Exploring Signature Pedagogies: Approaches To Teaching Disciplinary Habits Of Mind

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"A remarkable achievement that is sure to find its way onto everyone's short shelf of essential books on teaching and learning. This book belongs in the hands of every beginning teacher or anyone wanting a good road map to the problems and possibilities of teaching the liberal arts."--Lendol Calder, Associate Professor of History at Augustana CollegeEach chapter explores what the pedagogical literature of the discipline suggests are the optimal ways to teach material in that field, and to verify the resulting learning. Each author is concerned about how to engage students in the ways of knowing, the habits of mind, and the values used by experts in his or her field.