Dale Steiner Master Teachers menu Dale Steiner Being a parent active in his daughter's open-structured elementary school classroom program helped History Professor Dale Steiner realize that people learn by doing.
Students are capable of teaching each other.
This, along with teaching workshops he attended, helped convince Steiner to modify his United States history survey course from a lecture format to one where he facilitates discussion. They even take their weekly quizzes in small groups, teasing out answers through debate. Steiner has taught here since 1974, after receiving academic degrees from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Virginia. He received the 1996 Outstanding Academic Adviser honor. He chaired the History Department from 1987 to 1994 and has been coordinator of American Studies from 1992 to 1994 and again since 1995.