Part IV -- CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Week 14: Evaluation of Teaching, the Development of a Philosophy of Teaching, and the Formation of Carer Strategies

(Improving teaching over time, using teaching to gain and maintain employment, the institutional framework of a teaching career)

READINGS I : New Visions of Academia and of Scholarship

McKeachie et al, Teaching Tips , Chapter 27

Pat Hutchings and Lee Shulman "The Scholarship of Teaching: New Elaborations, New Developments,” Change (Sep/Oct 99), pp. 11-15

Lee S. Shulman, “Teaching as Community Property: Putting an End to Pedagogical Solitude,” Change (Nov./Dec. 1993), pp.6-7

Palmer J. Parker, The Courage to Teach; Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998), pp. 1-16

READINGS II : Maneuvering in Academia, New or Old:

McKeachie, Teaching Tips , Chapter 1

“Philosophy of Teaching Statements: Examples and Tip on How to Write a Teaching Philosophy Statement,” Faculty Focus Special Report (May 2009)

Marcia Ann Pulich, "Better Use of Student Evaluations for Teaching Effectiveness," Improving College Teaching and Learning , Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 91-94.

Peter Seldin, The Teaching Portfolio, pp. 1-19, 33-46.

Robert Boice, "Quick Starters: New Faculty Who Succeed," New Directions for Teaching and Learning , No.48 (Winter 1991), pp. 111-121.

Pat Hutchings, “Defining Features and Significant Functions of the Course Portfolio” in Pat Hutchings, ed., The Course Portfolio: How Faculty Can Examine Their Teaching to Advance Practice and Improve Student Learning (Washington, D.C.: American Association for Higher Education, 1998), pp.13-18.

William W. Cutler, III, “Writing a Course Portfolio for an Introductory Survey in American History” in ibid. , pp.19-24

T. Mills Kelly, "Toward Transparency in Teaching: Publishing a Course Portfolio," Perspectives, 39, 8 (November 2001).

RECOMMENDED:

Regan A.R, Gurung and Beth M. Schwartz, Optimizing Teaching and Learning: Practicing Pedagogical Research ( Chichester, U.K: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009) [This is a good primer for anyone thinking about contributing to the scholarship of teaching and learning. It provides a good bridge from classroom teaching to doing research on teaching and includes useful sections on topics such as statistics for nonstatisticians.]