
Authors: |
Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, & Russell Carpenter |
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Description: |
The authors wrote this book, the tenth in their "It Works for Me" Series, to encourage scholars to attempt to produce the fastest growing form of research, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, or SoTL. The collection begins with their essay on the rapid growth of this form from one of Boyer’s four types of scholarship to today’s SoTL, and they even provide a succinct rationale for attempting such scholarship, including personal discussions on the best articles they have written on the subject. The next section in the book covers historical and theoretical perspectives on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Following that, another section offers actual tips for the production of SoTL, which is followed by a section describing some SoTL projects. The authors then put forth a step-by-step guide to help you with a SoTL project and conclude with their speculations on future developments in this form. |
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Contents: |
Preface vii I. The Coming of Age of SoTL 1 II. The Best Two SoTL Articles We Ever Wrote 7 III. Theories of SoTL: An Overview 11 Part A. Historical Perspectives 12 Designing Effective Cooperative Learning Workshops Understanding Cooperative, Collaborative, Problem-Based, Personal Retrospective on the Genesis of Cooperative Small Group Personal Retrospective on a Lengthy Career with the Scholarship Part B. Theoretical Perspectives 39 The Theoretical Framework: Gatekeeper to the Scholarship Student-Faculty Collaboration in Higher Education 43 The Fourth R, The Relationship Skills: Definition, Taxonomy, Best Practice Teaching: What Individual and Contextual Variables IV. Preparing to Create SoTL: An Overview 55 Building Institutional Support for SoTL 56 Try Out Your New Pedagogy. Find Out What Works. Share It Navigating the IRB for SoTL Research: Guideline for the IRB Process 60 How SoTL Can Work for You 64 Why Not Study Syllabi? Conduct High Quality Research Taking Steps to Control Variables in a Quantitative Quasi-Experiment 67 Research Support Faculty Fellow 69 Read and Replicate: Two Necessary Activities for Teaching Faculty Book Group on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 73 Reflection as Transition Between Sequential Courses: The Focused A Blueprint to Encourage Student Writing 78 Teaching Tips as a Means of SoTL Scholarship: Yes, Write Some SoTL-Based Best Practices for Creating Welcoming Classrooms Fostering an Environment of Discovery Through Discussion 85 V. Putting Theory into Practice: An Overview 87 Designing a SoTL Professional Learning Community (PLC) Getting Engaged in a SoTL Community: Project Syllabus Transdisciplinary Faculty and Graduate Student Collaboration to Train Lesson Study: A Means for Faculty Collaboration 94 Interdepartmental Faculty Collaboration 96 Interdisciplinary Peer Observation Groups 98 Evaluating the Long-Term Impact of Practicum Courses on Students 100 SoTL Works for Doctoral Students in Education 103 Projects for Business Students 105 Becoming Scholarly Teachers: Assigning a Pedagogical Strategy Paper Creating Online Presence: Weekly Video Feedback Brings How To Provide Students with Amazing and Awesome Feedback 113 Designing Online Faculty Development to Facilitate SoTL 115 Guide on the Side in the Form of a Text Message 119 The Graphical Gradebook 122 Reducing the Digital Divide at the Organizational Level 123 VI. My SoTL Project 127 VII. The Future of SoTL 135 About the Authors 137 |
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About the Authors: |
Charlie Sweet, Ph.D. (Florida State University, 1970), is the Co-Director of the Teaching & Learning Center at Eastern Kentucky University. With Hal, he has collaborated on over 1200 published works, including 17 books, literary criticism, educational research, and ghostwriter of the lead novella for the Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine. Hal Blythe, Ph.D. (University of Louisville, 1972), is the Co-Director of the Teaching & Learning Center at Eastern Kentucky University. With Charlie, he has collaborated on over 1200 published works, including 17 books (eight in New Forums’ popular It Works For Me Series), literary criticism, and educational research. Russell Carpenter, Ph.D. (University of Central Florida, 2009), directs the Noel Studio for Academic Creativity and Minor in Applied Creative Thinking at Eastern Kentucky University where he is also Assistant Professor of English. He is the author or editor of several recent books including The Routledge Reader on Writing Centers and New Media (with Sohui Lee), Cases on Higher Education Spaces, Teaching Applied Creative Thinking (with Charlie Sweet, Hal Blythe, and Shawn Apostel), and the Introduction to Applied Creative Thinking (with Charlie Sweet and Hal Blythe). He serves as President of the Southeastern Writing Center Association and Past Chair of the National Association of Communication Centers. |
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Details: |
2017 [ISBN: 1-58107-307-0; 146 pages; 7 ½ x 9 ¾ inch; soft cover] $18.95 |