Advancing the culture of teaching on campus : how a teaching center can make a difference
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Advancing the culture of teaching on campus : how a teaching center can make a difference
Stylus Pub., c2011
1st ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction. CRLT and its role at the University of Michigan / Constance E. Cook
- 1. Leading a teaching center / Constance E. Cook
- 2. Measuring a teaching center's effectiveness / Mary C. Wright
- 3. Forging relationships with faculty and academic administrators / Constance E. Cook and Deborah S. Meizlish
- 4. Consultations on teaching : using student feedback for instructional improvement / Cynthia J. Finelli, Tershia Pinder-Grover, and Mary C. Wright
- 5. Graduate peer teaching consultants : expanding the center's reach / Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright, and Deborah Meizlish
- 6. Approaches to preparing future faculty for teaching / Chad Hershock, Christopher R. Groscurth, and Stiliana Milkova
- 7. The role of a teaching center in curricular reform and assessment / Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish, and Mary C. Wright
- 8. Strengthening diversity through faculty development / Crisca Bierwert
- 9. Engaging faculty in effective use of instructional technology / Erping Zhu, Matthew Kaplan, and Charles Dershimer
- 10. Action research for instructional improvement / Chad Hershock ... [et al.]
- 11. Role-play and beyond : strategies for incorporating theatre into faculty development / Matthew Kaplan and Jeffrey Steiger
- Conclusion. Responding to challenges faced by teaching centers at research universities / Matthew Kaplan with contributions from Terry Aladjem ... [et al.]
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A valuable contribution to the literature on institutional change. This book is full of lessons that CRLT has learned through the years. I hope that you find it as informative as I do."-Lester P. Monts, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan
Written by the director and staff of the first, and one of the largest, teaching centers in American higher education - the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) - this book offers a unique perspective on the strategies for making a teaching center integral to an institution's educational mission. It presents a comprehensive vision for running a wide range of related programs, and provides faculty developers elsewhere with ideas and material to prompt reflection on the management and practices of their centers - whatever their size - and on how best to create a culture of teaching on their campuses. Given that only about a fifth of all U.S. postsecondary institutions have a teaching center, this book also offers a wealth of ideas and models for those administrators who are considering the development of new centers on their campuses.
In the concluding chapter, to provide additional context about the issues that teaching centers face today, twenty experienced center directors who operate in similar environments share their main challenges, and the strategies they have developed to overcome them through innovative programming and careful management of their. Their contributions fall into four borad categories: institutional-level challenges, engaging faculty and students and supporting engaged pedagogy, discipline-specific programming, and programming to address specific instructor career stages.
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
Lester P. Monts
INTRODUCTION
CRLT and Its Role at the University of Michigan
Constance E. Cook
PART ONE: LEADERSHIP AND CORE FUNCTIONS
1. LEADING A TEACHING CENTER
Constance E. Cook
2. MEASURING A TEACHING CENTER'S EFFECTIVENESS
Mary C. Wright
3. FORGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH FACULTY AND ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS
Constance E. Cook and Deborah S. Meizlish
4. CONSULTATIONS ON TEACHING
Using Student Feedback for Instructional Improvement
Cynthia J. Finelli, Tershia Pinder-Grover, and Mary C. Wright
5. GRADUATE PEER TEACHING CONSULTANTS
Expanding the Center's Reach
Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright, and Deborah S. Meizlish
6. APPROACHES TO PREPARING FUTURE FACULTY FOR TEACHING
Chad Hershock, Christopher R. Groscurth, and Stiliana Milkova
PART TWO: SPECIAL EMPHASES AT CRLT
7. THE ROLE OF A TEACHING CENTER IN CURRICULAR REFORM AND ASSESSMENT
Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish, and Mary C. Wright
8. STRENGTHENING DIVERSITY THROUGH FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Crisca Bierwert
9. ENGAGING FACULTY IN EFFECTIVE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Erping Zhu, Matthew Kaplan, and Charles Dershimer
10. ACTION RESEARCH FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT
Chad Hershock, Constance E. Cook, Mary C. Wright, and Christopher O'Neal
11. ROLE-PLAY AND BEYOND
Strategies for Incorporating Theatre Into Faculty Development
Matthew Kaplan and Jeffrey Steiger
CONCLUSION
Responding to Challenges Faced by Teaching Centers at Research Universities
Matthew Kaplan with contributions from: Terry Aladjem, Lori Breslow, Susanna Calkins, Deborah DeZure, Robyn Dunbar, Jean C. Florman, Marne Helgesen, Alan Kalish, David Langley, Gregory Light, Angela Linse, Michele Marincovich, Joan Middendorf, Allison Pingree, William C. Rando, Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Kathy Takayama, Pratibha Varma-Nelson, Suzanne Weinstein, and Mary-Ann Winkelmes
REFERENCES
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX
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