A Proposal to Improve Teaching or What "Taking Teaching Seriously" Should Mean.

Cross, K. Patricia

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Title: A Proposal to Improve Teaching or What "Taking Teaching Seriously" Should Mean.

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Title:	A Proposal to Improve Teaching or What "Taking Teaching Seriously" Should Mean.
Authors:	Cross, K. Patricia
Descriptors:	College Faculty; College Instruction; College Role; Educational Change; Educational Research; Faculty Evaluation; Higher Education; Instructional Improvement; Student Participation; Teacher Role; Teaching Methods; Teaching (Occupation); Undergraduate Study
Source:	AAHE Bulletin, v39 n1 p9-14 Sep 1986
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Publisher:	American Association for Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036 ($2.50 each for up to 10 copies; $2.00 each for 11 or more copies).
Publication Date:	1986-09-00
Pages:	7
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Abstract:	Perspectives on the improvement of college instruction are offered. External forces that focus attention on the quality of college instruction are identified, including: the demand for good teaching by two groups of nontraditional students (low-performing students and adult students); technology, and especially new interactive technologies; the growing interest in assessment and program evaluation; the new emphasis on alterable variables in educational research; the lack of mobility for faculty members; and low morale among the teaching faculty. While the classroom lecture method is the method of choice for college teachers, one promising method for better learning of subject-matter content has been the Personalized System of Instruction, which emphasizes student involvement, high expectations, and assessment and feedback. Problems arise when colleges that are primarily teaching institutions turn to faculty publication as their route to distinction. For undergraduate education to improve, teachers will need support of their colleges, including the commitment to evaluate teaching performance in decisions to hire, promote, and tenure faculty members. It is recommended that research on teaching and learning should be done in classrooms across the nation by classroom teachers ("classroom researchers.") (SW)
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Note:	Originally titled "Taking Teaching Seriously" and first presented to the National Conference on Higher Education (March 1986, Washington, DC).
Identifiers:	Excellence in Education
Record Type:	Non-Journal
Level:	1 - Available on microfiche
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Higher Education

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