Showing papers in "New Directions for Teaching and Learning in 1989"
TL;DR: Socialization of TAs occurs through a process of communication as newcomers learn what it means to be teachers as well as graduate students as discussed by the authors, and this process can be traced back to the early 1970s.
Abstract: Socialization of TAs occurs through a process of communication as newcomers learn what it means to be teachers as well as graduate students.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the design of effective TA training must consider the interaction of many dimensions that affect TAs' performance, such as the development of disciplinary knowledge, greater student diversity, advances in learning theory, and an increased emphasis on undergraduate education.
Abstract: With the development of disciplinary knowledge, greater student diversity, advances in learning theory, and an increased emphasis on undergraduate education, the design of effective TA training must consider the interaction of many dimensions that affect TAs' performance.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss what skills and attitudes are required of teachers for problem-based learning in higher education, and what is it that is needed of teachers to be a good problem-learner.
Abstract: Amidst national calls for more effective higher education, problem-based learning is gaining in popularity. What is it? What skills and attitudes are required of teachers?
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TL;DR: Many different formats for TA training programs exist at institutions across the country, but all program formats need to respond to the same basic questions as discussed by the authors, and they need to answer the same questions.
Abstract: Many different formats for TA training programs exist at institutions across the country, but all program formats need to respond to the same basic questions.
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TL;DR: In this article, a new educational approach that will integrate professional and liberal study to achieve commonly valued outcomes is proposed. But it is not yet clear how to integrate professional education and liberal education to achieve these objectives.
Abstract: Professional program faculty value educational outcomes that go beyond technical competence. New educational approaches are needed that will integrate professional and liberal study to achieve commonly valued outcomes.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed special sensitivities and alternative teaching strategies to be responsive to an increasingly diverse student body, and developed a new curriculum for diversity and inclusion in education.
Abstract: Faculty members in the future need to develop special sensitivities and alternative teaching strategies to be responsive to an increasingly diverse student body.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how students reason and how to foster discipline-specific skills in critical thinking, which helps chairpersons respond positively to faculty concerns about students' reasoning deficiencies.
Abstract: Knowing how students reason and how to foster discipline-specific skills in critical thinking helps chairpersons respond positively to faculty concerns about students' reasoning deficiencies.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify resources useful for TA training, including print materials, videotapes, and program development guides, including program-development guides and program-training guides, which can be used to train TA students.
Abstract: This chapter identifies resources useful for TA training, including print materials, videotapes, and program-development guides.
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TL;DR: By focusing attention on assessing, understanding, and improving learning, classroom research can empower teaching assistants and their students to improve the effectiveness of higher education as mentioned in this paper, which can be seen as a form of empowerment.
Abstract: By focusing attention on assessing, understanding, and improving learning, classroom research can empower teaching assistants and their students to improve the effectiveness of higher education.
TL;DR: A department chairperson who is a transformational leader creates a shared commitment to the quality of college teaching as discussed by the authors, which creates a common commitment to quality of education and a shared vision of teaching.
Abstract: A department chairperson who is a transformational leader creates a shared commitment to the quality of college teaching.
TL;DR: This paper argued that liberal learning and professional training both can be enhanced if humanities and nursing faculties will join in creating a larger vision of education, and they proposed a vision of higher education for women.
Abstract: Liberal learning and professional training both can be enhanced if humanities and nursing faculties will join in creating a larger vision of education.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that introductory science courses can demonstrate the excitement and rewards of science by involving students directly in scientific research, rather than in its watered-down results.
Abstract: Introductory science courses can demonstrate the excitement and rewards of science by involving students directly in scientific research, rather than in its watered-down results.
TL;DR: Inquiry education cuts across conventional distinctions between liberal arts and professional programs and is supported by specially designed curricula and pedagogies as discussed by the authors, which is called Inquiry Education (INE).
Abstract: Inquiry education cuts across conventional distinctions between liberal arts and professional programs and is supported by specially designed curricula and pedagogies.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a wider range of issues that arise when teaching active learning strategies in TAs in their classrooms, and propose a solution to solve them by helping TAs use active learning in their own classrooms.
Abstract: Helping TAs use active learning strategies in their classrooms involves a wider range of issues than might be apparent at first.
TL;DR: In this article, the training programs for ITAs have multiplied in recent years but seem to fall into four types; appropriate staffing is the key to them all, and appropriate staffing needs to be considered.
Abstract: Training programs for ITAs have multiplied in recent years but seem to fall into four types; appropriate staffing is the key to them all.
TL;DR: In this article, the effectiveness of teaching assistants can have a tremendous impact on the quality of instruction in a department, and a variety of programs and practices can be implemented to enhance assistant teaching assistants' effectiveness.
Abstract: Programs and practices that enhance the effectiveness of teaching assistants can have a tremendous impact on the quality of instruction in a department.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that college teaching can be greatly improved and enriched if chairpersons take the lead in creating a sense of community and common cause among colleagues, and they propose a model for chairperson-student collaboration.
Abstract: College teaching can be greatly improved and enriched if chairpersons take the lead in creating a sense of community and common cause among colleagues.
TL;DR: For example, the authors argues that "nothing intrinsically condemns introductory statistics courses in the social sciences to be dull" and points out that "learning about statistics courses is not inherently dull".
Abstract: Nothing intrinsically condemns introductory statistics courses in the social sciences to be dull.
TL;DR: The agendas of the social work profession's accrediting group and the society served by the profession call for revitalizing the linkage between social work and the liberal arts as discussed by the authors, which is the goal of our work.
Abstract: The agendas of the social work profession's accrediting group and the society served by the profession call for revitalizing the linkage between social work and the liberal arts.
TL;DR: Teaching research skills is a necessary step, but only the first one in a bibliographical instruction program as mentioned in this paper, and teaching research skills are not the only necessary step in bibliographic instruction programs.
Abstract: Teaching research skills is a necessary step, but only the first one in a bibliographical instruction program.
TL;DR: The integration of liberal and professional education will require pharmacy faculties to redefine the dimensions of their role as educators as discussed by the authors, which will require pharmacists to adapt their role to the needs of their patients.
Abstract: The integration of liberal and professional education will require pharmacy faculties to redefine the dimensions of their role as educators.
TL;DR: The study of management in historical and comparative perspective can help resolve tensions between business and the liberal arts in undergraduate education as mentioned in this paper, which can also help resolve conflicts between the two domains.
Abstract: The study of management in historical and comparative perspective can help resolve tensions between business and the liberal arts in undergraduate education.
TL;DR: Some simple devices can give professors surprising knowledge about how their students learn and about how to further their learning as discussed by the authors, which can give them surprising knowledge that can give their students surprising knowledge.
Abstract: Some simple devices can give professors surprising knowledge about how their students learn and about how to further their learning.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that to create the symbols of and shelter for human institutions, architects must acquire both professional skills and general knowledge of their culture and the environment, and that this knowledge is essential for their work.
Abstract: To create the symbols of and shelter for human institutions, architects must acquire both professional skills and general knowledge of their culture and the environment.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how well-designed computer simulations allow students to work within the variety of options, conflicts, and uncertainties that characterize complex situations, and how well they allow them to work with uncertainty.
Abstract: Well-designed computer simulations allow students to work within the variety of options, conflicts, and uncertainties that characterize complex situations.