You tried a new pedagogical approach or curricular innovation and it seemed to work! If you had studied the impact of that teaching change on your students’ learning, you would have been engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which invites you to examine your classroom practices systematically, improve your teaching based on your findings, and then share your findings with others. Teaching Insight Week (Sept 23-27) will provide several group and one-on-one opportunities to learn about classroom-based inquiry and how you can plan and carry out research on teaching and learning.
Participants in Teaching Insight Week activities will be eligible for a drawing to win a copy of Nancy Chick’s Book, SoTL in Action.
Fill out this interest form to get more information about Teaching Insight Week!
STEP 1: Introduction to Classroom Inquiry
Attend a 30-minute live workshop on Monday, Sept. 23 @ 10am
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Watch a 20-minute “Introduction to SoTL” video (register for access to the video)
In this introduction to classroom inquiry, you will reflect on how and why you might want to design and implement a classroom inquiry project in your class(es), and explore research practices, methods and tools to help you get started.
REGISTER HERE for Step 1
STEP 2: Developing a Classroom Inquiry Project
Attend a 30-minute live workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 12pm
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Work through a set of project planning activities on your own (register for access to the activities)
Building on the introduction, these activities will help you to develop your research questions, data collection plans and instruments, and think ahead to data analysis. You’ll leave this session with a strong research plan to conduct a classroom inquiry project in one or more of your classes.
REGISTER HERE for Step 2
STEP 3: Share & get feedback on your Classroom Inquiry Project
Attend a 30-minute live workshop on Friday, Sept. 27 @ 1pm
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Schedule a 30-minute one-on-one consultation to get help with your project (register to schedule a consultation)
This is your opportunity to talk through your classroom inquiry plans, hear about what others are planning, and learn about the next steps to implementing your plans – IRB/human subjects research considerations, ongoing research assistance available from the Stearns Center, and more!