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Informationen zum Autor Douglas Reimondo Robertson is Assistant Provost and professor at Northern Kentucky University. Linda B. Nilson is founding director of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation at Clemson University. Klappentext To Improve the Academy Volume 26 An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD), To Improve the Academy offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, faculty, deans, student services staff, chief academic officers, and educational consultants. Contents include: Evaluating teaching Teaching awards in research universities Individual inquiry, collaborative investigation, and collective scholarship The scholarship of teaching and learning and focused assessments Supporting the scholarship of teaching and learning at liberal arts colleges Grounded theory research in faculty development Assessment of a faculty learning community program Stereotype threat Inclusive teaching resources for science, technology, engineering, and math Marketing plans for faculty development Faculty development at small and liberal arts colleges The importance of the faculty status for faculty developers Co-teaching as a faculty development model Promoting learning-focused teaching Team mentoring A research-based rubric for developing statements of teaching philosophy Meeting the challenges of integrative learning The teaching resource portfolio Reflecting and writing about our teaching Using technology for teaching in higher education Zusammenfassung An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)! To Improve the Academy offers a resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff! department chairs! faculty! deans! student services staff! chief academic officers! and educational consultants. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Authors. Preface. Introduction. Ethical Guidelines for Educational Developers. Section I: Evaluating Teaching. 1. Evaluating Teaching: A New Approach to an Old Problem ( L. Dee Fink ). 2. Investigating Indicators of the Scholarship of Teaching: Teaching Awards in Research Universities ( Stacie Badran ) . Section II: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 3. Points Without Limits: Individual Inquiry, Collaborative Investigation, and Collective Scholarship ( Richard A. Gale ). 4. Easing Entry into the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Through Focused Assessments: The "Decoding the Disciplines"Approach ( Joan Middendorf, David Pace ). 5. Supporting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Liberal Arts Colleges ( Dolores Peters, David Schodt, Mary Walczak ). Section III: Scholarship of Educational Development. 6. Grounded Theory Research in Faculty Development: The Basics, a Live Example, and Practical Tips for Faculty Developers ( Michael Sweet, Rochelle Roberts, Joshua Walker, Stephen Walls, John Kucsera, Shana Shaw, Janet Riekenberg, Marilla Svinicki ). 7. Assessment of a Faculty Learning Community Program: Do Faculty Members Really Change? ( Susan Polich ). Section IV: Educational Development and Diversity. 8. Stereotype Threat and Ten Things We Can Do to Remove the Threat in the Air ( Franklin A. Tuitt, Lois Reddick ). 9. Thawing the Chilly Climate: Inclusive Teaching Resources for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math ( Katherine A. Friedrich, Sherrill L. Sellers, Judith N. Burstyn ). Section V:...
