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Undergraduate Reactions To Teaching Assistants, Robert J. Menges, Jeremy Wilson

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A Survey

General Characteristics of Respondents

Perceived Quality of Teaching

How Time is Spent

How Time Should be Spent

Experience with Other Teaching Assistants

For Further Investigation

University Committee Survey

References

Overview Of Trigger Film Strategies, Linc. Fisch

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Variations in Use

Production

Bibliography

Section Ii: Intellectual Journeys In Faculty Development, 1982

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The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways To Start, Peter Frederick

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The conspiracy of silence is breaking up: we are learning to talk more openly about our joys and fears as teachers, our achievements and frustrations in the classroom. As I have listened to my colleagues talk about their students and their classrooms, the one fear and frustration mentioned more than any other, as for Henry Adams, was in leading a discussion. No matter how many articles on technique we read, or workshops we attend, the dreaded discussion continues to bother us more than any other part of our daily teaching lives. Freshman seminar and discussion-based core programs continue to develop. …

The Path Of Passionate Inquiry: A Comment On Smith, Young, Weathersby And Andrews, Michael M. Piechowski

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The Outsider's Journey

The Shared Journey

Themes in Common: Teaching and Learning

Themes in Tension: Science and Art

Toward Resolution: From Image to Model

References

Dreams And Actualities: Danforth Fellows In Mid-Career, R. Eugene Rice

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Three Distinct Groups of Fellows

Teaching: Dreams and Development

Graduate Fellowships for Women, 1965-1970

Becoming Professional

Colleagues

Love and Work

A Sense of Institutional Drift

References

Effect Of A Teaching Consultation Process Upon Personal Development In Faculty, Mary Deane Sorcinelli

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Design

Results and Discussion

Table I

Changes in Teaching Skills and Behaviors

Summary and Conclusions

References

On Doing Intellectual Work: Grasping The Power Of The Gestalt, Rita Weathersby

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A Transformative Gestalt

What Led Me to These Questions

Research as Perspective Transformation

Gathering and Analyzing Data

Relevance and Cooperation

Standards of Scholarship

Influencing Other Researchers and Practitioners

Protecting Time for Intellectual Work

References

Knowing, Understanding, And Other Forms Of Learning, Bette Lasere Erickson, Glenn R. Erickson

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Introduction

Memorization

Writing Objectives for Memorization

Teaching for Memorization and Retention

Testing for Memorization

Concept Formation

Writing Objectives for Concept Formation

Teaching for Concept Formation

Testing for Concept Formation

Application

Writing Objectives for Application

Teaching for Application

Testing for Application

Complex Problem Solving

Writing Objectives for Complex Problem Solving

Teaching for Complex Problem Solving?

Testing for Complex Problem Solving

Selected Bibliography

The Creativity Of Being Marginal: A Style Of Generating Research In Education, John D. W. Andrews

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Forces That Shape Specific Research Questions

The Combination of Pure and Applied

Interplay between the Personal, Experimental, and the Public "Objective," Aspects of Events

The Clinical and the Experimental

Interdisplinary Interactions

Extending Practiced Skills into Novel Settings

The Creative Process

Theoretically and Conceptually Significant

Applicable and Usable

Of Direct Concern to the Setting in Which I Work

Amenable to Formal Research Procedures

Dissemination and Application

Assessing Student Understanding

Student Participation in Discussion

Transition from Student to Teacher

In Conclusion

References

A Mathematician's Journey: From Applying The Pure To Purifying The Applied, Ronald A. Smith

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I Searched for the Theory

Some Potholes and Detours

Is Teaching a Science?

Experience: A Better Teacher

I Needed Skills Too

Looking at My Learning

My New Perspective

A Really Good Problem

A Lovable Theory at Last

Does the Model Fit the Facts?

My Research and Practice Married

References

The Design Of Intellectual Experience, Donald L. Finkel, G. Stephen Monk

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Why Teach?

The Dilemma of Sharing

Sharing Intellectual Experiences

An Example

Eloise and the Philosophers

Eloise's Diary

Sample Quotes

Principles of Design

Diverse Applications

Conclusion

References

Suggested reading list

Empowerment In Academic Cultures: Whose Responsibility Is It?, Lance C. Buhl

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I. Introduction

II. The Theme Encapsulated

III. Taking the Cultural Perspective

IV. Development and the Disempowering Paradigm

V. Taking Up the Empowering Paradigm

VI. A Note on Leadership References

Teaching With Charisma, James D. Milojkovic

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Cold Cognition vs. Hot Cognition

A Profile of the Charismatic Teacher

Developing a Charismatic Teaching Style

Towards Charismatic Teaching

The Challenge of Charismatic Teaching

References

Section Iv: Tools For Training And Development, 1982

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Here is where the rubber hits the road. The materials that follow are attempts to translate theory into practice. Much of what we read (and do) for training our colleagues to be more effective teachers is rough and untidy. It often seems simplistic. But that is the state of the art - and it will always be so to some degree. In the classroom, in the faculty lounge and at the sylvan retreats where workshops are held, we must finally decide what to do on Monday.

Editorial Matter 1982

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Foreword, by Sandra Cheldelin Inglis and Stephen C. Scholl

Table of Contents

A Second Look At Faculty Development And The Second Sex, Michele Fisher, Winifred E. Anderson

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Schedule and Content

Case Studies

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The Unaccepted Challenge: Faculty Development For Women, Michele Fisher

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First Steps

Programs For Graduate Women

Programs For Faculty Women

Conclusion

References

The "First Day" Workshop, Peter Frederick

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Guidelines for Giving Constructive Feedback in Microteaching Sessions

Evaluation of Workshop on "The First Day"

Instructional Improvement Through Individual Consultation, Deborah E. Simpson, Kathleen A. Dalgaard, Clyde A. Parker

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Theoretical Bases:

Theory 1: Instructional Interaction

Theory 2: Student Differences

Theory 3: Change

The Approach

An Example:

Step 1: Identify the Instructor's Major Concerns

Step 2: Challenge Instructor's Concepts of Teaching

Step 3: Formulate Alternative Teaching Approaches

Step 4: Evaluate New Approach

Conclusions

References

The Scholar-Practitioner Dilemma, Robert J. Menges

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Purpose of These Papers

The Contributors

Discontinuities Between Preparation and Practice

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of A College Course, Richard R. Sudweeks, Robert M. Diamond

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Consider Each of the Following Questions and Check Those That are Appropriate for the Specific Course Your are Evaluating:

I. Course Rationale

II. Development and Current Status of the Course

III. Credit and Curricular Implications

IV. Course Objectives

V. The Content of the Course

VI. Instructional Strategies

VII. Procedures and Criteria for Evaluating Students' Achievement

VIII. Organization of the Course

IX. Course Outcomes

X. Institutional Costs and Benefits

Questions to be Investigated in Evaluating Two Inter-Disciplinary Communications Skills Courses

Section Iii: Evaluating Practices To Improve Teaching, 1982

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No one gets out of graduate school without learning that the proper emphasis in "critical thinking" is on the word critical: if you don't think otherwise, you must not be thinking. Not surprising, then, is it that we are regularly, inevitably asked "What is the evaluation?" "Does it work?" "What is the effect?" "Yes, but compared to what?" "What is the level of significance? Surely at least the .05 level!"

Section I: People And Priorities: Reflections On Our Work, 1982

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Learning takes place at several levels-in the individual, in groups, in organizations and in the larger society. It is amazing how much of our efforts in the past have focused exclusively on individual learning. It may be that we are learning slowly as a society, and our institutions seldom seem to develop much beyond their initial geniuses. But as a group, those of us engaged in faculty, staff and organizational development in higher education have aimed at being more reflective and intentional about our learning.

Tanning My Hide With Research, Robert E. Young

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Some Central Intellectual Issues

Some Specific Research Questions

Research Methods

Negotiating with Participants

Standards of Quality

Wider Influence

Getting Everything Done

References

The Classroom Information Manual: A Guide To The Teaching Environment, Marina Estabrook

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The Classroom Information Manual

Follow-up

Most courses offered by colleges and universities are housed in what are called general assignment classrooms. Although much similarity exists among classrooms they are not all alike nor do they serve all instructional purposes equally well. Therefore to provide instructors with information about campus classrooms can greatly assist them with their teaching.