Evaluating and improving undergraduate teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics / Marye Anne Fox and Norman Hackerman, editors ; Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, and Rewarding Undergraduate Teaching, Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fox, Marye Anne, 1947-

Hackerman, Norman.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Recognizing, Evaluating, and Rewarding Undergraduate Teaching.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Study and teaching--Evaluation.

Science.

College teaching--Evaluation.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

xiv, 215 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic, academic, and social forces are causing undergraduate schools to start a fresh examination of teaching effectiveness. Administrators face the complex task of developing equitable, predictable ways to evaluate, encourage, and reward good teaching in science, math, engineering, and technology. Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics offers a vision for systematic evaluation of teaching practices and academic programs, with recommendations to the various stakeholders in higher education about how to achieve change. What is good undergraduate teaching? This book discusses how to evaluate undergraduate teaching of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and what characterizes effective teaching in these fields. Why has it been difficult for colleges and universities to address the question of teaching effectiveness? The committee explores the implications of differences between the research and teaching cultures-and how practices in rewarding researchers could be transferred to the teaching enterprise. How should administrators approach the evaluation of individual faculty members? And how should evaluation results be used? The committee discusses methodologies, offers practical guidelines, and points out pitfalls. Evaluating, and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics provides a blueprint for institutions ready to build effective evaluation programs for teaching in science fields.

Contents:

Front Matter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

PART I What Is Known: Principles, Research Findings, and Implementation Issues

1 Recent Perspectives on Undergraduate Teaching and Learning

2 Characterizing and Mobilizing Effective Undergraduate Teaching

3 Aligning the Cultures of Research and Teaching in Higher Education

4 Evaluating Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Principles and Research Findings

PART II Applying What Is Known: Strategies for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness

5 Evaluation Methodologies

6 Evaluation of Individual Faculty: Criteria and Benchmarks

7 Evaluation of Departmental Undergraduate Programs

8 Recommendations

References

Appendix A Selected Student Evaluation Instruments

Appendix B Samples of Questionnaires Used to Evaluate Undergraduate Student Learning

Appendix C Examples of Questions for Conducting Peer Evaluations of Teaching

Appendix D Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610185177

9780309132947

0309132940

9781280185175

1280185171

9780309512114

0309512115

OCLC:

52822423