CTL Teaching Gallery Copyright (c) 2013 Boise State University All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching Recent documents in CTL Teaching Gallery en-us Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:14:56 PST 3600 Promoting STEM Faculty Members' Reflection on Their Teaching Practice http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/6 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/6 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:21:04 PDT As part of an institutional focus on STEM student success, a group of eight STEM faculty from across the STEM disciplines participated in a year-long faculty learning community (FLC). The facilitated experience was designed to support the professional development of faculty through exploration and adoption of research-based best practice in their pedagogy. A significant component of participant development involved promoting faculty reflection on both new ideas and on their teaching practice. We undertook to document and study the type of reflection undertaken by faculty in the group. Our analysis of participants' teaching logs shows that the experience expanded the reflective practice of participants and that from the participants' perspectives, their reflective work was linked to their exploration of new pedagogical approaches.

]]> Susan Shadle et al. Service-Learning and Teacher Empowerment http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/5 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/5 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:37:03 PDT This article presents a study conducted with 10 graduate students who were enrolled in a Masters of Bilingual Education Program and were full-time K-12 teachers. The participants completed an Instructional Theory course in which service-learning was studied as pedagogy, theory, and methodology for applying other instructional theories. The participants were asked to design a service-learning project and integrate it into their K-12 classes. The results of this study revealed various empowering affects of service-learning for experienced educators.

]]> Aileen Hale Creating Authentic Dialog: ESL Students as Recipients of Service Learning http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/4 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/4 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:20:36 PDT An environment where authentic dialog with native English speakers occurs on a regular basis presents ESL students with the possibility to grow both linguistically and socially. In this article, I will describe how introducing a service-learning component to an ESL program provides the students with the opportunity to meet regularly with native English speaking peers, to apply what they have been learning in class, and to engage in various extracurricular and cultural activities in the community. I will present guidelines about how to initiate a service-learning element to your ESL program, give examples of various activities our students have engaged in and provide tips on how to make the experience smoother for both the ESL students and the service-learning students.

]]> Stephanie Marlow Confidence to Contribute: Service-Learning in ESL http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/3 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/3 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:53:14 PDT Aileen Hale et al. Faculty Empowerment Through Refined Service-Learning http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/2 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/2 Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:42:31 PDT This study examines the experience of 10 faculty members' pre -and post- participation in a faculty development seminar on service-learning pedagogy, theory, and methodology. The seminar, "Re-Visioning Your Service-Learning Course," was developed to further knowledge of service-learning concepts and increase skills in curricular integration, reflection, community partnerships, and assessment. The voices of faculty are elucidated with regards to the extent of empowerment experienced through refined knowledge and application of service-learning. The results reveal implications for sustaining and furthering service-learning programs.

]]> Aileen Hale et al. Knowledge Surveys http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/1 http://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/ctl_teaching/1 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:57:49 PDT A knowledge survey consists of course learning objectives framed as questions and is given before and after the content of the knowledge survey is presented in class. For each question on the knowledge survey, students respond using a three-point rating of their confidence to correctly answer the question.

Knowledge surveys may be used as a pretest before the semester or a new unit begins to help faculty get a sense of what students believe they know about upcoming topics. Knowledge surveys may be conducted electronically through Blackboard or as an in or out of class assignment on paper.

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