Teaching Tips
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences values enhanced student learning through effective teaching. Each month, additional articles are added to this Teaching Tips web page.
R. Kirby Barrick
Dean
Current Articles
- October 2009 -A New Table of Learning
- October 2009 - Characteristics of Good Teaching
There is no such thing as a “new” taxonomy; all the likely taxonomies have been invented, and in nearly infinite variety. Probably the single most famous list in the world of educational thought is the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives devised by my one-time teacher Benjamin Bloom. Bloom and his colleagues–as well as other taxonomic pioneers including William Perry, Lawrence Kohlberg, Grant Wiggins – have attempted to create a system for classifying the kinds of learning we seek for our students.
A 2002 report prepared by the National Research Council (“Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”) contains a research-based and ably articulated set of standards. Here are the five characteristics of good teachers they identify and some of the bulleted explanations offered in elaboration of each.
