Compiled as a guide for the beginning college teacher, this handbook covers a wide variety of issues relative to college teaching today. The book is based on four premises: (1) education should be guided by a democratic philosophy; (2) students are adults; (3) instructors can occasionally be wrong; and (4) goals of college teaching should include increasing the student's motivation and ability to continue to learn. Topics discussed include: course preparation; meeting a class for the first time; lecturing; organizing effective discussion; six roles of teachers; laboratory teaching; project methods and independent study; how to have smaller classes despite a shortage of faculty; students teaching students; reading, programmed learning, and computer-assisted instruction; PSI, TIPS, contract plans, and modular instruction; audiovisual techniques; role-playing and microteaching; term papers, student reports, visiting experts, and field trips; instructional games, simulations, and the case method; examinations; grades; morale, discipline, order; counseling and individual instruction, class size; ethical standards; motivation, learning, and cognition; personalizing education; research on teaching; student ratings of faculty; improving teaching; and faculty attitudes and teaching effectiveness. Appended are: objectives of a general psychology course, student perceptions of learning and teaching, and a checklist of teaching techniques. A 400-item bibliography is included. (SF)