
Inquiry into the College Classroom
A Journey Toward Scholarly Teaching
Jossey-Bass (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 26. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-933371-25-2 (ISBN)
Description
An essential companion for university faculty interested in conducting scholarly inquiry into their classroom teaching, this practical guide presents a formal model for making visible the careful, difficult, and intentional scholarly work entailed in exploring a teaching question. As a how-to guide, this is an invaluable resource for planning and conducting classroom research-formulating questions and hypotheses, defining a data collection methodology, collecting data, measuring the impact, and documenting the results.
Inquiry Into the College Classroom is filled with richly illustrative examples that highlight how university faculty from a range of academic disciplines have performed scholarly inquiries into their teaching and leads faculty on a journey that includes:
Developing a formal model for structuring the exploration of a classroom inquiry question
Providing a practical and useful guide for faculty interested in exploring teaching and learning challenges
Detailing faculty experiences in measuring specific changes in student learning or perspectives
Demonstrating how to document classroom inquiry in a form to be shared, used, and reviewed by other faculty
Sharing useful and practical suggestions for
getting started with a classroom inquiry
Highlighting different models for disseminating classroom inquiry work
Linking classroom inquiry to larger conversations about the scholarship of teaching and learning
Inquiry Into the College Classroom is filled with richly illustrative examples that highlight how university faculty from a range of academic disciplines have performed scholarly inquiries into their teaching and leads faculty on a journey that includes:
Developing a formal model for structuring the exploration of a classroom inquiry question
Providing a practical and useful guide for faculty interested in exploring teaching and learning challenges
Detailing faculty experiences in measuring specific changes in student learning or perspectives
Demonstrating how to document classroom inquiry in a form to be shared, used, and reviewed by other faculty
Sharing useful and practical suggestions for
getting started with a classroom inquiry
Highlighting different models for disseminating classroom inquiry work
Linking classroom inquiry to larger conversations about the scholarship of teaching and learning
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
346 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-933371-25-2 (9781933371252)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Paul Savory is the author of Inquiry into the College Classroom: A Journey Toward Scholarly Teaching , published by Wiley. Amy Nelson Burnett is Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is the author of multiple books.
Author
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Content
List of Exhibits vii
About the Authors x
Acknowledgments xii
A Guide for Scholarly Inquiry into Teaching 1
The Basic Structure of Classroom Inquiry 31
Incorporating Additional Forms of Data Collection 44
Using Classroom Inquiry to Answer Multiple Questions 59
Overcoming Challenges With Data Collection 78
Linking Classroom Inquiry With Disciplinary Research 93
Obtaining Useful Inquiry Results, but More Data Is Needed 107
Using Classroom Inquiry to Evaluate New Assessment Measures 122
Classroom Inquiry for Measuring Feedback on Student Learning and Aptitudes 138
Classroom Inquiry and Scholarly Teaching 156
Beginning Your Scholarly Journey 174
Lessons Concerning Classroom Inquiry
Practical Advice forConducting Your Inquiry
From Scholarly Teaching to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Models for Disseminating Your Inquiry Work
Resources for Learning More
An Invitation to Set Out on Your Scholarly Journey
Bibliography 189
Index 191
About the Authors x
Acknowledgments xii
A Guide for Scholarly Inquiry into Teaching 1
The Basic Structure of Classroom Inquiry 31
Incorporating Additional Forms of Data Collection 44
Using Classroom Inquiry to Answer Multiple Questions 59
Overcoming Challenges With Data Collection 78
Linking Classroom Inquiry With Disciplinary Research 93
Obtaining Useful Inquiry Results, but More Data Is Needed 107
Using Classroom Inquiry to Evaluate New Assessment Measures 122
Classroom Inquiry for Measuring Feedback on Student Learning and Aptitudes 138
Classroom Inquiry and Scholarly Teaching 156
Beginning Your Scholarly Journey 174
Lessons Concerning Classroom Inquiry
Practical Advice forConducting Your Inquiry
From Scholarly Teaching to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Models for Disseminating Your Inquiry Work
Resources for Learning More
An Invitation to Set Out on Your Scholarly Journey
Bibliography 189
Index 191