1st Edition
The Teaching Life Stories of Teaching and Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
Preface
Acknowledgments and Recognitions
Part I: Classroom Practices
Chapter 1. Learning with High School Students
Baptism by Fire / Classroom Novice / Meetings with the Principal
Back in the Classroom / What is a Teacher? Why Teach?
Chapter 2. Joining College Educational Communities
Queens College Apprenticeship and More / Successes and Failures / Masterful
Mentors /Joining the College Teaching Community / Major Mistakes / Becoming a Professional / Extraordinary Colleagues / Visiting Scholars / Teaching Writing about Music / Teaching and Feelings
Chapter 3. Settling into the Teaching Life
Teaching at Pace University / Teaching American Literature / Teaching
Exploratory Writing / Teaching Adults / Teaching Music Appreciation
Teaching for IBM / Teaching Through Field Trips / Teaching with Emotion
Chapter 4. Teaching in Cambridge, MA and in Taiwan
A Different Writing Pedagogy / Some Harvard Teachers / Some Harvard
Students / Fear of Failure / Students in Charge / Teaching Poetry in Taiwan
Chapter 5. Teaching at New York University
Seizing Opportunities / Teaching Critical Thinking / Teaching Cultural Foundations / Teaching Essay Writing / Teaching in the NYU Business School / Teaching Online
PART II: TOWARD MASTERY
Chapter 6. Teaching in the Classroom—and Beyond
Adjunct Teaching—On the Road Again / Suburban
School Scenarios / Teaching in Churches, Libraries, and Museums
Chapter 7. Different Kinds and Conceptions of Teaching
Interdisciplinary Teaching / Teaching Imaginative Thinking
Imagination, Creativity, Innovation / Capacities for Imaginative Thinking and Learning / Metaphors of Teaching /
Mentoring and More
Chapter 8. Teaching Literature
The Pleasures of Fiction / From Stories to Poems / A Teaching Framework / Teaching Drama / The Pleasures of Essays / What Good is Literature?
Chapter 9. Teaching and Textbooks +
Textbook Conflicts / The Problem of Time / A Swerve to High School
Textbooks / Obstacles and Opportunities / Modern American Poets: Their
Voices and Visions / The Scribner Handbook for Writers and Prentice Hall
Humanities Texts / Great Essays / Powers of Two / Beyond Textbooks
Chapter 10. An Approach to Teaching
Teaching as a Vocation / Influential Teachers / Creating a Teaching Persona / Building Community / The Dynamics of Teaching and Learning / Master Teachers
Coda
A Teaching Credo
Epilogue
The View from Half a Century
Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI
AI and Education
References and Suggested Readings
Index
Biography
Robert DiYanni is Professor of Humanities at New York University, USA, where he serves on the faculties of the School of Professional Studies and the Stern School of Business, following a decade in the College of Arts and Science. His publications include The Pearson Guide to Critical and Creative Thinking (2014), Critical and Creative Thinking: A Brief Guide for Teachers (2015), and Critical Reading Across the Curriculum (with Anton Borst; 2017). His co-authored The Craft of College Teaching was published in 2020.
