Discipline-Specific Ideas
Some great advice about teaching is discipline-specific. This page provides links to resources that address teaching in the context of particular subject areas.
Resource Sites You Can Search By Subject
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
National Science Digital Library
MIT OpenCourseWare provides syllabus and resource ideas for numerous subjects)
Arts
Art/Design/Media Subject Centre
National Art Education Association
Alliance of Dance Notation Educators
Business
Accounting (AAA faculty development site)
Beyond Grey Pinstripes Faculty Resources (left-hand navigation bar lists specific subjects)
Accounting: Developing Professional Ethics Using Digital CasesAmerican Marketing Association Teaching Resources
Communication and Journalism
American Communication Association
Teaching Journalism in the Digital Age
Humanities
Creative Writing: Teaching Theory & Pedagogy
Project MUSE: Pedagogy (selected issues)
American Association of Philosophy Teachers Teaching Links
Resources for Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum
Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion
Society of Biblical Literature Education Resources
Law
Institute for Law Teaching & Learning
Center for Excellence in Law Teaching
Barbara Glesner Fines, UMKC, Resources for Legal Education (includes ideas for group exercises, learning outcomes, student assessment, and links to articles on legal education)
Best Practices for Legal Education Blog
Roy Stuckey, Best Practices for Legal Education
Carnegie Report, Educating Lawyers (Executive Summary)
Jonathan Zittrain's Hack the Casebook Project (video explanation)
Social Sciences
Anthropology
Anthropology Teaching Activities (Smithsonian)
Experience Rich Anthropology Project (field data and analyses from 12 projects plus teachers' manual)
Economics
Economics Network Lecturer Resources
Just-In-Time Syllabus Page (Economics)
History
Peter J. Frederick, Four Reflections on Teaching History
John Foran, Teaching the Case Method: Materials for a New Pedagogy
Laura Cruz, The Great War in the Classroom (teaching with simulation games)
Center for History and New Media
Reacting to the Past (Barnard)
Political Science
American Political Science Association, Teaching Political Science
Creating Simulations for Political Science Education
Psychology
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
Sociology
The SocioLog (Sociology)
STEM Subjects
Generally
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Laboratory for Innovative Technology & Engineering Education, Case Studies
Classroom Assessment Techniques for STEM courses
Richard M. Felder & Rebecca Brent, Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses: Procedures, Pitfalls & Payoffs
Understanding Science: How Science Really Works ("Teachers' Lounge" for undergraduate education)
Reaching All Students: A Resource for Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Biology
The Biology Project (problem sets and tutorials)
Chemistry
Chemistry: Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
ConcepTests for use in Chemistry
Purdue University Chemical Education Resources
Engineering
NEXT: Narratives supporting EXcellent Teaching (Engineering)
Project Kaleidoscope Teaching Resources
Marie Brown et al, Teaching for Retention in Science, Engineering, and Math Disciplines: A Guide for Faculty
Geological Sciences
Science Education Resource Center (SERC), Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences
On the Cutting Edge, Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty (links to articles about teaching)
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Math
The Math Forum @ Drexel University
Physics
Mazur Group (mostly Physics)
University of Washington Physics Education Group
Roger A. Freedman, Challenges in Teaching and Learning in Introductory Physics
Statistics
Web Interface for Statistics Education
Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education