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Taking “Stock” Of Pedagogical Content Knowledge In Science Education, Harcharan Pardhan, Alan Wheeler
Taking “Stock” Of Pedagogical Content Knowledge In Science Education, Harcharan Pardhan, Alan Wheeler
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
This article focuses on efforts of facilitate the development of MEd science students' conceptual understanding of content, pedagogy and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). A basic premise of the approach taken was that to teach conceptually, students must learn conceptually. A four-step conceptual process was followed with the participants to help them actively construct knowledge about fundamental science concepts and enhance their confidence and enthusiasm for science teaching. Equivalent forms of an assessment instrument entitled the Science Test of Content Knowledge (STOCK), used as per- and post-performance measures, revealed a significant difference. The article describes the structured activities built into the …
The Academic Workplace (Fall/Winter 2000): For-Profit And Traditional Institutions: What Can Be Learned From The Differences?, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Deborah Hirsch, Robert R. Newton, Jeffrey Apfel
The Academic Workplace (Fall/Winter 2000): For-Profit And Traditional Institutions: What Can Be Learned From The Differences?, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Deborah Hirsch, Robert R. Newton, Jeffrey Apfel
The Academic Workplace
No abstract provided.
Changes In Teaching At Western 1980-2000 And Beyond, Martha C. Jenkins
Changes In Teaching At Western 1980-2000 And Beyond, Martha C. Jenkins
FaCET Publications
Jenkins briefly covers eight areas in which teaching at Western Kentucky University changed from 1980-2000. Topics lightly touch on everything from the use of technology to student diversity in the classroom.
The Contentious American Debate: The First Amendment And Internet-Based Hate Speech, Paul J. Becker, Bryan Byers, Arthur Jipson
The Contentious American Debate: The First Amendment And Internet-Based Hate Speech, Paul J. Becker, Bryan Byers, Arthur Jipson
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
No abstract provided.
Fostering Liberatory Teaching: A Proposal For Revising Instructional Assessment Practices, Jane E. Hindman
Fostering Liberatory Teaching: A Proposal For Revising Instructional Assessment Practices, Jane E. Hindman
Publications and Research
Appraises the assumptions that drive standard evaluation methods and compares them to those assumptions that undergird more critical approaches to teaching. Presents an alternative teacher evaluation instrument and explains how it more accurately measures what is said and believed to be effective teaching. Offers statistical evidence supporting the instrument and suggests further steps to foster teaching practices
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2000, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring 2000, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Matt Ouellet, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Adult Learning Theory Informs Authentic Assessment - Ellen L. Nuffer, Keene State College
News from Vermont: New Faculty Orientation - Thomas S. Edwards, Castelton College
Teaching for a Change Conference, June 12-14, 2000, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
News from Massachusetts: Using Technology to Promote Active Learning - Bill Heineman, Northern Essex Community College
Searching for Great Assignments - Jeffrey Halprin, Nichols College
Call for papers; Community College Journal of Research and Practice
News from Maine: Discussion as a Way of Teaching - James Berg, University of Maine
Virginia …
Reviewing And Renewing General Education: A Practical Guide, Janice S. Green
Reviewing And Renewing General Education: A Practical Guide, Janice S. Green
New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications
The process of reviewing and renewing a program of general education is complex, challenging, and often frustrating. This paper is presented with the aim of facilitating the process from inception to successful conclusion. Practical guidelines and suggestions, derived from long experience as faculty member, academic administrator, and consultant, are offered to assist those responsible for reviewing, evaluating, developing, and implementing general education curricula. Emphasis is placed on collaborative practices, ongoing open communication, thorough planning, and reliable information. It is assumed throughout, that pitfalls can be avoided, obstacles circumvented, and a climate of civility maintained despite the difficulty and scope of …
The Pinto Legacy: The Community As An Indirect Victim Of Corporate Deviance, Paul J. Becker, Arthur J. Jipson, Alan Bruce
The Pinto Legacy: The Community As An Indirect Victim Of Corporate Deviance, Paul J. Becker, Arthur J. Jipson, Alan Bruce
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
In 1978, in Elkhart County Indiana, three teenage girls died following an "accident" in which their Ford Pinto was struck from behind and burst into flames. Two years later, in what has been described as a landmark case (Maakestad, 1987; Clinard, 1990; Frank and Lynch, 1992; Hills, 1987), a trial began in which the Ford Motor Company, as a result of this incident, found itself facing three charges of reckless homicide (State of Indiana v. Ford Motor Company, hereafter referred to as the Pinto Case). While this was not the first time an automobile manufacturer was faced with a potentially …
Conservation Status And Nesting Biology Of The Endangered Duskytail Darter, Etheostoma Percnurum, In The Big South Fork Of The Cumberland River, Kentucky, David Eisenhour, Brooks M. Burr
Conservation Status And Nesting Biology Of The Endangered Duskytail Darter, Etheostoma Percnurum, In The Big South Fork Of The Cumberland River, Kentucky, David Eisenhour, Brooks M. Burr
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
No abstract provided.
On The Acquisition Of An Indefinite Determiner: Evidence For Unselective Binding, Claire Foley, Barbara Lust, David Battin, Annie Koehne, Katherine White
On The Acquisition Of An Indefinite Determiner: Evidence For Unselective Binding, Claire Foley, Barbara Lust, David Battin, Annie Koehne, Katherine White
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
This paper investigates the contrast between quantificational and referential properties of the English indefinite determiner during the course of first language acquisition. · Various syntactic, semantic and pragmatic knowledge related to indefinites has previously been probed in the acquisition literature. (See Brown 1973, Maratsos 1976, Warden 1976, Emslie and Stevenson 1980, Zehler and Brewer 1982, Pine and Martindale 1986, Valian 1986, Gerken, Landau and Remez 1990, Philip 1995, Bohnacker 1997, and Burns and Soja 1997, among others.) However, to date, the contrast between referential-type and quantificational/variable-type interpretations of indefinites has not been extensively studied in first language acquisition. In this …
Regularity Effects In Word Naming: What Are They?, Michael J. Cortese, Greg B. Simpson
Regularity Effects In Word Naming: What Are They?, Michael J. Cortese, Greg B. Simpson
Faculty Research at Morehead State University
In a word-naming experiment, word-body consistency was crossed with grapheme-to-phoneme regularity to test predictions of current models of word recognition. In the latency and error data, a clear effect of consistency was observed, with the influence of regularity somewhat weaker. In addition, simulation data from three contemporary models of word recognition were obtained for the stimuli used in the experiment in order to compare the models’ latencies with those of humans. The simulations showed that the human latency data are most consistent with the parallel-distributed-processing model of Plaut, McClelland, Seidenberg, and Patterson (1996), less so with the dual-process model (Zorzi, …
Sabbatical Leave Final Report, Ed Kelly
Sabbatical Leave Final Report, Ed Kelly
Sabbaticals
My sabbatical work was accomplished during the 1999-2000 academic year. The two general goals to be achieved were, first, to upgrade my computer skills and second, to improve the interactivity of our online speech course.
Service-Learning As A Tool For Enhancing Student Outcomes In A College-Level Lecture Course, Amy Strage
Service-Learning As A Tool For Enhancing Student Outcomes In A College-Level Lecture Course, Amy Strage
Faculty Publications
This article reports on the effects of infusing a 20-hour per semester service-learning requirement into a large Introductory Child Development course. Analyses of student outcomes on course assignments revealed that the 166 students in the service-learning cohorts (2 classes) out-performed the 309 students who took the course during the three semesters prior to the introduction of the service-learning requirement. The advantage for the service-learning students appeared to stem primarily from stronger performance on narrative assessments (midterm and take-home final essays), and appeared to manifest itself only later in the semester. Analyses of students’ journals confirmed that students reflected thoughtfully about …
Foundations Of Collaboration, Gail Goodyear Muir, Sally S. Blake
Foundations Of Collaboration, Gail Goodyear Muir, Sally S. Blake
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Specific ideologies are forwarded by learning, socio-political, and religious theories using collaboration, consensus, and cooperation. Examination of the foundations of these processes reveals the values required of participants.
Creating An Inclusive Learning Environment, Terrie Nolinske
Creating An Inclusive Learning Environment, Terrie Nolinske
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Students bring differences relating to life experiences, attitudes, age, religion, discipline, and learning styles into the classroom. This essay offers strategies to promote diversity awareness and an inclusive learning environment.
Living Up To Expectations, Steven M. Richardson
Living Up To Expectations, Steven M. Richardson
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
“Poor preparation” is often a symptom of mismatched expectations. By communicating expectations early and with a plan for offering help as needed, we can minimize these problems.
Training Teachers Of Slavic Lctls: Student Profiles And Program Design, Mark Richard Lauersdorf
Training Teachers Of Slavic Lctls: Student Profiles And Program Design, Mark Richard Lauersdorf
Linguistics Faculty Publications
This article focuses on the differences between Slavic LCTL and Russian "language teaching situations" in the specific areas of student constituency and basic program structure, and the importance of considering these differences in developing teacher training programs that include teachers of Slavic LCTLs. Emphasis is placed on how the realities of the typical Slavic LCTL program point to the need to train graduate student-teachers in the specific skills of course/program design and development in order to prepare them more adequately for their teaching tasks. The results of a Fall 1996 survey of second-year Polish and Czech students and instructors are …
Higher Level Learning: A Taxonomy For Identifying Different Kinds Of Significant Learning, L. Dee Fink
Higher Level Learning: A Taxonomy For Identifying Different Kinds Of Significant Learning, L. Dee Fink
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
An in-depth look at strategies for Higher Level Learning.
Helping Students (Better) Evaluate And Validate Www Resources, David L. Graf
Helping Students (Better) Evaluate And Validate Www Resources, David L. Graf
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Faculty need strategies to assure that students can process information from the WWW responsibly. Such strategies include developing web-savvy assignments and requiring demonstration of critical review of the material.
The Legacy Of John Dewey, David Halliburton
The Legacy Of John Dewey, David Halliburton
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
John Dewey’s educational legacy embraces wide-ranging views on the relation of teaching to learning and to other key issues in education.
Fostering Students' Moral Development, Lion F. Gardiner
Fostering Students' Moral Development, Lion F. Gardiner
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
The development of students’ ethical behavior has been an aim of college faculty for centuries. This essay reviews research and ways of fostering principled ethical reasoning.
Changing Student Learning Behavior Outside Of Class, Graham Gibbs
Changing Student Learning Behavior Outside Of Class, Graham Gibbs
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Shifting focus from teaching to Learning includes shifting attention from in-class to out-of-class learning activity. This essay offers strategies for understanding and controlling students’ outside learning activity.
The Challenge And Test Of Our Values: An Essay Of Collective Experience, Kay Herr Gillespie
The Challenge And Test Of Our Values: An Essay Of Collective Experience, Kay Herr Gillespie
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Departing from a specific experience at the 1998 POD conference, the values of the organization—most specifically and directly the “valuing of peopk”—were challenged and put to the test of whether or not we genuinely and sincerely strive to actualize our values. This situation is generalizable to our daily professional and personal lives, and the essay invites readers’ reflection through an examination of our values in combination with the story. The challenge continues, and the test is not finished.
Student Collaboration In Faculty Development: Connecting Directly To The Learning Revolution, Milton D. Cox, D. Lynn Sorenson
Student Collaboration In Faculty Development: Connecting Directly To The Learning Revolution, Milton D. Cox, D. Lynn Sorenson
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Although faculty developers have worked successfully with faculty to focus on ways to enhance learning and listen to student voices, developers have rarely formed partnerships with students. This chapter reviews established practices involving students directly in faculty development, such as student observer/consultant programs. It also describes the nature, dynamics, and outcomes of some interesting new programs involving students in teaching development activities, thereby empowering students to join developers as change agents ofcampus culture. Finally, this chapter raises issues for faculty developers to reflect on as they consider establishing direct connections-partnerships-with students.
Finding Key Faculty To Influence Change, Joan K. Middendorf
Finding Key Faculty To Influence Change, Joan K. Middendorf
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
To succeed in getting faculty to accept new teaching approaches, academic support professionals can benefit from the literature on planned change. By understanding the different rates at which faculty accept change, we can also identify the faculty most likely to lead their colleagues to accepting new approaches. Opinion leaders can offer insight into faculty reactions to new approaches; their involvement in project planning can influence acceptance. Innovators, when selected carefully, can demonstrate and test new teaching approaches. Knowledge of when and how to involve these two kinds of faculty can reduce frustration and enhance efforts to spread new ideas about …
Teachnology: Linking Teaching And Technology In Faculty Development, Mei-Yau Shih, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Teachnology: Linking Teaching And Technology In Faculty Development, Mei-Yau Shih, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
As a coordinator of teaching technologies and director of a center for teaching in a large research university, we have worked collaboratively over the last year to achieve a common goal: to implement and refine several faculty development initiatives that create linkages among the domains of teaching, learning, and technology. In this case study, we will describe the kinds of programs we’ve developedand summarize lessons we’ve learned. We hope that faculty developers on other campuses who are grappling with how to define their mission related to technology and how to work with faculty to integrate teaching and technology can adapt …
Qilt: An Approach To Faculty Development And Institutional Self–Improvement, Mike Laycock
Qilt: An Approach To Faculty Development And Institutional Self–Improvement, Mike Laycock
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
In a climate of increasing emphasis on quality assurance and extra-institutional quality scrutiny, the author argues that faculty developers have a role in encouraging an enhancement-led culture. Faculty ownership of,and responsibility far, continuous quality improvement can help to provide an engagement with teaching and learning issues and may help to overcome resistance and mistrust. At the University of East London, UK, an enabling, whole-institutional framework called QILT (Quality Improvement in Learning and Teaching), whereby faculty create and implement funded improvement plans, has helped to generate this culture.
Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership For Student Success, Randall E. Osborne, William Browne, Susan J. Shapiro, Walter F. Wagor
Transforming Introductory Psychology: Trading Ownership For Student Success, Randall E. Osborne, William Browne, Susan J. Shapiro, Walter F. Wagor
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
As colleges struggle to maintain enrollments, many have shifted from a primary focus on recruitment of new students to an increased focus on retaining students once they begin attending the college or university. An examination of introductory courses on our campus, however, revealed significant differences between faculty perceptions of student skills and the actual skills students brought into the classroom. This prompted shifts in the manner in which we teach introductory psychology on our campus in order to enhance the skills necessary for success in survey courses and to provide a foundation of learning and thinking skills that would translate …
Creating A Culture Of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence And Assessment Partnership Project, Roseanna G. Ross, Anthony Schwaller, Jenine Helmin
Creating A Culture Of Formative Assessment: The Teaching Excellence And Assessment Partnership Project, Roseanna G. Ross, Anthony Schwaller, Jenine Helmin
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
In a year-long, grant-supported collaborative effort, St. Cloud State University’s Assessment Office and Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence created a Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) faculty development project. This project was targeted at departments across campus at St. Cloud State University, with the intent of creating a university climate of formative assessment while improving teaching and learning. This article describes the purposes, stages of implementation, and results of the project as measured by a pre-test and post-test survey. The pre-and post-test surveys indicate that the project was highly effective in impacting the use of CATs among participants and their departmental colleagues.
Preface, Volume 18 (2000), Matthew Kaplan
Preface, Volume 18 (2000), Matthew Kaplan
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Preface to volume 18 (2000) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, written by Matthew Kaplan of the University of Michigan.