Advancing the culture of teaching on campus : how a teaching center can make a difference / edited by Constance E. Cook and Matthew Kaplan ; foreword by Lester P. Monts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Constance Ewing.

Kaplan, Matthew (Matthew Lee)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teacher centers--United States.

Teacher centers.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Sterling, Va. : Stylus Pub., 2011.

Summary:

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 materials 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 21% 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.

This book covers topics as wide-ranging as the role of the director, budgetary strategies, and operational principles; the use of evaluation to enhance and grow a teaching center; leadership and building alliances with campus constituencies; engagement with curricular reform; and a variety of approaches to the improvement of instruction and student learning outcomes.

In the concluding chapter, to provide additional context about the issues that teaching centers face today, 20 experienced center directors share their main challenges and the strategies they have developed-by way of innovative programming and careful resource management-to overcome them. Book jacket.

Contents:

Leading a teaching center / Constance E. Cook

Measuring a teaching center's effectiveness / Mary C. Wright

Forging relationships with faculty and academic administrators / Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish

Consultations on teaching: using student feedback for instructional improvement / Cynthia J. Finelli, Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright

Graduate peer teaching consultants: expanding the center's reach / Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright, Deborah Meizlish

Approaches to preparing future faculty for teaching / Chad Hershock, Christopher R. Groscurth, Stiliana Milkova

The role of a teaching center in curricular reform and assessment / Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish, Mary C. Wright

Strengthening diversity through faculty development / Crisca Bierwert

Engaging faculty in effective use of instructional technology / Erping Zhu, Matthew Kaplan, Charles Dershimer

Action research for instructional improvement / Chad Hershock ... [et al.]

Role play and beyond: strategies for incorporating theatre into faculty development / Matthew Kaplan, Jeffrey Steiger

Conclusion: responding to challenges faced by teaching centers at research universities / Matthew Kaplan with contributions from Terry Aladjem ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781579224790

1579224792

9781579224806

1579224806

OCLC:

713191524