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Full-Text Articles in Education
Documenting The Educational Innovations Of Faculty: A Win–Win Situation For Faculty And The Faculty Development Center, Phyllis Blumberg
Documenting The Educational Innovations Of Faculty: A Win–Win Situation For Faculty And The Faculty Development Center, Phyllis Blumberg
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Compiling faculty members’ teaching innovations into an annual campus-specific publication allows others to learn about these ideas and adapt them. This chapter will describe 1) the process used to develop such a Document of Innovation, 2) the types of innovation abstracted, and 3) this document’s impact on an institution. A dissemination process including individual meetings with campus leaders provides greater visibility for the Teaching and Learning Center and the featured faculty. An analysis of time annual publications yield comprehensive data about the campus’ faculty, their innovative teaching trends, and describes the current teaching climate on the campus.
The Hue And Cry Of Campus Climate: Faculty Strategies For Creating Equitable Work Environments, Christine M. Cress, Jennifer L. Hart
The Hue And Cry Of Campus Climate: Faculty Strategies For Creating Equitable Work Environments, Christine M. Cress, Jennifer L. Hart
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Quantitative and qualitative data from faculty at a large public research university provide contrasting work lift experiences for faculty of color and white faculty. Significant differences are evident regarding teaching and research, institutional priorities, individual goals, job satisfaction, and sources of stress. Specific faculty strategies for creating equitable environments are highlighted.
Transforming The Environment For Learning: A Crisis Of Quality, Lion F. Gardiner
Transforming The Environment For Learning: A Crisis Of Quality, Lion F. Gardiner
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
This chapter addresses academic leaders and summarizes research findings on the conditions needed to produce learning and student development in higher education at the level required by society, and our relative success in doing this. It attempts to make clear the urgency for change that exists in the way in which we conduct our educational affairs. It describes the causes of less-than-optimal learning, outlines 10 key elements for effectively managing learning in complex institutions, presents eight steps required to lead a successfull transformation in an institution or unit, and provides resources with detailed information and guidance.
Entertaining Strangers: Providing For The Development Needs Of Part–Time Faculty, Patricia Hanrahan Valley
Entertaining Strangers: Providing For The Development Needs Of Part–Time Faculty, Patricia Hanrahan Valley
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
For institutions of higher education that have increasingly relied upon part-time faculty members to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society, the challenge has been to provide adequate preparation and development opportunities for these instructors, many of whom have never taught before. This study investigated the characteristics of the part-time faculty. the extent to which they believed they had been oriented by the institution to assume their teaching roles, and their reported need for selected professional development activities at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Extended Campus, an institution employing more than 2,800 adjuncts. The data provided by the needs assessment were …
Playing Well With Others: Academic Development As A Team Sport, Nancy Van Note Chism
Playing Well With Others: Academic Development As A Team Sport, Nancy Van Note Chism
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
An important first step to attacking significant institutional problems is working across the organizational silos that encompass campus units. This chapter draws upon an experience in collaboration through which an academic development center chose to partner with a variety of campus units to address a vexing problem facing many campuses: unacceptable rates of first-year student retention. The chapter then goes beyond the case to identify the kinds of collaborations that can be created to treat other pressing academic issues and highlight characteristics of successful collaborations that academic development centers can initiate or join.
Is The Thrill Gone? An Investigation Of Faculty Vitality Within The Context Of The Community College, Cathie J. Peterson
Is The Thrill Gone? An Investigation Of Faculty Vitality Within The Context Of The Community College, Cathie J. Peterson
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
This single institutional case study investigated faculty vitality within the context of the community college by answering the following research questions: What are the characteristics of vital faculty within the community college? What effect does the environment have on faculty vitality? What do the vital faculty do to maintain their vitality? Qualitative research methods were employed to study the lives of the faculty within their naturalistic setting, thereby giving voice to the vital community college faculty.
Young Learners Of Modern Foreign Languages And Their Transition To The Secondary Phase: A Lost Opportunity?, Allison Bolster, Christine Balandier-Brown, Pauline Rea-Dickins
Young Learners Of Modern Foreign Languages And Their Transition To The Secondary Phase: A Lost Opportunity?, Allison Bolster, Christine Balandier-Brown, Pauline Rea-Dickins
Institute for Educational Development, East Africa
Following publication of the National Languages Strategy on 18 December 2002 the teaching of foreign languages (FL) in the primary school is again high on the agenda in England as in other parts of Europe. Research has shown in the past (Burstall et al., 1974) that an early start in FL does not necessarily result in any long-term advantage in terms of proficiency. However, the above study also draws other conclusions, less widely reported, which remain significant. These include insufficient liaison between primary and secondary schools, lack of continuity in foreign language learning across phases, inadequate training of teachers, …
Examining Students’ Views On The Nature Of Science: Results From Korean 6th, 8th, And 10th Graders, Sukjin Kang, Lawrence C. Scharmann, Taehee Noh
Examining Students’ Views On The Nature Of Science: Results From Korean 6th, 8th, And 10th Graders, Sukjin Kang, Lawrence C. Scharmann, Taehee Noh
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
In this study, students’ views on the nature of science (NOS) were investigated with the use of a large-scale survey. An empirically derived multiple-choice format questionnaire was administered to 1,702 Korean 6th, 8th, and 10th graders. The questionnaire consisted of five items that respectively examined students’ views on five constructs concerning the NOS: purpose of science, definition of scientific theory, nature of models, tentativeness of scientific theory, and origin of scientific theory. Students were also asked to respond to an accompanying open-ended section for each item in order to collect information about the rationale(s) for their choices. The results indicated …
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Teach With Technology: Getting Past Go In Science And Mathematics, Julie Thomas, Sandi Cooper
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Teach With Technology: Getting Past Go In Science And Mathematics, Julie Thomas, Sandi Cooper
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
We are teacher educators (in elementary science and mathematics) who are enthusiastic about technology as a teaching tool—though it is as new to us as it is to our university colleagues. We recently led a United States Department of Education Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) grant project entitled TechLinks. In an effort to encourage peer faculty members to connect methods instruction with current technology initiatives (namely the International Society for Technology Education [ISTE], 2000, and the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education [NCATE], 1997), TechLinks provided faculty fellowships–$1,000 for equipment and materials and a technology assistant who …
The Pod Network Reading Packets 2003-04: For Use With Consultations, Workshops, Seminars, Classes
The Pod Network Reading Packets 2003-04: For Use With Consultations, Workshops, Seminars, Classes
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
Packet #1: Alternatives to Traditional Teaching Methods and Learning Strategies
Packet #2: Cooperative/Collaborative Learning, Small Groups
Packet #3: Critical Thinking
Packet #4: Defining and Characterizing Teaching
Packet #5: Diversity Issues
Packet #6: Evaluation and Grading Issues
Packet #7: Improvement of Teaching and Assessment
Packet #8: Introductory Courses / General Education
Packet #9: Motivating Students
Packet #10: The Student/Teacher Relationship
Packet #11: Change, Renewal, and the Professoriate
Packet #12: Thoughts on the Future
Packet #13: Technology and Related Issues
Packet #14: The Learning Process
Essays On Teaching Excellence: A Fresh Vision, 2003-2004 Catalog
Essays On Teaching Excellence: A Fresh Vision, 2003-2004 Catalog
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
2003-2004 Essays on Teaching Excellence
Fall Essays
Student Plagiarism: Are Teachers Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution? By Chris Anson, North Carolina State University
Promoting Learning Through Inquiry, by Virginia S. Lee, North Carolina State University
Taking Self Assessment Seriously, by Georgine Loacker, Alverno College
Great Expectations and Challenges for Learning Objects, by Anne Moore, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Spring Essays
Engaging the Whole Student: Interactive Theatre in the Classroom, by Suzanne Burgoyne, University of Missouri
Engaging Faculty In New Forms of Teaching and Learning, by Paul R. Hagner, University of Hartford
Promoting Civility and Responding When It …
Why Teach ''Research As A Conversation'' In Freshman Composition Courses? A Metaphor To Help Librarians And Composition Instructors Develop A Shared Model, P. S. Mcmillen, E. Hill
Why Teach ''Research As A Conversation'' In Freshman Composition Courses? A Metaphor To Help Librarians And Composition Instructors Develop A Shared Model, P. S. Mcmillen, E. Hill
Library Faculty Publications
Ongoing discussion between the Oregon State University (OSU) libraries' acting instruction coordinator and the Assistant Composition Coordinator focuses on improving collaboration between our programs and more effectively integrating the research process into the English composition curriculum. We briefly describe a qualitative analysis of the problems with students' writing that led us to develop a new model for integrating the research and writing processes. We provide our rationale for selecting conversation as a metaphor for research and summarize suggested teaching strategies from the literature that are consistent with this metaphor and approach.
Encouraging Civil Behavior In Large Classes, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Encouraging Civil Behavior In Large Classes, Mary Deane Sorcinelli
Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives
This essay offers practical advice for promoting a positive classroom community in large classes and specific ways to deal with behaviors that affect negatively the teaching and learning process.
Professional Development : The Missing Component In Education, Brett C. Ernst
Professional Development : The Missing Component In Education, Brett C. Ernst
Graduate Research Papers
Professional development addresses student needs and is based on researched teaching strategies that are proven to assist both the teacher and the student in meeting high achievement standards. Other indicators of effective professional development, as described by NCLB, include: ongoing support; data-driven decision making; and effective evaluation of the professional development. It has the potential to improve educators' attitudes, behaviors, knowledge and skills, so it benefits student learning. High quality professional development, when explicit about the results it is seeking to achieve, can assist both teachers and students to meet or exceed the desired outcomes they are being asked to …
The Local Framing Of Latino Educational Policy, Edmund T. Hamann
The Local Framing Of Latino Educational Policy, Edmund T. Hamann
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications
In many parts of the country, Latino newcomers are encountering educational policies that were framed by non-Latino local leaders. This study, an ethnography of educational policy, depicts an unorthodox assemblage of policy framers from both the United States and Mexico who shaped the local education policies aimed at Latino newcomers in Dalton, GA, in the 1990s. The study considers the evolving underlying understandings of these framers and the strategies that resulted, considering also why a temporary consensus that launched an impressive initiative—the Georgia Project—ultimately