Teaching large classes is a fact of life for professors at manyinstitutions. In addition to pedagogy, instructors of these coursesmust also be concerned with legal, ethical, financial,technological, personnel, and management issues. Virtually allintroductory courses are large ones, as are the popularintermediate courses at large institutions. Typically, little or notraining or instruction is provided to new professors about how tomanage large classes successfully. This book is a valuable resourcefor any college teacher, adjunct or full-time, facing a largeclass. It will also be useful for college administrators who mightwant to issue it to teachers, especially adjuncts, assigned tolarge classes for the first time. A distillation of years ofexperience by the author'who started his college teaching career in1969?in teaching large classes and in coaching other professors todo the same, this guide is concise and user-friendly. It employsteaching-as-acting as a common theme, with many practical examplescovering all of the major aspects of organizing, managing, andteaching a large lecture course in any field. For more information and excerpts, visitwww.largelecture.com