Book Reviews

For complete reviews on selected books, click on the link below:

Gottschalk, K and Hjortshj, K. (2004). The elements of teaching writing: A resource for instructors in all disciplines. New York: Bedford/ St. Martin's.
This guidebook for teaching writing will interest the practitioner more than the composition theorist. Replete with classroom tips and suggestions and armed with a detailed table of contents and index, this book is ideal for instructors wishing to efficiently improve their writing assignments and grading practices. For a complete review click here. Stephen Monroe, Department of English, University of Mississippi.

Filene, P. (2006). The Joy of teaching:  A practical guide for new college instructors. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Feline provides all faculty a platform for assessment of how to best design and deliver courses.  He gives insight into such rudiments of college teaching as syllabus construction and facilitation of class discussion, and also into arenas outside the process of teaching, such as relating to students and balancing teaching with other university commitments.  New faculty members will find the treatise useful and experienced faculty will be encouraged to revisit classroom procedures. The corpus of the book focuses on time-consuming issues of developing, preparing for, and teaching courses. Despite its brevity, the book recognizes variance in teaching styles and in course composition from 300-person courses to ten-person seminars, and from research universities to community colleges. The complete review is found here.
K.B. Melear, Leadership and Counselor Education, University of Mississippi.