The Essentials of College Teaching: A Guide for New and Adjunct College Instructors - Paperback

by Constance Jones (Author)

The Essentials of College Teaching: A Guide for New and Adjunct College Instructors is written to serve adjunct instructors teaching college students at community colleges as well as four-year colleges and universities. This book provides current evidence-based best practices for teaching, leavened with amusing and inspirational anecdotes.

Author Biography

Constance Jones earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and her Ph.D. in human development and family studies from The Pennsylvania State University. She joined the faculty in the Department of Psychology at California State University, Fresno in 1993. Constance (aka "Mama Jones" to her graduate students) served as Chair of the Department for almost 10 years, allowing her to add others' stories of teaching successes and mishaps to her own personal repertoire.