Transcript Building a Collaborative Culture around the Scholarship of

Learning to Teach, Teaching to
Learn
Iowa State University Teaching
Seminar
August, 2003
Center for Teaching Excellence and
Graduate College
www.iastate.edu
Corly
Brooke
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Associate Vice Provost and Director
of Center for Teaching Excellence
Professor of Human Development
and Family Studies
[email protected]
CTE: Center For Teaching
Excellence
Credits
• Dr. Howard Shapiro, Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Programs
• Dr. Mary Huba, Professor of Education
How do we understand learning
today?
• An active search for meaning by the
learner
• Constructing knowledge rather than
passively receiving it
• Shaping as well as being shaped by
experiences
– (Joint Task Force on Student Learning, 1998, Powerful Partnerships: A Shared
Responsibility for Learning, <http://www.aahe.org>)
Paradigm shift
Teacher-Centered to Learner-Centered
Huba and Freed, Learner-Centered Assessment on
College Campuses. Allyn&Bacon 2000 (CTE library)
• Knowledge is transmitted
from professor to student
• Students passively receive
information
• Teaching and assessing
are separate
• Culture is competitive
and individualistic
• Students construct
knowledge
• Students are actively
involved
• Teaching and assessment
are intertwined
• Culture is cooperative,
collaborative and
supportive
What impact has this paradigm
shift had at Iowa State
University?
Institutional Learning
Experiences at Iowa State in the
‘90s
• Creation of Center for Teaching
Excellence and Project LEA/RN
• Introduction of outcomes assessment
• Explosion of learning communities
• Formulation of new P&T Policy
(Scholarship of Teaching)
Institutional Learning
Experiences (cont’d)
• Creation of Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Programs
• Implementation of revised university
strategic plan
• Development of a plan for innovative
communication instruction ISUComm
• Enrollment in AAHE/Carnegie
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Initiative
Institutional Learning
Experiences (cont’d)
• New Strategic Plan 2000-2005
• Development of a Preparing Future
Faculty program for graduate students
• Building stronger Academic
Affairs/Student Affairs relationships
• Learning Communities ranked fifth in
the nation
• Faculty Senate conference on SoTL
Iowa State University’s Strategic Plan Supports a
Collaborative Culture of Teaching and Learning
Learning
Scholarship
Discovery
Engagement
What is the connection to the
scholarship of teaching?
• “Just as students must be actively engaged
in formulating their own learning questions
and thinking critically about them, so
teachers must be actively engaged in
formulating their own questions about
learning and the impact of teaching upon
it.”
– (Cross & Steadman,1996, Classroom Research: Implementing the Scholarship of
Teaching, p. 2).
Our vision for the scholarship of
teaching and learning on campus
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Everyone becomes a learner
Learning is more deeply understood
Community is created around teaching
New understandings about roles and
rewards emerge
• A collaborative, learner-centered culture
is created
Building Collaborations
University
Strategic Plan
Academic
Affairs
Learning
Communities
Student
Affairs
Scholarship
of
Teaching
and
Learning
New P&T
Policy
Center for
Teaching Excellence
Faculty
Senate
So… how do we learn to teach
and teach to learn?
Center for Teaching Excellence
http://www.cte.iastate.edu/
• Our mission is to promote learning and the
scholarship of teaching at Iowa State
University. At the CTE we are creating a
new enthusiasm for teaching and learning
by encouraging dialogue and teamwork. We
offer advice, resources, and a forum for
discussions as well as scholarly support for
continued learning. And we actively build
partnerships across the university to further
enhance learning.
Think/Write/Pair/Share
• Reflect on your past learning situations
and the teachers involved.
• Identify 3-4 teacher behaviors that
contributed to your learning
• Write those behaviors on a sheet of note
paper
• Share your ideas with a partner.
• Complete this in 5 minutes.
Effective Teaching Behaviors in the
College Classroom
chapter by Harry G. Murray in Effective Teaching in
Higher Education: Research and Practice, edited by
Perry and Smart, 1997 Agathon Press, CTE Library
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Enthusiasm/Expressiveness
Clarity of Explanation
Rapport/Interaction
Organization
Principles of Good Practice
Chickering & Gamson
• Encourage student-faculty contact
• Develop reciprocity and
cooperation among students
• Use active learning techniques
Principles of Good Practice
cont’d
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Give prompt feedback
Emphasize time on task
Communicate high expectations
Respect diverse talents and ways
of learning
Five Quick tips from Corly
• Use student pictures on Access
Plus. Iowa State University
• Plan carefully for the first day.
• Less is More!
• Ask for assistance and come to
CTE events.
• Work closely with Student
Affairs
Student Affairs and
Academic Affairs
• Making the Most of College by
Richard Light, CTE library
• Doug Gruenewald, Assistant
Director of Residence and coDirector of Iowa State Learning
Communities
• Dean of Students Office - Iowa State
University
• ISU ~ Department of Residence
The Courage to Teach
by Parker Palmer, 1998, Jossey-Bass
Bests wishes to you all for a
successful semester!