Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching » (New Edition)

Larry K. Michaelsen is Professor of Management at the University of Central Missouri and is David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma, a Carnegie Scholar, a Fulbright Senior Scholar (3 awards), and former Editor of the Journal of Management Education. He is active in faculty and staff development activities and has conducted workshops on teaching effectively with small groups in a wide variety of university and, corporate settings. Dr. Michaelsen has also received numerous college, university, and national awards for his outstanding teaching and for his pioneering work in two areas. One is the development of Team-Based Learning, a comprehensive small-group based instructional process that is now being used in over 100 academic disciplines and several hundred campuses in the US and in over 30 foreign countries. The other is an Integrative Business Experience (IBE) program that links student learning in three core courses to their experience in creating and operating an actual start-up business whose profits are used to fund a hands-on community service project.

Arletta Bauman Knight received her doctorate in instructional communication from the University of Oklahoma and served as Associate Director of the Instructional Development Program at that institution (1992--2002).

L. Dee Fink joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma in 1976 with an appointment in Geography and Higher Education. In 1979 he established the Instructional Development Program at Oklahoma and has served as director of that program ever since.

This guide explains the pedagogical principles of team-based learning and their use to promote critical thinking, cooperation, the mastery of discipline knowledge, and the ability to apply it. Fifteen chapters by professors teaching in a range of disciplines discuss the key ideas of team-based learning, the experiences of practitioners, and major lessons from those experiences. Appendices answer common questions, discuss peer evaluations and grading, and supply supporting materials. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR