Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education
Jeremy T. Murphy and Meira Levinson, Foreword by Mary Deane Sorcinelli
paper, 232 Pages
Pub. Date: March 2023
ISBN-13: 978-1-68253-798-5
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A toolkit of strategies for postsecondary instructors to use to cultivate safe, inclusive learning spaces and improve teaching.
Based on work conducted through the Instructional Moves project at Harvard University, Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education outlines the many ways in which good college and graduate school teaching is rooted in deliberate pedagogical choices that support active learning. Jeremy T. Murphy and Meira Levinson distill good instruction to its essential components, analyzing the careful steps successful instructors take to create learning spaces that encourage all students to do ambitious work.
Profiling professors in a range of contexts and disciplines, Murphy and Levinson take readers on deep dives into individual instructors’ teaching methods in actual classrooms. Each real-world example is accompanied by a set of practical action points that can be adopted by both new and experienced instructors, communities of practice, and educational developers and coaches.
Collectively, the examples underscore how students with differing abilities, diverse identities, and disparate worldviews can all benefit from student-centered learning environments, in which collaboration is valued and students are afforded opportunities to apply what they have learned. Murphy and Levinson spotlight inclusive instructional moves such as community-building exercises, interactive lectures, and discussion facilitation that nurture a sense of belonging and encourage student engagement in both in-person and online settings. They also explore the benefits of innovative teaching formats such as flipped classrooms, simulations, and virtual learning. Instructional Moves for Powerful Teaching in Higher Education illustrates how pedagogical shifts small and large can improve college teaching powerfully.
Praise
This book makes college teaching more public by opening select classrooms for an in-depth look at research-based practices that promote learning. Discipline-spanning approaches are paired with reflections and resources to give readers a sense of having an enlightening conversation with instructors who share common goals. Instructional Moves is a fresh addition to my go-to list of excellent books on teaching.
— Jenny Frederick, associate provost for academic initiatives and executive director of the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale University
Essential reading for every higher education instructor, who will find actionable advice on every page. Each new teaching approach is illustrated with vivid case studies from real classrooms and backed by findings from education research. From large lecture halls to small seminars, this inspiring book can help every instructor improve their teaching.
— Justin Reich, associate professor and director of Teaching Systems Lab, MIT
A convincing case for adopting equitable, evidence-based teaching approaches that spark deep learning across disciplines. The mix of up-to-date research findings and richly textured examples of faculty practice is particularly powerful. This highly readable book will be a valuable resource for instructors as well as educational developers.
— Matt Kaplan, executive director, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan
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About the Author
Jeremy T. Murphy is an assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross. Meira Levinson is the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her books include Dilemmas of Educational Ethics.