How to Teach College

A posthumous book by the bestselling author of Lies My Teacher Told Me, sharing the strategies and secrets of an award-winning, fifty-year career as a college professor In addition to being a bestselling author, James W. Loewen was also a prizewinning educator, with a career spanning over half a century at institutions including Tougaloo College, Harvard University, and the University of Vermont. Beloved by his students and the recipient of many best teacher awards, Loewens last undertaking before his death in 2021 was this book, How to Teach College, a brilliant distillation of his wisdom on the subject. Encompassing advice both epic (how to convey a love of ones topic and motivate students to become lifelong learners) and technical (how to plan a syllabus, manage the classroom, handle grading, and more), the book draws on firsthand stories and anecdotes from Loewens own courses on sociology and race relations. With a special emphasis on reaching students from diverse backgrounds and teaching potentially difficult subjects, How to Teach College comes to us in Loewens vibrant, original, and inimitable voice. The book is a gift to university professors and high school teachersthose new to the profession as well as experienced instructorsand will be of interest to the millions of fans of Loewens other books. The manuscript was edited by Loewens son, Nicholas, a longtime high school English teacher, and sociology professor Michael Dawson, with whom Loewen shared an early draft.