Following are reviews of some great books from Dr. Niolon's shelf...
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Extraordinary Teachers by Fred Stephenson This is an excellent book with 35 short chapters from excellent teachers on what they've learned about teaching and why being a teacher is so important to them. Their experience spans grade school to graduate school, and views as a teacher, mentor, and parent. Some of it is practical advice for the beginning teacher (don't hand back assignments at the start of class), while some is about philosophy of teaching (it requires commitment, enthusiasm and warmth according to Glynn), to reaching students (Reiff asks how knowledge improves society and Sweeney uses the world as the classroom). Many chapters deal directly with the concern teachers hold today - maturity in students, critical thinking, and love of learning. If you've become jaded or burned out in your teaching after a bad semester or year, this is definitely a revitalizing read! (posted 8/05) Grade: A |
Successful Intelligence: How Practical and Creative Intelligence Determine Success in Life by Robert J. Sternberg This book provides the reader with a step-by-step explanation of how he came to understand intelligence and build his theory. He talks in plain English about IQ and what we know and do not know, and he presents his three-prong model of intelligence. He talks about teaching children in this model to strengthen their abilities, but also has a useful chapter for graduate students that I use in my classes on being "successfully intelligent" in graduate school. (posted 8/05) Grade: A |  |
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Why Marriage? The
History Shaping Today's Debate Over Gay Equality by George Chauncey This book reviews where and how the controversy started over gay marriage. He gives a short history of homophobia, marriage rights, and some of the past views of the religious conservatives, and provides some real stories from Gays and Lesbians seeking marriage. (posted 8/05) Read more... |
Relationship Therapy With Same-Sex Couples by Jerry J. Bigner and Joseph L. Wetchler (Eds.) This docuserial is a collection of 13 previously published articles, selected by Bigner and Wetchler, which together serve as an excellent primer on same-sex couples work. It offers an introduction on the impact of homophobia, training and supervision around same-sex couple work, multicultural couples and parenting, separate chapters on sexual relationships in gays and in lesbians, and even chapters on bisexual and transgendered couples. (posted 8/05) Read more... |  |
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