Regan A. R. Gurung, Beth M. Schwartz

Optimizing Teaching and Learning

Practicing Pedagogical Research

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Optimizing Teaching and Learning will serve as a practicalguide for anyone, anywhere, who is interested in improving theirteaching, the learning of their students, and correspondingly,contribute to the scholarship of teaching and learning.

Bridges the gap between the research and practice of SoTL
Provides explicit instructions on how to design, conduct,analyze, and write-up SoTL work
Includes samples of actual questionnaires and other materials(e.g., focus group questions) that will jumpstart investigationsinto teaching and learning
Explores the advantages and disadvantages of variouspedagogical practices and present applications of SoTL using casestudies from a variety of disciplines

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9781405161794
• ISBN-10: 1405161795
• Artikelnr.: 25434027

Autorenporträt

Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of Human Development at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He has served for many years on the campus Faculty Development Committee and has also been Chair of the same. He is currently campus representative for a CASTL Leadership Site, and is a member of a national taskforce for the scholarship of teaching and learning. He is author of Health Psychology: A Cultural Approach (2006). Beth M. Schwartz is Professor of Psychology at Randolph College. She is founding director of the Faculty Development Center on her campus. In February 2006, she received the APLS (American Psychology and Law Society) Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. What Is Pedagogical Research?.
Multidisciplinary Roots of Pedagogical Research.
Examining Definitions of Scholarship.
The Other SoTL: Action Research and Teacher Research.
Beginnings.
Why Is Pedagogical Research Important?.
A Teaching Hierarchy.
A Caveat.
How Can Pedagogical Research Be Useful to You?.
2. Pedagogical Research: Focussing on the Teaching.
Assessing Our Teaching Effectiveness.
What Can We Learn from the "Best" College Teachers?.
Creating your Teaching Philosophy Statement.
How Do I teach?.
Using Teaching Inventories.
Determining Your Teaching Goals.
Assessment Tools.
Alternative Classroom Assessment Techniques.
Teaching Portfolios.
Learning to Conduct Pedagogical Research: How to Get Started: Designing
Your Pedagogical Research Program.
Developing Your Research Ideas and Questions.
Focus on Student Learning: Connecting Your Learning Goals, Assessment
Choice, and Teaching Technique.
Applying the Findings of Your Pedagogical Research: Using General
Principles of Learning to Making Changes to Your Teaching Strategies.
Sharing Your Findings and Connecting with Others in the Field.
Conclusion.
Appendix: Examples of Discipline-Specific SoTL Journals.
3. Pedagogical Research: Focussing on Learning.
What Do You Want to Find Out?.
What Do We Know about How Students Learn?.
Student Engagement: If You Engage Them, They Will Learn.
How Can You Investigate Your Students' Learning?.
How Do Students Study?.
Metacognition.
Measuring Study Behaviors.
Can You Improve Study Skills?.
Key Psychological Factors Influencing Learning.
Designing Your Research: How Do You Study Your Students' Learning?.
Measuring How Performance on Your Assessments Vary.
Guidelines for Human Research Participants in SoTL.
A Further Note on Ethics.
Conclusions.
Appendix: Questions on How to Make Cognitive Research Available to
Educators.
4. Is It Significant? Basic Statistics.
Why Do We Need to Analyze Our Classroom Data?.
Qualitative or Quantitative? That Is the Question.
Setting the Stage: Important Background for Measurement and Analyses.
Two Main Forms of Statistical Analyses: Descriptive Analyses.
Watching Your Curves.
Inferential Statistics.
Software Options.
Calculating Descriptive Statistics.
Calculating Inferential Statistics.
Kicking It Up a Notch: Testing Multiple Factors.
Conclusions.
5. Pedagogical Research as Scholarship: Resources for Success.
Developing a Center with a Focus on SoTL.
Determining Needs on Your Campus.
Determining Your Goals: What Is the Purpose of the Center?.
Guiding Principles when Creating a New Center.
Creating Programming Initiatives to Achieve Your Goals.
Mentoring Programs.
SoTL and Tenure and Promotion.
The Role of Assessment.
Sources for SoTL Support or Funding.
What Else Is Available through Faculty Development Centers?.
Potential Challenges Identified by Those Who Have Come Before You.
Appendix: Useful References.
References.
Index

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Preface viii

Acknowledgments xiii

1 What Is Pedagogical Research? 1

Multidisciplinary Roots of Pedagogical Research 3

Examining Definitions of Scholarship 4

The Other SoTL: Action Research and Teacher Research 6

Beginnings 8

Why Is Pedagogical Research Important? 11

A Teaching Hierarchy 12

A Caveat 16

How Can Pedagogical Research Be Useful to You? 16

2 Pedagogical Research: Focussing on the Teaching 18

Assessing Our Teaching Effectiveness 20

What Can We Learn from the “Best” College Teachers? 25

Creating your Teaching Philosophy Statement 31

How Do I Teach? 33

Using Teaching Inventories 34

Determining Your Teaching Goals 38

Assessment Tools 43

Alternative Classroom Assessment Techniques 65

Teaching Portfolios 68

Learning to Conduct Pedagogical Research: How to Get Started: Designing Your Pedagogical Research Program 70

Developing Your Research Ideas and Questions 72

Focus on Student Learning: Connecting Your Learning Goals, Assessment Choice, and Teaching Technique 75

Applying the Findings of Your Pedagogical Research: Using General Principles of Learning to Making Changes to Your Teaching Strategies 78

Sharing Your Findings and Connecting with Others in the Field 81

Conclusion 84

Appendix: Examples of Discipline-Specific SoTL Journals 85

3 Pedagogical Research: Focussing on Learning 87

What Do You Want to Find Out? 90

What Do We Know about How Students Learn? 91

Student Engagement: If You Engage Them, They Will Learn 94

How Can You Investigate Your Students’ Learning? 96

How Do Students Study? 103

Metacognition 104

Measuring Study Behaviors 110

Can You Improve Study Skills? 118

Key Psychological Factors Influencing Learning 119

Designing Your Research: How Do You Study Your Students’ Learning? 120

Measuring How Performance on Your Assessments Vary 125

Guidelines for Human Research Participants in SoTL 131

A Further Note on Ethics 132

Conclusions 141

Appendix: Questions on How to Make Cognitive Research Available to Educators 141

4 Is It Significant? Basic Statistics 145

Why Do We Need to Analyze Our Classroom Data? 145

Qualitative or Quantitative? That Is the Question 147

Setting the Stage: Important Background for Measurement and Analyses 149

Two Main Forms of Statistical Analyses: Descriptive Analyses 151

Watching Your Curves 153

Inferential Statistics 154

Software Options 159

Calculating Descriptive Statistics 161

Calculating Inferential Statistics 163

Kicking It Up a Notch: Testing Multiple Factors 164

Conclusions 168

5 Pedagogical Research as Scholarship: Resources for Success 169

Developing a Center with a Focus on SoTL 170

Determining Needs on Your Campus 174

Determining Your Goals: What Is the Purpose of the Center? 175

Guiding Principles when Creating a New Center 178

Creating Programming Initiatives to Achieve Your Goals 183

Mentoring Programs 191

SoTL and Tenure and Promotion 193

The Role of Assessment 195

Sources for SoTL Support or Funding 199

What Else Is Available through Faculty Development Centers? 200

Potential Challenges Identified by Those Who Have Come Before You 201

Appendix: Useful References 203

References 207

Index 222

Rezensionen

"There were several pieces of information that were valuable, even to someone with a different education background. No doubt there is even more valuable information for readers who are not in such a specific specialty as nursing, but instead are education generalists." (Metapsychology, March 2010)