"In Super Courses , Ken Bain draws us in with the promise of superlatives, but make no mistake--his examples offer wisdom that can readily transform a wide variety of courses into more heroic versions of themselves. Through compelling stories and research, Bain asks readers to imagine how we might build on these courses to make even more meaningful experiences for students. I plan to do just that with dozens of ideas gleaned from this enjoyable and inspiring volume." --Cassandra Volpe Horii, Founding Director, Caltech Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach, and former President, POD Network "Yet another outstanding book by Ken Bain." -- Daniel K. Bubb , University of Nevada, Las Vegas "Ken Bain's provocative book, like the courses it describes, invites readers to think deeply about teaching, learning, and perhaps even the role education can play in society. Grounded in learning sciences and pedagogy research, Super Courses explores an array of case studies of fascinating approaches to teaching, challenging us to consider how to build student passion, curiosity, and autonomy into our teaching and learning. Super Courses will leave many teachers eager to find ways to reimagine their own classes.

" --Bruce Lenthall, Executive Director, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Pennsylvania " Super Courses will be of great use for all teachers." -- Jennifer Snodgrass , Appalachian State University "Super Courses offers specific and useful examples for promoting deep and meaningful learning. But I am most moved by the way Ken Bain's book promotes the development of the student as a human being. These courses work not only because of a set of research-based strategies, but because of the powerful assumption that students are curious, altruistic, social, and aspirational human beings. The super courses profiled here are built on that understanding and thus promote human flourishing as well as learning." --Pamela E. Barnett, Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, La Salle University.