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Section Iii: Evaluating Practices To Improve Teaching, 1982

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No one gets out of graduate school without learning that the proper emphasis in "critical thinking" is on the word critical: if you don't think otherwise, you must not be thinking. Not surprising, then, is it that we are regularly, inevitably asked "What is the evaluation?" "Does it work?" "What is the effect?" "Yes, but compared to what?" "What is the level of significance? Surely at least the .05 level!"

Section Iv: Tools For Training And Development, 1982

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Here is where the rubber hits the road. The materials that follow are attempts to translate theory into practice. Much of what we read (and do) for training our colleagues to be more effective teachers is rough and untidy. It often seems simplistic. But that is the state of the art - and it will always be so to some degree. In the classroom, in the faculty lounge and at the sylvan retreats where workshops are held, we must finally decide what to do on Monday.

A Mathematician's Journey: From Applying The Pure To Purifying The Applied, Ronald A. Smith

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

I Searched for the Theory

Some Potholes and Detours

Is Teaching a Science?

Experience: A Better Teacher

I Needed Skills Too

Looking at My Learning

My New Perspective

A Really Good Problem

A Lovable Theory at Last

Does the Model Fit the Facts?

My Research and Practice Married

References

Effect Of A Teaching Consultation Process Upon Personal Development In Faculty, Mary Deane Sorcinelli

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Design

Results and Discussion

Table I

Changes in Teaching Skills and Behaviors

Summary and Conclusions

References

A Comprehensive Evaluation Of A College Course, Richard R. Sudweeks, Robert M. Diamond

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Consider Each of the Following Questions and Check Those That are Appropriate for the Specific Course Your are Evaluating:

I. Course Rationale

II. Development and Current Status of the Course

III. Credit and Curricular Implications

IV. Course Objectives

V. The Content of the Course

VI. Instructional Strategies

VII. Procedures and Criteria for Evaluating Students' Achievement

VIII. Organization of the Course

IX. Course Outcomes

X. Institutional Costs and Benefits

Questions to be Investigated in Evaluating Two Inter-Disciplinary Communications Skills Courses

On Doing Intellectual Work: Grasping The Power Of The Gestalt, Rita Weathersby

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

A Transformative Gestalt

What Led Me to These Questions

Research as Perspective Transformation

Gathering and Analyzing Data

Relevance and Cooperation

Standards of Scholarship

Influencing Other Researchers and Practitioners

Protecting Time for Intellectual Work

References

Tanning My Hide With Research, Robert E. Young

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Some Central Intellectual Issues

Some Specific Research Questions

Research Methods

Negotiating with Participants

Standards of Quality

Wider Influence

Getting Everything Done

References

Podcan Final Program: 1982 Annual Conference

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

1982 Annual POD Conference Planning Committee

Welcome to 1982 Conference Professional and Organizational Development Network

General Information

Conference Activities

Planning Sheet

Documenting Program Effectiveness - A Five Year Plan

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

No abstract provided.

Pod Developments

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Welcome

From the Executive Director

Annual Conference -- Cincinnati -- October 22-24

Pre-Conference Workshop -- Birkman Method

Travel Information, Steve Scholl

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Hotel

Food

Travel

Registration Information

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Hotel Accomodations and Travel Information

Living and Learning in Academic Cultures, An Invitation by Stephen C. Scholl

Letter, by Stephen C. Scholl

Pod Network 1980 Conference Restaurant Guide, Steve Scholl

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

San Francisco

Berkeley / Oakland / Kensington

Sunday Brunch

Pod Directory Supplement '79-80

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Directory

Address Changes

Questions And Instructional Development, Joseph J. Durzo, Cathy A. Rodgers, Virginia Percy

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Questions Designed to Release Creative Energy and Remove Constraints

Questions Designed to Promote Clarification and Focusing

Listing Of Membership Research And Resources

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Conference Materials

Introduction, by LuAnn Wilkerson

Publications, Unpublished Documents, and Myself as a Resource:

Adult Education, Administrative Development, Educational Technology, Faculty Development - General, Faculty Development in Specific Discipline, Health Professions Education, Instructional Development, General Education, Organizational Development, Program Evaluation and Needs Assessment, Research Design, Student Development and Retention, Teaching Assistant Training, Teaching Evaluation, Teaching - Skills and Methods, Other

Research in Progress:

Administrative Evaluation and Development, Change, Innovation and Dissemination, Faculty Development Programs, Instructional Development, Needs Assessment, Retention of Students, Student Styles of Learning, Student Ratings of Instruction, Teaching - Faculty View and Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Medical Education, Other

Useful Resources …

Guidelines And Strategies For Conducting Meetings, Joan North

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

The phrase, "We've got to stop meeting like this" is taking on new meaning in higher education as colleges and universities experiencing tighter budgets search for new ways to increase productivity, reduce costs and, as always, raise morale. Traditional collegial governance has in common with newer unionized approaches to decision making one especially notable characteristic-the need for meetings and committees. A conservative estimate of a person spending five hours in meetings per week would add up to 10,400 meeting hours in that person's lifetime. Higher education is probably responsible for more than its share of the 11 million meetings occuring …

Focusing Faculty Development: Targeting, John Sharpham, Lanny Morreau

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Faculty development programs usually provide a variety of services for interested faculty. Much of what is provided is stressed as a service, available on a walk-in, voluntary basis, and tends to be focused on the university faculty as a whole. This approach requires the faculty to be initiators, asking them to avail themselves of the services available, and therefore supports active, self-motivated teachers. Centra's findings on faculty development practices underlined this when he identified "... teachers who wanted to get better" as the group "most involved, while those needed improvement were seen as least involved" (1976, p. 29).

Also, the …

Pod Quarterly: The Journal Of The Professional And Organizational Development Network In Higher Education (Summer 1980)

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Cover Page

Contents Page includes Editorial, Articles, Membership News and Information, Book Reviews.

Editor's Message, Summer 1980, Glenn F. Nyre

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Six issues of the POD Quarterly now adorn the bookshelves of those enlightened individuals and far-sighted librarians who have subscribed since its beginning. More people and institutions are subscribing every week, and I would like to call to the attention of new subscribers the fact that back issues are available at the single-copy price indicated on the inside of the front cover. Also, I receive many letters from well-meaning individuals who have circulated their copies among colleagues and found that the Quarterly seldom comes full circuit, presumably because of its intrinsic value. In addition to offering these people an opportunity …

Book Reviews, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Administrator Evaluation: Concepts, Methods, Cases in Higher Education by Charles H. Farmer, reviewed by Ronald K. Boyer

College Professoring, or, Through Academia With Gun and Camera by Oliver P. Kolstoe, reviewed by Ralph F. Darr

Lecturing and Explaining by George Brown, reviewed by Elizabeth Klemer Hruska

Executive Director's Message, Summer 1980, Lance C. Buhl

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

It is just a week after the conclusion of a day and a half semi-annual Core Committee meeting as I write this message. I'm drawn to reflect again on the values that make POD something special for me. Core Committee meetings provide the grist. In particular, my thoughts swarm around the kind of decisionmaking process we've agreed to observe. Instead of opting for majority rule, or expert dominance, or some such crystalline process, we opted for the consensus model. I said my thoughts swarm. And so they do, as what follows below reveals clearly. Forgive the whimsy. Think, please, about …

Questions And Answers And Informational Exchange (Summer 1980)

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

1. Information Available on A Project to Aid Departmental Lectures in the Correlated Pathology Course in Self-Assissment of Their Teaching Skills Via Videotape

2. Information Available on Understanding and Managing Stress

3. Information Available on A Slide-Tape Presentation Produced by the Association of American Publishers Entitled "An Author's Guide to Academic Publishing," and a Pamphlet for Faculty on Teaching the Handicapped

4. Information Available on The Film, "College Can Be Killing," which Deals with Student Suicide at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin

5. Information Available on Needs and Concerns of Students New to Campus Life and Those of …

Letters To The Editor

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

To The Editor by Stephen C. Scholl and Joan North

Stevens and Marquette Reply: Dear Editor by R. Penny Marquette and George E. Stevens

General News: Pod's New Core Committee Members

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Editorial Information, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

POD Quarterly is a publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education. POD is an association of people bound together by an interest in improving higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development activities and programs. The Network was created in 1976 so that those who share common interests and concerns could exchange information, ideas, and resources; enhance professional skills; debate issues and strategies; and contemplate and plan for the future. The POD Quarterly is designed to further those aims through refereed articles about professional, organizational, and instructional development practice and research. It will also include …

Contributors, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Pod Officers And Committee Heads, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

Executive Director

Executive Committee

Core Committee

Treasurer

Professional Relations Committee

Research Committee

Task Force on Membership

Evaluation Committee

1980 Conference Planning Committee

POD Quarterly Editorial Board

Regional Representatives

Calendar Of Events, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

Membership News And Information, Summer 1980

POD Quarterly: The Journal of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education

No abstract provided.