Book Reviews

Edited by Merritt Moseley

Submission of book reviews has been suspended.

Reviews, beginning with most recent

Archived reviews from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000-01, 2002-2003, 2004-2005.

• Entered 2/29/08
  • Ideas That Work In College Teaching. Edited by Robert L. Badger. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008. Review by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 11/21/07
  • Connecting Non Full-time Faculty to Institutional Mission: A Guidebook for College/University Administrators and Faculty Developers. By Leora Baron-Nixon. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2007. Review by Paul Dezendorf, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 07/19/07
  • Rethinking Faculty Work and Workplaces: Higher Education’s Strategic Imperative. By J. M. Gappa, A. E. Austin, and A. G. Trice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass: 2007. Review by Margaret Snooks, University of Houston-Clear Lake.
  
  

• Entered 07/13/07
  • Personal Tutoring in Higher Education. Edited by Liz Thomas and Paula Hixenbaugh. Stoke-on-Trent, UK and  Sterling, VA: Trentham Books, 2006. Review by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville

     

• Entered 03/01/07

• The Skillful Teacher: On Technique,Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (Second Edition). By Stephen Brookfield. San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 2006. Review by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville.
  
  
• Entered 01/04/07

• Learning in Real Time: Synchronous Teaching and Learning Online. By Jonathan E. Finkelstein. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Review by Bryan S. Schaffer, UNC Asheville.
  
  
• Entered 10/12/06
  • Evaluating Faculty Performance: A Practical Guide to AssessingTeaching, Research, and Service. By Peter Seldin. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing, 2006. Review by Gwen McNeill Ashburn, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 10/10/06
  • The Spirit of Service: Exploring Faith, Service, and Social Justice in Higher Education. Edited Brian T. Johnson and Carolyn R. O’Grady. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing, 2006. Review by Lynette Moore Sandley, Samford University.
    
    
• Entered 09/01/06
  • Thirteen Strategies to Measure College Teaching. By Ronald A. Berk. Sterling, VA: Stylus, 2006. Review by Gary B. Nallan, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 07/10/06

• Teaching First-Year College Students (Revised and Expanded Edition of Teaching College Freshmen). By Bette LaSere Erickson, Calvin B. Peters, and Diane Welner Strommer. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Review by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville
  
  
• Entered 07/07/06
• Creating a New Kind of University: Institutionalizing Community-University Engagement. Edited by Stephen L. Percy, Nancy L. Ximpher, and Mary Jane Brukardt. Bolton, MA: Anker, 2006. Review by Merritt Moseley, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 06/02/06
  • Teaching Defiance: Stories and Strategies for Activist Educators. by Michael Newman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Review by John Wood, UNC Asheville.
    
    
• Entered 05/16/06
• Assessing General Education Programs. By Mary J. Allen. Bolton, MA: Anker, 2006. Review by Terrel L. Rhodes, Portland State University.
  
• Entered 05/10/06
  • Enhancing Scholarly Work in Teaching and Learning: Professional Literature That Makes a Diffference. By Maryellen Weimer. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2006. Review by Patrice K. Gray, Fitchburg State College.
    
    
• Entered 03/29/06
  • Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the First Critical Days of Students Working in Groups. By Dean A. McManus. Bolton, MA: Anker, 2005. Review by Bruce Larson, UNC Asheville.

• Entered 03/27/06
  • Team-Based Learning:A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching. Edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, 2004. Review by Lori Houghton Wright, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix
    
• Entered 03/22/06
  • Aligning for Learning: Strategies for Effective Teaching. Ed.Donald H. Wulff. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc. Review by Margaret K. Snooks, University of Houston-Clear Lake.