Teaching Naked - Paperback

by José Antonio Bowen (Author)

You've heard about "flipping your classroom"--now find out how to do it! Introducing a new way to think about higher education, learning, and technology that prioritizes the benefits of the human dimension. José Bowen recognizes that technology is profoundly changing education and that if students are going to continue to pay enormous sums for campus classes, colleges will need to provide more than what can be found online and maximize "naked" face-to-face contact with faculty. Here, he illustrates how technology is most powerfully used outside the classroom, and, when used effectively, how it can ensure that students arrive to class more prepared for meaningful interaction with faculty. Bowen offers practical advice for faculty and administrators on how to engage students with new technology while restructuring classes into more active learning environments.

Front Jacket

Technology is profoundly changing education. If students are going to continue to pay enormous sums for campus classes, colleges will need to provide more than what can be found online and maximize naked face-to-face contact with faculty. Teaching Naked shows how technology is most powerfully used outside the classroom and, when used effectively, how it can ensure that students arrive to class more prepared for meaningful interaction with faculty. José Bowen introduces a new way to think about learning and technology that prioritizes the benefits of the human dimension in education. Here he offers practical advice for faculty and administrators on how to engage students with new technology, while restructuring classes into more active learning environments.

Praise for Teaching Naked

Bowen makes the most intelligent argument I've encountered about how we should think about teaching and learning and emerging technologies.
--Ken Bain, provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of history and urban education, University of the District of Columbia; author, What the Best College Teachers Do

Insightful and provocative, it is filled with practical advice for teachers, administrators, and institutions on how to navigate the revolutionary present in order to remain relevant for the future.
--Elizabeth Barkley, professor of music, Foothill College; author, Student Engagement Techniques and Collaborative Learning Techniques

This is one of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. I could not stop sharing quotes from it with my wife, also an educator, while reading it.
--L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning Experiences

Back Jacket

Technology is profoundly changing education. If students are going to continue to pay enormous sums for campus classes, colleges will need to provide more than what can be found online and maximize "naked" face-to-face contact with faculty. Teaching Naked shows how technology is most powerfully used outside the classroom and, when used effectively, how it can ensure that students arrive to class more prepared for meaningful interaction with faculty. José Bowen introduces a new way to think about learning and technology that prioritizes the benefits of the human dimension in education. Here he offers practical advice for faculty and administrators on how to engage students with new technology, while restructuring classes into more active learning environments.

Praise for Teaching Naked

"Bowen makes the most intelligent argument I've encountered about how we should think about teaching and learning and emerging technologies."
--Ken Bain, provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of history and urban education, University of the District of Columbia; author, What the Best College Teachers Do

"Insightful and provocative, it is filled with practical advice for teachers, administrators, and institutions on how to navigate the revolutionary present in order to remain relevant for the future."
--Elizabeth Barkley, professor of music, Foothill College; author, Student Engagement Techniques and Collaborative Learning Techniques

"This is one of the most exciting books I have read in a long time. I could not stop sharing quotes from it with my wife, also an educator, while reading it."
--L. Dee Fink, author, Creating Significant Learning Experiences

Author Biography

José Antonio Bowen is dean of the Meadows School of the Arts, Algur H. Meadows Chair, and professor of music at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.