books by Ken Bain

books by Ken Bain

books:

Ken Bain

The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman)

Peter Filene

The University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Kicking and screaming teachers are in the 21st century
Having been a counselor in a Texas community college for the past thirty one years I can readily state that I am thrilled to still be able to gather new ideas from colleagues who are decades my junior. Mr. Filine in his book assesses the current state of higher ...

Renewable Energy: Sources For Fuels And Electricity

Island Press, 1992

Probably one of the best books on renewables ever written.
Concise collection of texts treating all aspects of Renewable Energy in a grown up manner. Valuable as a starter's information source but also for experts. Covers all the aspects of renewable energy sources and many ways to transform one form of energy to another. ...

What the Best College Teachers Do

Ken Bain

Harvard University Press, 2004

Teaching is harder than it looks.
Brief Summary: Ken Bain and his colleagues conducted a fifteen-year study of outstanding teachers from a variety of disciplines at two dozen institutions. The teachers they chose to study had all achieved remarkable success in helping their students make sustained, ...