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Good Teaching at UWB

Notes for a GFO Conversation


Effective teaching
Some elements in …
effective teaching include
the ability to organize and conduct a course of
study appropriate to the level of instruction and the
nature of the subject matter;
the consistency with which the teacher brings to
the students the latest research findings and
professional debates within the discipline;
the ability to stimulate intellectual inquiry so that
students develop the skills to examine and
evaluate ideas and arguments;
UW Faculty Handbook
Some elements in …
effective teaching include
the extent to which the teacher encourages
discussion and debate which enables the
students to articulate the ideas they are exploring;
the availability of the teacher to the student
beyond the classroom environment;
 and the regularity with which the teacher
examines or reexamines the organization and
readings for a course of study and explores new
approaches to effective educational methods.

UW Faculty Handbook
Effective teaching at UWB
 Are there elements of effective teaching
distinctive to UWB?
 How does our mission/vision statement inform
our thinking about what “effective teaching”
entails?
 How do we create space to talk about the strong
teaching we do by making the multiple, scholarly
dimensions of teaching explicit, to facilitate
reflection, collegial discussion, and review?
Teaching in UWB Mission
Statement
 “UWB holds the student-faculty relationship to
be paramount. We provide access to excellence
in higher education through innovative and
creative curricula, interdisciplinary teaching and
research, and a dynamic community of
multicultural learning”.
Teaching in the UWB Vision
Statement
 “We value engaging our students in transformational
learning experiences that challenge their expectations,
broaden their horizons, and stimulate their ambitions.”
From the mission
statement…
 “Emphasize and develop critical thinking,
writing, and information literacy, in order to
graduate students with life-long learning skills”.
 “Build an inclusive and supportive community of
learning and incorporate multicultural content
and diverse perspectives on ethnic and racial
groups, gender, sexual orientation, social class,
and special needs”.
Informing our thinking
about teaching …
Assessment
 Student learning is at the center of our
teaching goals and therefore at the center
of assessing teaching
 Good assessment creates a feedback
loop to practice.
Compare assessment of student
performance: good assignments help us
identify what more students need.
Evaluating Teaching
 Defining student learning outcomes
 Using student work to track learning outcomes
 Reflection on the gap between desired and actual
outcomes
 Identifying teaching approaches that better serve
student success at outcomes
 Using formative feedback from students and peers
 Analyzing summative feedback for future course
revision and redesign
Resources
 Colleagues
 Teaching circles
 Reflection & research (scholarship of teaching)
 Students—
 Formative & summative evaluations
 Course product
 CIDR & TLC
 Consultations
 Workshops
 SGIDs

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