books by Ken Bain (renewable teachers teaching)

books by Ken Bain

books:

Renewable Energy: Sources For Fuels And Electricity

3 reviews

Island Press, 1992

Probably one of the best books on renewables ever written.
Concise collection of texts treating all aspects of Renewable Energy in a grown up manner. Valuable as a starter's information source but also for experts. Covers all the aspects of renewable energy sources and many ways to transform one form of energy to another. Spans from biomass, biogas, solar collectors, solar cells to fuel cell cogeneration.

What the Best College Teachers Do

29 reviews
Ken Bain

Harvard University Press, 2004

An Amazing Book
This book is excellent for all teachers, in grades K-12, not just college teachers. It gets at the essential elements of great teaching and teachers. I have given it to many of the teachers at my school.

The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman)

6 reviews
Peter Filene

The University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Kicking and screaming teachers are in the 21st century
Having been a counselor in a Texas community college for the past thirty one years I can readily state that I am thrilled to still be able to gather new ideas from colleagues who are decades my junior. Mr. Filine in his book assesses the current state of higher education for the masses without "dissing" those who labor in the profession and the same time slyly encourages us to reach out beyond ...