Teaching Ourselves: A Model to Improve, Assess and Spread the Word

Authors

Laura Levine, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Carolyn R. Fallahi, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Joan Nicoll-Senft, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Jack Tessier, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Cheryl Watson, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow
Rebecca Wood, Central Connecticut State UniversityFollow

Abstract

This paper presents a model for small, interdisciplinary groups of faculty to work together to improve their teaching while engaging in research that provides evidence of improved student learning. In doing so, we have developed a four-step process of faculty-driven scholarship of teaching and learning: Genesis, Organization, Implementation and Dissemination. We illustrate this model by describing our use of Fink’s (2003) concepts of course design to reshape our courses and assess the effectiveness of these changes through examination of student learning. We describe how others may follow this approach with a variety of applications.

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Recommended Citation

Levine, Laura; Fallahi, Carolyn R.; Nicoll-Senft, Joan; Tessier, Jack; Watson, Cheryl; and Wood, Rebecca (2007) "Teaching Ourselves: A Model to Improve, Assess and Spread the Word," International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 1: No. 2, Article 24.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2007.010224