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Discussion Method Teaching: A Practical Guide, William M. Welty

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Preparation Before Class

Read the Assigned Material

Decide on Important Concepts and Outline

A Question Outline

A Board Outline

Knowing Your Students

Looking at the Whole Semester and the Whole Institution

Physical Setting

The Ideal

Usual Situation

The Class

Beginning the Class

Questioning, Listening, Response

Body Language

Sense of Time

Group Work

Ending the Class

After Class

How to Start

Bibliography: Case Method and Discussion Method Teaching

Part Ii: Building Successful Faculty Development Programs

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Starting a new faculty development program, redirecting an existing one, and approaching the daunting task of evaluating one-these are the issues discussed in the articles included in the section that follows.

Support From The Administration: A Case Study In The Implementation Of A Grassroots Faculty Development Program, Harry G. Lang, James J. Decaro

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Assumptions at the Dean's Level

Strategies to Facilitate the Faculty Development Program

Support at the Dean's Level

Faculty Forums

Reorganization

Faculty Development Liaisons

Faculty Development Advisory Committees

Ongoing Dialogue and Program Visibility

Meeting the Challenge

Conclusions

References

Appendix

Faculty Development Can Change The Culture Of A College, Ann S. Ferren

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Initiating a Faculty Development Program

Planning for Intellectual Community

Designing a Colloquium

Planning Successive Colloquia

Governing Norms for the Colloquium

Lessons Learned

Changing the Culture of the College

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Appendix ll

Appendix III

Part I: Faculty Development: Where It Is; Where It's Going

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The articles in this section take up the subject of faculty development as a field: its role in the academy, the areas where development activities have had the most success, and possible directions for the future.

Using Video Recall For Improving Professional Competency In Instructional Consultation, David Taylor-Way, Kathleen T. Brinko

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Videotape Consultation and Intervention: A Short History

Using Video Recall to Produce Professional Knowledge in Clients

Using Video Recall to Produce Professional Knowledge in Consultants

Some Personal Experimentation: David

Some Personal Experimentation: Kate

Conclusion

References

Summer Research Appointments At Federal Research Laboratories, Robert A. Lucas

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Summer Research for New and Established Faculty

Research Opportunity Award Program

Benefits of the Research Opportunity Award Program

DOE Cooperative Laboratory Research Program

Summer Appointments Can Revive Research Careers

Three DOD Programs

Common Characteristics of Summer Research Programs

Options for Agencies without Formal Programs

Role of the Faculty Developer

Conclusion

References

Appendix

Part Iii: Issues And Approaches In Faculty And Instructional Development

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The articles in this section present a menu of possible approaches, activities, and programs designed to stimulate faculty, instructional, and organizational development.

Designing Program Evaluations: A Circular Model, Robert J. Menges, Marilla Svinicki

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Traditional Approaches

The Circular Model of Evaluation

Generating Questions: Deciding What to Ask

Identifying question sources

Identifying questions

Identifying Data Sources: Deciding Whom to Ask

Occasions for Data Collection: Deciding When to Ask

Methods for Collecting Data: Deciding How to Ask

Putting it All Together

A Faculty Development Example

Identifying Questions and Question Sources

Identifying Data Sources

Deciding When to Collect Data

Choosing Data Collection Methods

Putting It All Together

Advantages of the Circular Model of Evaluation

Conclusion

References

Editorial Matter 1989

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Foreword, by Susan Kahn, Editor

Contents

Faculty Development For Learning: The Promise Of Classroom Research, Thomas A. Angelo

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Why the 1990's Represent a Unique Opportunity for Faculty Developers

Why Faculty Development Should Focus on Improving Learning

Why Faculty Developers Should Reconsider Some of Their Current Approaches to Instructional Improvement

Seven Barriers to More Widespread and Effective Faculty Participation in Teaching/Learning Improvement Programs

Seven Guidelines for More Effective Faculty Development to Improve Teaching and Learning

The Five Most Common Approaches to Instructional Improvement

What is Classroom Research?

How Classroom Research Works

Classroom Research as Faculty Development: A Sixth Approach To Instructional Improvement

References

Feminist Pedagogy And Education In Values, Mark T. Brown

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Two Models of Moral Development

Implications for the Teaching of Values

Implications for Values in Teaching

Conclusion

Bibliography

The Challenge To Critical Thinking Posed By Gender-Related And Learning Styles Research, M. Neil Browne, Nancy K. Kubasek, Julie A. Harris

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Gender-Related Research and Critical Thinking

Learning Styles Research and Critical Thinking

Evaluating the Challenge to Critical Thinking

Gender-Related Research

Learning Styles Research

References

Promoting Critical Thinking Among Faculty About Grades, James Eison, W. Lee Humphreys, William M. Welty

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Using Case Studies to Stimulate Critical Thinking About Grades

Using LOGO: F to Promote Critical Thinking About Grades

Using LOGO: F to Promote Group Discussion

Using LOGO: F to Stimulate Debate

Using LOGO: F to Guide Instructional Design

Using LOGO: F to Create Cognitive Dissonance

Critical Thinking About Institutional Uses of Grades

Conclusion

Notes

References

Part Iv: Improving Teaching And Learning

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Helping teachers to help their students learn better is obviously a major concern of most faculty development programs. The articles in this section present a number of ideas and techniques for improving teaching and learning - most of them predicated on recognizing and dealing with the diversity of students' interests and learning needs.

The Words Made Fresh: Transforming The Language And Context Of Faculty Development, Marie Wunsch

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Combining Faculty Development and Faculty Support

Linking Faculty Development and Faculty Evaluation

Cultivating Culture, Climate, and Community

References

Playing God In Academe, Raymond J. Rodrigues

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In 1986, Alston Chase published his book Playing God in Yellowstone. In it, he argues that Yellowstone had never, in historic times, ever been in a truly natural state. He points out that when the early European and Anglo explorers first entered Yellowstone, fires were burning everywhere. The fires, he tells us, were set by the Indians in Yellowstone to drive game into areas where they could be trapped and killed. In setting those fires, the Indians were actually controlling and contributing to the ecological balance of the region.

Faculty Development: The Why And The How Of It, Joseph B. Cuseo

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The Need for an Effective Faculty Development Program

Redressing Low Faculty Morale

Preparing the Increasing Number of Newly Hired Faculty for Their Role as College Instructors

Addressing the Developmental Needs and Interests of Senior Faculty

Addressing Changing Student Needs

Improving the Overall Quality of Undergraduate Education

Increasing Empirical Evidence That Faculty Development Activities Produce Positive Results

Goals and Objectives of an Effective Faculty Development Program

Promoting the Professional Development of Faculty

Promoting the Personal Development of Faculty

Promoting the Development of the Institution

Effective Program Activities

Monthly Newsletter

Faculty Development Materials Center

Seminars and Workshops

Faculty Interviews

Teaching Consultation

Guest …

Helping To Make Connections: Emphasizing The Role Of The Syllabus, Barbara J. Millis

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Emphasizing the Importance of the Syllabus at University College

Distribution of a Syllabus Construction Handbook

Syllabus Solicitation and Review

Information about the Syllabus in Faculty Publications

Workshops Focused on the Syllabus

Emphasis on the Syllabus in Two Key Components of the Faculty Development Program

Refinements to the University College Program

Revision of The Compleat Syllabus

Revision of the Syllabus Review Process

Implications for Other Institutions

References

Appendix

The Fipse-Csulb Mentoring Project For New Faculty, Robert Boice, Jimmie L. Turner

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Methods

Subjects

Procedures for Meetings and Data Collection

Beginning Assumptions

Results

Involvement of Participants

Initial Skepticism of Participants

Diversity and Commonality of lnteractive Styles

Monthly Group Meetings

Visits to Pair Members

Benefits to Mentees and Mentors

Evidence About Ways to Pair Mentees

Concluding Reflections

References

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Appendix IV

Appendix V

Appendix VI

Graduate Teaching Assistants' Views On Teaching, James M. Shaeffer, Lawrence T. Mcgill, Robert J. Menges

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Previous Experiences and Role Models

Current Feedback

The Search for a Comfortable Style

Implications for GTA Development

Notes

References