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Integrity In Learner–Centered Teaching, Douglas Reimondo Robertson
Integrity In Learner–Centered Teaching, Douglas Reimondo Robertson
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Learner-centered teaching challenges teachers with inherent conflicts and can be viewed as a conflicted educational helping relationship. This chapter explores fundamental conflicts in learner-centered teaching as well as ways to handle them constructively. Learner-centered teacher integrity is seen as the degree to which contradictory demands on the teacher (e.g., facilitating learning as well as evaluating it) are brought into synergistic relationship. A process for enhancing these synergies is suggested. This discussion emerges from a line of work that attempts to further develop the learner-centered teaching role in higher education (Robertson, 1996, 1997, 1999a, 1999b, 2000a, 2000b, 2000c, 2001).
Undergraduate Students As Collaborators In Building Student Learning Communities, Candyce Reynolds
Undergraduate Students As Collaborators In Building Student Learning Communities, Candyce Reynolds
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Colleges and universities have recently used the concept of learning communities as a strategy to improve undergraduate student learning. This chapter describes a learning community approach where upper-division undergraduates serve as mentors for freshman and sophomore students and develop and sustain learning communities with faculty partners. The impact of this program is described and implications are discussed.
Improving Teaching And Learning: Students' Perspectives, X. Mara Chen, Ellen M. Lawler, Elichia A. Venso
Improving Teaching And Learning: Students' Perspectives, X. Mara Chen, Ellen M. Lawler, Elichia A. Venso
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Despite much debate among educators over methods to improve the climate and effectiveness of teaching and learning, very limited effort has been directed toward seeking input from students. In this study. a survey of students’ opinions regarding college teaching and learning was given in six courses with 163 students completing the survey. This chapter analyzed the survey results and proposed specific strategies that professors can use to make teaching engaging as well as informative, and thus, to enhance student learning.
Accommodating Students With Disabilities: Professional Development Needs Of Faculty, Sheryl Burgstahler
Accommodating Students With Disabilities: Professional Development Needs Of Faculty, Sheryl Burgstahler
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Faculty members play an important role in making academic programs accessible to postsecondary students with disabilities. However, instructors do not always possess the knowledge, experiences, and attitudes that result in the most inclusive environment for these students. A literature review was conducted to explore what faculty members need to know about accommodating students with disabilities in their courses and how they can best gain this knowledge. These results were used to develop a comprehemive set of training options that can be used with postsecondary instructors nationwide. The content of these options focuses on legal issues, accommodation strategies, and resources. Modes …
Are They Really Teachers? Problem–Based Learning And Information Professionals, Michael Anderson, Virginia Baldwin
Are They Really Teachers? Problem–Based Learning And Information Professionals, Michael Anderson, Virginia Baldwin
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Traditionally, working with teaching faculty is the primary consulting role for most faculty development professionals. The boundaries, however, are not always clear regarding instructional assistance that is provided to other personnel. This chapter demonstrates how collaboration among faculty consultants and information specialists can result in enhanced library utilization and better research-related instruction. Our model uses problem-based learning (PBL) as a vehicle for teaching research and retrieval skills in either a single class experience or in multiple classroom visits with an engineering librarian.
The Day After: Faculty Behavior In Post–September 11, 2001, Classes, Michele Dipietro
The Day After: Faculty Behavior In Post–September 11, 2001, Classes, Michele Dipietro
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
What is the best thing to do in the classroom in the face of a tragedy like the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001? What should instructors do to help students, if anything? This article describes the results ofa faculty survey at Carnegie Mellon University. Faculty reported what actions they took in the classroom to help their students (or their rationales for not mentioning the attacks), and their degree of confidence on the effectiveness of their behaviors. Statistical techniques are used to assess the significance of some trends, and implications for faculty developers are discussed in light of cognitive, motivational, …
Introduction. Volume 21 (2003), Catherine M. Wehlburg
Introduction. Volume 21 (2003), Catherine M. Wehlburg
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Introduction to volume 21 (2003) of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development, by Devorah Lieberman of Portland State University.
The Knowledge Survey: A Tool For All Reasons, Edward Nuhfer, Delores Knipp
The Knowledge Survey: A Tool For All Reasons, Edward Nuhfer, Delores Knipp
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development
Knowledge surveys provide a means to assess changes in specific content learning and intellectual development. More important, they promote student learning by improving course organization and planning. For instructors, the tool establishes a high degree of instructional alignment, and, if properly used, can ensure employment of all seven best practices during the enactment of the course. Beyond increasing success of individual courses, knowledge surveys inform curriculum development to better achieve, improve, and document program success.
Necessary Steps: A Bereavement Support Program For Children And Their Families, Michael Hass, Kathy Mccaleb, Annette Iversen, Karin Crilly
Necessary Steps: A Bereavement Support Program For Children And Their Families, Michael Hass, Kathy Mccaleb, Annette Iversen, Karin Crilly
Education Faculty Articles and Research
A manual for running grief support groups for children.