Advancing the culture of teaching on campus : how a teaching center can make a difference / / edited by Constance E. Cook and Matthew Kaplan ; foreword by Lester P. Monts.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Cook, Constance Ewing.; Kaplan, Matthew; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 258 p.

Table of Contents

Leading a teaching center / Constance E. Cook -- Measuring a teaching center's effectiveness / Mary C. Wright -- Forging relationships with faculty and academic administrators / Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish -- Consultations on teaching: using student feedback for instructional improvement / Cynthia J. Finelli, Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright -- Graduate peer teaching consultants: expanding the center's reach / Tershia Pinder-Grover, Mary C. Wright, Deborah Meizlish -- Approaches to preparing future faculty for teaching / Chad Hershock, Christopher R. Groscurth, Stiliana Milkova -- The role of a teaching center in curricular reform and assessment / Constance E. Cook, Deborah S. Meizlish, Mary C. Wright -- Strengthening diversity through faculty development / Crisca Bierwert -- Engaging faculty in effective use of instructional technology / Erping Zhu, Matthew Kaplan, Charles Dershimer -- Action research for instructional improvement / Chad Hershock ... [et al.] -- Role play and beyond: strategies for incorporating theatre into faculty development / Matthew Kaplan, Jeffrey Steiger -- Conclusion: responding to challenges faced by teaching centers at research universities / Matthew Kaplan with contributions from Terry Aladjem ... [et al.].