design discipline, the unifying theme of the book is achieving excellence in design education. For first-time teachers whose formal training as educators is more limited than their expertise in the discipline of interior design, this text serves as a primary, specialized resource. For both new and seasoned teachers, it is a handy, just-in-time reference for those sticky situations when one needs a fresh perspective in teaching an idea in a new way. The text is enriched by: case studies; examples of syllabi, grading rubrics, and student critiques; definitions of educational jargon; tables and graphs photos of teaching-related activities and spaces; bibliography for further information on teaching and learning topics.

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• CONTENTS

  Meeting the Challenge
  How to Use This Reference
  The Challenge of Interior Design Education
  The Roles of the Full-Time Academic
  Contributions of Adjunct Faculty
  Today's Student
  Learning Theory
  The Teaching Experience
  Essays and Inspirations
  The Teaching and Learning Physical Environment
  Definitions
  Further Reading
  Fostering Successful Learning
  Managing Time and the Demands of Teaching
  Matching Course Goals to Measurable Outcomes
  Basic Course Construction and Syllabus
  Preparation
  Selecting and Creating Course Resources
  Techniques for Learning
  Giving Tests and Assigning Grades
  Classroom Management
  Studio Learning
  Teaching and Learning at a Distance
  Trends in Teaching and Learning
  Improving Teaching and Learning
  

  
  
• FEATURES

• Essays by three educators with a minimum of 10 years experience.
• Tips from tenure-seeking educators, including balancing pressures of teaching, research, creative activity, and service.
• Observations from adjunct educators, including advantages and disadvantages of teaching while maintaining a practice and balancing the two roles.