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This book records the story of how one professor at a researchuniversity used a form of active learning to change the way hetaught?from traditional lecture and examinations tocooperative learning and student projects. Drawn from teaching notes, conversations with students, studentevaluations, and annual reports, readers will learn the kinds ofrisks, assumptions, and decisions they will face as they changetheir teaching to emphasize student learning, particularly duringthe critical first days of change. Engagingly written, Leaving the Lectern offers an honestand insightful look at the challenges and rewards of achievingchange in the classroom. This book Motivates faculty and graduate students to visualize whatchanging their teaching to enhance student learning will be like byillustrating through narration how a professor much like them madethe change Provides reflective questions at the end of each chapter tohelp readers use the information in the chapter Enhances the reader?s preparation for the change byciting references to pedagogical precepts, strategies, andtools Summarizes the seven themes found in the book to help bringabout the change: accept risk; use feedback; reflect; adapt and beflexible; establish a partnership; accept that you are teaching ina different world; welcome the joy