Syllabus - (Skills for Scholars) by William Germano & Kit Nicholls

The Syllabus: A Pathway to Effective Teaching and Learning is a transformative guide for educators seeking to redesign their courses and create a more collaborative learning environment.

This book offers a fresh perspective on the traditional syllabus, highlighting its potential as a founding document that creates a community of practice.

By focusing on what students need to learn to do by the end of the term, rather than simply covering course material, teachers can create a more balanced and effective learning experience.

The authors provide concrete suggestions and well-tested teaching strategies across various disciplines, demonstrating how to build human time into the semester's clocktime and reimagine the syllabus as a living thing.

This book is an inspiring exhortation to make the standard college syllabus work harder and better, offering prompts for doing the thinking about teaching that will empower readers to create learning communities.