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A Study To Determine The Teacher Education Students Five Year Performances On Praxis Ii Assessment At Morehead State University, Yuliana Susanto
A Study To Determine The Teacher Education Students Five Year Performances On Praxis Ii Assessment At Morehead State University, Yuliana Susanto
Morehead State Theses and Dissertations
A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Science and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Vocational Education/Technology by Yuliana Susanto on April 30, 2001.
The Case For Sophisticated Course Syllabi, Michael J. Strada
The Case For Sophisticated Course Syllabi, Michael J. Strada
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Just as the last thing a fish would notice is water, academics tend to overlook the value of a comprehensive course syllabus. It seems too prosaic for some instructors to take seriously. Despite operating largely in obscurity, a nascent body of literature appreciative of the syllabus’ latent potential is emerging. The distinguishing features of model syllabi are traced here, and their respective benefits analyzed. First and foremost, good syllabi enhance student learning by improving the way courses are taught. But the potential of syllabi can also be tapped by using them more prominently in the faculty evaluation process. Much slower …
Designing Teaching Portfolios Based On A Formal Model Of The Scholarship Of Teaching, Carolin Kreber
Designing Teaching Portfolios Based On A Formal Model Of The Scholarship Of Teaching, Carolin Kreber
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Many universities now encourage, and some even require, faculty to submit a teaching portfolio as part of their tenure application package. How to evaluate these portfolios, however, remains an unresolved issue, particularly if the task is to make a judgment about whether what is demonstrated in the portfolio reflects engagement in the scholarship of teaching. The thesis of this chapter is that judgments regarding the validity and truthfulness of a teaching portfolio can be made by assessing the extent to which the author has attended to an agreed-upon process of knowledge construction and validation in teaching. A model of the …
After Twelve Years Of Teaching The College–Teaching Course, Michael B. Paulsen
After Twelve Years Of Teaching The College–Teaching Course, Michael B. Paulsen
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
This essay provides a detailed presentation of the perspectives, approaches, activities, materials, and evaluative information that characterize and distinguish a formal, credit-earning, semester-long graduate course in college teaching. This report is based on the author’s experiences and reflections drawn from, and expressed after, 12 years of teaching the college-teaching course. Based on an intensive study of advances in theory and research related to teaching, learning, learners, and diversity; students engage in 1) actual teaching, in which they integrate learning theory and other pedagogical knowledge with the content knowledge of their own subject-matter areas; 2) extensive theory and research informed observation …
Preparing Today's Faculty For Tomorrow's Students: One College's Faculty Development Solution, Patrick Nellis, Helen Clarke, Jacalyn Dimartino, David K. Hosman
Preparing Today's Faculty For Tomorrow's Students: One College's Faculty Development Solution, Patrick Nellis, Helen Clarke, Jacalyn Dimartino, David K. Hosman
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Valencia Community College in Orlando, Florida, has created a faculty development program underwritten for the past five years by a US Department of Education Title III Strengthening Institutions Grant. Our program rose from a deliberate desire to build active, collaborative faculty teams that would, in turn, build active, collaborative classrooms; our results demonstrate that faculty development programs based on observable and measurable outcomes can positively affect student academic performance and persistence. This essay details this faculty development project.