Table of Contents:
  • Focus on learning
  • Preparing students
  • Setting a framework for knowledge
  • Planning your learning-centered syllabus : an overview of the process
  • Composing a learning-centered syllabus
  • Using a learning-centered syllabus
  • Examples
  • Checklist
  • Table of contents
  • Instructor information
  • Student information form
  • Letter to the students or teaching philosophy statement
  • Purpose of the course
  • Course description
  • Course objectives
  • Readings
  • Resources
  • Course calendar
  • Course requirements
  • Policies and expectations : attendance, late papers, missed tests, class behaviors, and civility
  • Policies and expectations : academic integrity, disability access, and safety
  • Evaluation
  • Grading procedures
  • How to succeed in this course : tools for study and learning
  • Suggested readings
  • General teaching
  • Active learning
  • Assessment and evaluation
  • Cooperative and collaborative learning
  • Course and curriculum design
  • Critical thinking
  • Information technology
  • Learning and motivation
  • Student differences
  • Online resources for syllabus construction
  • Teaching portfolios.