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Editorial Matter 1996

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Ordering Information

Permission to Copy

Instructions to Contributors for the 1996 Volume

Reviewers for the 1996 Volume

Foreword, by Laurie Richlin

Mission Statement

Membership, Conference and Programs Information

Contents

Establishing A Community Of Conversation: Creating A Context For Self-Reflection Among Teacher Scholars, Victoria Harper

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This paper will discuss how the Teacher Scholars Project was created to encourage thoughtful conversations about teaching at the university, how portfolio activities such as videotape sessions and the sharing of narratives about teaching were integrated into project activities, and how faculty were encouraged to seriously look at their own practice and to reflect on it in conversations with a group of peers over the course of an entire academic year. It concludes by considering the importance of the creation of a community of conversation across disciplines in establishing conditions for more meaningful discussion and self-reflection on campus.

Section 1: Instructional Development

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

There are two parts to instructional development: student learning and techniques to improve teaching.

Who Uses Faculty Development Services?, Nancy Van Note Chism, Borbala Szabo

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Information about who uses faculty development services exists more in the oral tradition than in the literature. This study sought to explore the question systematically, based on a review of the literature and the conducting of a descriptive survey of faculty development programs. The findings of the study show that most programs collect information on their users, that this information is usually not shared publicly, and that aggregate usage is broad-based, rather than concentrated within particular types of faculty. These findings contradict some popular claims and support others. Recommendations suggest that information be collected systematically and that claims about users …

Innovative Teaching And Teaching Improvement, Joyce Povlacs Lunde, Myra S. Wilhite

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

To discover who innovative teachers are, their practices, and how they might have impact on the improvement of teaching on campus, the authors surveyed 310 faculty on our campus, including recipients of Distinguished Teaching Awards, non-recipients of awards, and newer faculty. Items included sources of ideas, teaching strategies, relating to students, and persistence in making successful changes in teaching. A focus group was selected from those displaying persistence. We believe that innovative teachers are passionate about teaching, persist in its improvement, listen to their students, use active learning adapted to the context, are risk takers, and keep themselves vital. The …

What Every Faculty Developer Needs To Know About Learning Groups, Larry K. Michaelsen, L. Dee Fink, Robert H. Black

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This article advances two related propositions. One is that virtually all of the commonly reported "problems" with learning groups, such as less content coverage, free-riders, and students' feeling that instructors are not teaching unless they are talking, are a natural consequence of they way the groups are being used. The other is that the vast majority of the problems can be prevented by avoiding group assignments that retard the development of effective learning teams and limit student learning. This article will a) examine the underlying causes of the most commonly reported problems with learning groups, b) outline some simple, but …

Ua1b4 1996 Faculty Awards, Western Kentucky University

WKU Archives Records

Program for 1996 WKU faculty awards.

Ua1f Wku Archives Vertical File - Governor's Scholars Program, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Records

Digitized vertical file materials regarding the Governor's Scholars program.

Ua35/1 Faculty Handbook, 15th Edition, Wku Provost

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WKU faculty handbook designed to provide members of the faculty with general information about WKU, its history, philosophy, organization, policies and procedures, faculty responsibilities and benefits, and various services and facilities.

Ua11 Brag Sheet, Wku University Relations

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter highlighting points of excellence and achievement by WKU its' faculty, staff and students.

Ua12/2/7 Wku Panhellenic Council Annual Report, Charles Pride

WKU Archives Records

Annual Panhellenic Council report regarding the 1995-96 school year.

Ua56/1 Fact Book, Wku Institutional Research

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Statistical and demographic profile of WKU.

Ua77/3 Margaret Munday Oral History, Gene Crume

WKU Archives Records

An interview in 1996 with Margaret Munday first African American undergraduate to attend Western Kentucky University conducted by Gene Crume.

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 6, No. 1, Wku University Relations

WKU Archives Records

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File

This issue includes articles:

• Skipper, Bob. New Year, New Level, First Class
• Survey of Grads Says WKU Has Quality Programs
• Advocates Gain Support - Kentucky Advocates for Higher Education
• Visit Honors Composer - Karel Husa
• Super Saturdays! - Center for Gifted Studies
• A United Way
• The 25-Year Club
• Charitable Donations to Higher Education Continue to Rise

Public Relations In Educational Organizations: Practice In An Age Of Information And Reform, Theodore J. Kowalski

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

This collection of readings addresses the greatest demand being placed upon educational administrators in this, the Age of Information — using technology to create two-way communication systems within their organizations and between their organizations and their communities. The author integrates theories and techniques taken from a wide variety of leading theorists and practitioners in both public relations and educational administration to provide an interdisciplinary, contemporary foundation for practice.

Cults On Campus: Perspectives From The Literature., John D. Foubert

John D. Foubert

This article reviews research literature about college students who joins cults, how they are recruited, how they leave (or not), and different ideas for how college student administrators can handle this issue.

Effects Of Gender, Gender Role, And Individualized Trust On Self-Disclosure., John D. Foubert, Barbara Sholley

John D. Foubert

Effects of gender, gender role, and individualized trust on self disclosure was studied on 293 participants. An interaction between gender role and individualized trust revealed that the high self disclosure typical of androgynous individuals is restricted to those who are high trusting.

Overcoming Men's Defensiveness Toward Sexual Assault Programs: Learning To Help Survivors., John D. Foubert, Kenneth A. Marriott

John D. Foubert

A unique new approach to overcoming men's defensiveness toward sexual assault prevention programs is described. By appealing to audience members as potential helpers of women who survive rape as opposed to addressing them as potential rapists, programmatic goals can be achieved.