Fall 2009
SCHEDULE
Fall 2009
SCHEDULE
| DESCRIPTION | SYLLABUS | SCHEDULE | ASSIGNMENTS | RESOURCES |
We have planned eight sessions for this seminar with varying content -- sometimes focused on teaching, sometimes on research, and sometimes on general professional development as a prospective faculty member. Our plans are flexible; your suggestions are always welcome and we'll try to accommodate them.
| August 26 | PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS OF THE COURSE Introductions. Overview of seminar plans. Holistic approaches to research and teaching through reflective practice. Readings: None assigned. Here are two optional readings; the first is simple and quick; the second is more theoretical and involves a small study. Richards, Jack C. Toward reflective teaching. in The Teacher Trainer http://www.tttjournal.co.uk/uploads/File/back_articles/Towards_Reflective_Teaching.pdf. |
| Sept. 9 | LESSON PLAN DESIGN
Bringing elements together (needs assessment, learner analysis, setting objectives and determining assessments, developing a strategy and plan). Atention to time management. Use of technology in education and training situations. Discussion of online pedagogic practices.
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| Sept. 23 | ESTABLISHING A RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING AGENDA Professor Diane Kelly will share ideas about developing an individual agenda for research. Readings: None as yet.
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| Sept. 30 | ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION Possible Center for Faculty Excellence session -- Todd Zakrajsek, Executive Director. Comparison of objectives and assignments. Measuring progress toward overall goals. Readings: See issues of For Your Consideration. http://cfe.unc.edu/about/publications.html. Note particularly FYC 19: Planning, designing, and evaluating student assignments.
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| Oct. 14 |
WRITING STRATEGIES File naming practices, citation management tools, crafting a research question, rigorous search techniques, literature review strategies. Readings: Fink, Arlene. Conducting research literature review; from the Internet to paper. 3rd ed. Sage, 2009.
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| Oct. 28 | PANEL ON CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND DISCUSSION
FACILITATION Professors Deb Barreau and Stephanie Haas sharing experience on topics relative to good teaching practice and motivation of students to participate creating a good learning community. Readings: General suggestions for leading a session of the Carolina Summer Reading Program. UNC-CH. http://www.unc.edu/srp/index.php
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| Nov. 18 |
HOW DO WE COMPARE?
Panel of doctoral students from other departments -- discussing "how things work" in their discipline(s), publishing practices, opportunities for collaboration. Readings:
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| Dec. 2 | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH TECHNIQUES
Examples include interviewing, observation. Presentation and dicussion of the concrete details, what works, issues to anticipate. Readings:
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