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Strategic Teaching: The Possible Dream, Linc. Fisch

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The Strategic Teaching Process

Clarification of the Process

Making the Process Work

Reference

A Model For Infusing Cultural Diversity Concepts Across The Curriculum, Barbara Flannery, Maureen Vanterpool

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Background

Purpose

Assumptions

Student Learning: Conceptual Frameworks for Culturally Receptive and Culturally Resistant Students

The Culturally Receptive Student: The Role of Cognitive and Affective Learning Objectives

The Culturally Resistant Student: Using Personal Relevance to Increase Salience of Cultural Diversity Concepts

A Model for Infusing Cultural Diversity Concepts Across the Curriculum: Combining Cognitive and Affective Learning Objectives and Personal Relevance

Applications of the Model: Two Case Studies

Teacher Education

Housing and Interior Design

Interdisciplinary Applications of the Model

References

Current And Desired Faculty Development Practices Among Pod Members, Joanne Kurfiss, Robert Boice

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Method and Sample

Results

Program Structure and Evaluation

Current and Desired Practices

Importance of Teaching

Views of Faculty Development

Discussion

References

Workshops On Writing Blocks Increase Proposal Activity, Robert A. Lucas, Mary Kathryn Harrington

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Workshops on Writing Blocks Produce Increases in Proposal Writing

Fear of Failure Is a Major Impediment to Proposal Writing

Achieving the Effect Requires Conscious Application of Strategies to Counter Writing Blocks

Writing System Significantly Benefits New Faculty

Inexperienced Faculty Have Special Access to Internal and External Grants

Conclusion

References

Strategies For Monitoring And Improving Seminars: An Application In A Course On Managing Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Paul Mangiameli, Seetharama Narasimhan, Glenn R. Erickson

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The Course

Course Monitoring and Feedback Techniques

Using the Feedback

Discussion

References

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Integrating Teaching And Research: A Multidimensional Career Model, Mary Pat Mann

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The Academic Matrix: Teaching and Research

Career Choices and Role Orientation

Expanding Faculty Development

1. Support the overall career development of faculty members

2. Assist faculty in developing their general professional skills

3. Involve faculty in scholarly work directly related to their teaching

Conclusion

References

Helping Faculty Build Learning Communities Through Cooperative Groups, Barbara J. Millis

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What is Cooperative Learning?

Cooperative Learning Strategies

Research on Cooperative Learning

The Value of Cooperative Learning

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Section I: Teaching And Research: Coming Into Balance

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Faculty developers have made painstaking progress in achieving a higher status for teaching in academe. Research and publication are revered in this occasionally mad-hatter world.

Section Ii: Teaching: Making It Even Better

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This section progresses from a means for individual faculty members to examine their teaching, to an exploration of effective cooperative methods, to implementation of strategies for monitoring and improving a seminar course. It presents tools for personal development and instructional faculty development.

Section Iii: Faculty Development: Seeing And Envisioning Ourselves

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Practitioners must be aware of the state of the field as well as new visions. These three articles allow us to see who we are and to peek at who we may become.

Section Iv: Faculty Development: Modeling Effective Practice

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Section IV, a plethora of practical ideas, is exceedingly valuable to developers; concrete models, innovative practices, and provocative case studies can be adapted to your own campuses.

Section V: Diversity: Addressing The " ... Isms" Of The '90s

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From the top floor to the basement, the institution is buzzing with conversations concerning the multifarious needs of our diverse student population. Let us begin this decade by confronting areas where concentrated attention is immediately necessary: racism, ageism, sexism. The need for faculty and students alike to increase their awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences is obvious.

Section Vi: Faculty: Looking At The Spectrum

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When does the professor's career begin? What kind of preparation for the profession is needed? How do we feel as senior faculty? What can be done to solve the upcoming teacher shortage? Aren't there creative ways to retain some of our most talented faculty? These are a few of the issues addressed here.

State-Wide Faculty Development Conference Promotes Vitality, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Katherine H. Price

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The Need Addressed

Goals of the Conference

Ten Tips for State-wide Network Planners

1. Establish a State-wide Core Committee

2. Determine a Base of Coordination and Planning

3. Create Collaborative Systems of Support

4. Establish Faculty and Administrative Ownership

5. Pay Attention to Details of Conference Planning

6. Emphasize Local Versus Outside Expertise

7. Offer a Range of Learning Experiences

8. Schedule Time for Informal Contacts

9. Ask Participants to Evaluate the Conference

10. Set Out Plans for Follow-up Efforts

Directions for the Future

References

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Department Heads As Faculty Developers: Six Case Studies, Myra S. Wilhite

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Participants

Results

Preliminary Information about Chairpersons

Behaviors Used for Faculty Development

Summary

Limitations of the Study

Recommendations

Bibliography

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

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

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

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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

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 …

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

Appendx l

Appendix ll

Appendix III

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

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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

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

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

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.

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.

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.