The Adjunct Faculty Handbook
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Description
Praise for the First Edition
"The book is very comprehensive. It gives plenty of practical examples and also refers to teaching and learning theory."—Martin Lightfoot in Management & Education
"This Handbook contains advice and approaches for teaching practices that both new and seasoned faculty can employ to revisit and revitalize what goes on in their classrooms."—Margaret E. Holt, University of Georgia
Since the First Edition of The Adjunct Faculty Handbook was published in 1996, the number of adjunct faculty members in colleges and universities has increased to the point that most of those institutions could not function efficiently without them. This Second Edition addresses changes in today's higher education environment and their impact on the role of adjunct instructors. At a time when many adjuncts may be given little more than a start date, room number, and brief course description to prepare them for teaching a course, the Handbook provides administrators as well as part- and full-time faculty members with the resources they need to empower adjunct staff.
Key Features
- Provides important tools for adjunct instructors, including handy checklists, sample syllabi, evaluation forms, and case studies
- Offers a full chapter on the role of technology in teaching and learning, plus another on future trends, including network technologies
- Covers the increased emphasis on student evaluations and learning outcomes assessment as well as changes in classroom dynamics and what these mean for today's adjunct faculty
- Addresses both theory and skill, covering topics such as course planning, teaching strategies, theories of learning, cooperative learning, student evaluations, Web 2.0, professional development, and more
- Includes practical advice for designing policies for adjunct programs and for evaluating adjunct instructors, who comprise more than two-thirds of the college instructors in the United States today
Contents
Preface
Preface
1. Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
- University and Program Administration
- Student Administration
- Planning and Support
- Ethics and Academic Freedom
- Reflection on Teaching
2. Technology in Education
- Introduction
- The Face-to-Face Teaching Experience
- So What Do Students Really Want?
- Setting up the Basics
- Beyond the Basics
- Gaining Access to the Technology-Rich Classrooms
- Hybrid Classes, Web 2.0, and Online Learning
- Resources for Hybrid Courses
- Distance Learning and the Adjunct Faculty
- A Few Words about the CMS
- The Online Professor’s Multimedia Tool Kit
- Conclusion
3. Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
- Introduction
- Theories of Student Learning
- Students’ Readiness for Learning
- How Students Become Adult Learners
- Reaching and Relating to Students
- Dialogue in the Classroom
- Questioning Skills
- Learning Strategies for the Online Classroom
- Establishing an Environment for Learning
4. Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
- Instructional Strategies
- Evaluating Learning
- Developing Lessons Plans
- Course Syllabus
- Giving Students Feedback
- Program Philosophy
- Outcomes Assessment
- Conclusion
5. Professional Development of the Adjunct Faulty
- Introduction
- Professional Development Activities for the Adjunct Faculty
- Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty: Suggestions for Deans, Chairs, and Program Coordinators
- Conclusion
6. Evaluation of Student Performance
- Introduction
- Faculty Evaluation of Students
- Self and Peer Evaluations
- Grading Policy
- Grading Issues
- What is Academic Integrity
- Types of Violations
- Adjunct Faculty’s Role
- Role of Technology in Academic Integrity
- Conclusion
7. Future Trends: Network Technologies and Adjunct Faculty
- Introduction
- Technology-based Communication and Implications for Adjuncts
- Network Technology: Adjunct Work and Learning
- Applications of the Groups/ Networks/Collectives
- Conclusion
Appendix
Appendix
Index
Index
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
Evaluation of Student Performance
Evaluation of Student Performance
Future Trends
Future Trends
Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
Technology in Education
Technology in Education
Additional materials
Description
Praise for the First Edition
"The book is very comprehensive. It gives plenty of practical examples and also refers to teaching and learning theory."—Martin Lightfoot in Management & Education
"This Handbook contains advice and approaches for teaching practices that both new and seasoned faculty can employ to revisit and revitalize what goes on in their classrooms."—Margaret E. Holt, University of Georgia
Since the First Edition of The Adjunct Faculty Handbook was published in 1996, the number of adjunct faculty members in colleges and universities has increased to the point that most of those institutions could not function efficiently without them. This Second Edition addresses changes in today's higher education environment and their impact on the role of adjunct instructors. At a time when many adjuncts may be given little more than a start date, room number, and brief course description to prepare them for teaching a course, the Handbook provides administrators as well as part- and full-time faculty members with the resources they need to empower adjunct staff.
Key Features
- Provides important tools for adjunct instructors, including handy checklists, sample syllabi, evaluation forms, and case studies
- Offers a full chapter on the role of technology in teaching and learning, plus another on future trends, including network technologies
- Covers the increased emphasis on student evaluations and learning outcomes assessment as well as changes in classroom dynamics and what these mean for today's adjunct faculty
- Addresses both theory and skill, covering topics such as course planning, teaching strategies, theories of learning, cooperative learning, student evaluations, Web 2.0, professional development, and more
- Includes practical advice for designing policies for adjunct programs and for evaluating adjunct instructors, who comprise more than two-thirds of the college instructors in the United States today
Contents
Preface
Preface
1. Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
- University and Program Administration
- Student Administration
- Planning and Support
- Ethics and Academic Freedom
- Reflection on Teaching
2. Technology in Education
- Introduction
- The Face-to-Face Teaching Experience
- So What Do Students Really Want?
- Setting up the Basics
- Beyond the Basics
- Gaining Access to the Technology-Rich Classrooms
- Hybrid Classes, Web 2.0, and Online Learning
- Resources for Hybrid Courses
- Distance Learning and the Adjunct Faculty
- A Few Words about the CMS
- The Online Professor’s Multimedia Tool Kit
- Conclusion
3. Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
- Introduction
- Theories of Student Learning
- Students’ Readiness for Learning
- How Students Become Adult Learners
- Reaching and Relating to Students
- Dialogue in the Classroom
- Questioning Skills
- Learning Strategies for the Online Classroom
- Establishing an Environment for Learning
4. Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
- Instructional Strategies
- Evaluating Learning
- Developing Lessons Plans
- Course Syllabus
- Giving Students Feedback
- Program Philosophy
- Outcomes Assessment
- Conclusion
5. Professional Development of the Adjunct Faulty
- Introduction
- Professional Development Activities for the Adjunct Faculty
- Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty: Suggestions for Deans, Chairs, and Program Coordinators
- Conclusion
6. Evaluation of Student Performance
- Introduction
- Faculty Evaluation of Students
- Self and Peer Evaluations
- Grading Policy
- Grading Issues
- What is Academic Integrity
- Types of Violations
- Adjunct Faculty’s Role
- Role of Technology in Academic Integrity
- Conclusion
7. Future Trends: Network Technologies and Adjunct Faculty
- Introduction
- Technology-based Communication and Implications for Adjuncts
- Network Technology: Adjunct Work and Learning
- Applications of the Groups/ Networks/Collectives
- Conclusion
Appendix
Appendix
Index
Index
About the Editors
About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Contributors
Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
Evaluation of Student Performance
Evaluation of Student Performance
Future Trends
Future Trends
Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty
Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty
Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
Technology in Education
Technology in Education
Additional materials
Reviews
May 2010 | 160 pages | Sage US
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/02/2026 | 9781412975193 | $90.00 |
| Lifetime | 28/02/2026 | 9781452238913 | $58.00 |
| 180 Day Ebook | 28/02/2026 | 9781452238913 | $40.00 |
Praise for the First Edition
"The book is very comprehensive. It gives plenty of practical examples and also refers to teaching and learning theory."—Martin Lightfoot in Management & Education
"This Handbook contains advice and approaches for teaching practices that both new and seasoned faculty can employ to revisit and revitalize what goes on in their classrooms."—Margaret E. Holt, University of Georgia
Since the First Edition of The Adjunct Faculty Handbook was published in 1996, the number of adjunct faculty members in colleges and universities has increased to the point that most of those institutions could not function efficiently without them. This Second Edition addresses changes in today's higher education environment and their impact on the role of adjunct instructors. At a time when many adjuncts may be given little more than a start date, room number, and brief course description to prepare them for teaching a course, the Handbook provides administrators as well as part- and full-time faculty members with the resources they need to empower adjunct staff.
Key Features
- Provides important tools for adjunct instructors, including handy checklists, sample syllabi, evaluation forms, and case studies
- Offers a full chapter on the role of technology in teaching and learning, plus another on future trends, including network technologies
- Covers the increased emphasis on student evaluations and learning outcomes assessment as well as changes in classroom dynamics and what these mean for today's adjunct faculty
- Addresses both theory and skill, covering topics such as course planning, teaching strategies, theories of learning, cooperative learning, student evaluations, Web 2.0, professional development, and more
- Includes practical advice for designing policies for adjunct programs and for evaluating adjunct instructors, who comprise more than two-thirds of the college instructors in the United States today
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
- University and Program Administration
- Student Administration
- Planning and Support
- Ethics and Academic Freedom
- Reflection on Teaching
- 2. Technology in Education
- Introduction
- The Face-to-Face Teaching Experience
- So What Do Students Really Want?
- Setting up the Basics
- Beyond the Basics
- Gaining Access to the Technology-Rich Classrooms
- Hybrid Classes, Web 2.0, and Online Learning
- Resources for Hybrid Courses
- Distance Learning and the Adjunct Faculty
- A Few Words about the CMS
- The Online Professor’s Multimedia Tool Kit
- Conclusion
- 3. Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
- Introduction
- Theories of Student Learning
- Students’ Readiness for Learning
- How Students Become Adult Learners
- Reaching and Relating to Students
- Dialogue in the Classroom
- Questioning Skills
- Learning Strategies for the Online Classroom
- Establishing an Environment for Learning
- 4. Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
- Instructional Strategies
- Evaluating Learning
- Developing Lessons Plans
- Course Syllabus
- Giving Students Feedback
- Program Philosophy
- Outcomes Assessment
- Conclusion
- 5. Professional Development of the Adjunct Faulty
- Introduction
- Professional Development Activities for the Adjunct Faculty
- Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty: Suggestions for Deans, Chairs, and Program Coordinators
- Conclusion
- 6. Evaluation of Student Performance
- Introduction
- Faculty Evaluation of Students
- Self and Peer Evaluations
- Grading Policy
- Grading Issues
- What is Academic Integrity
- Types of Violations
- Adjunct Faculty’s Role
- Role of Technology in Academic Integrity
- Conclusion
- 7. Future Trends: Network Technologies and Adjunct Faculty
- Introduction
- Technology-based Communication and Implications for Adjuncts
- Network Technology: Adjunct Work and Learning
- Applications of the Groups/ Networks/Collectives
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Index
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Environment of Learning: Connecting with Students
- Evaluation of Student Performance
- Future Trends
- Preparing to Teach: Considerations of Administration, Students, Technology, and Educational Results
- Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty
- Teaching Methods: Preparation and Application
- Technology in Education