Extraordinary teachers: the essence of excellent teaching

Introduction / Frederick J. Stephenson

Crucial Lessons I Have Learned from My Least and My Most Inspiring Instructors / David R. Shaffer

Helping Students Find Joy in Learning During Thirty-Five Years of Teaching / Thomas W. Ganschow

Teachers: From a Parent's Viewpoint / Jeanne A. Barsanti

Fostering Critical Thinking: Making Learning Fun / Anne L. Sweaney

Why I Teach / Richard K. Hill

Elements of Effective Teaching / Loch K. Johnson

Life's Meaning / John Granrose

Responsibilities of a College Teacher / Dean G. Rojek

Creating an Environment for Teaching and Learning / Josef M. Broder

Teaching as a Vocation / Susette M. Talarico

Teachers Who Meant the Most to Me as a Student / James Walters

Tough Love in the Classroom / Conrad C. Fink

Joys of Teaching English / William G. Provost

Psychology of Teaching / Shawn M. Glynn

Thoughts on College Teaching / Keith J. Karnok

Teaching Tricks / Lief H. Carter

"Laughter Holding Both His Sides": Humor as a Welcome Guest in the Classroom / Genelle G. Morain

Teacher Burnout / Ronald L. Carlson

Inspiring Students to Excel / Brenda H. Manning

What I Think About When Designing a New Course / Alan J. Jaworski

What My Mentors Taught Me About Teaching / States M. McCarter

Teaching "Outside the Box" / Dan T. Coenen

Teachers as Role Models / Judith C. Reiff

Great Myths of Successful Teaching / Carmen Chaves Tesser

Free Speech in the Classroom / Calvin M. Logue

Understanding Our Role as Teachers: One Professor's Journey / Peter J. Shedd

Statement on Teaching / Hubert H. McAlexander

On Becoming a Constructivist Mathematics Teacher / Larry L. Hatfield

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Advice to New Teachers / Sharon J. Price

Reflections on a Life in Music / Egbert Ennulat

Coming Full Circle: Teaching for Beyond the Classroom / Michelle Henry Barton

My Best Course / Charles M. Hudson

In Praise of Holistic Teaching / Katharina M. Wilson

Personal Teaching and Storytelling in the Large Class / O. Lee Reed

My Career / Joseph R. Berrigan

My Teaching Philosophy and the Teachers Who Shaped It / Frederick J. Stephenson.