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Wehlburg - To Improve the Academy - 9781882982653 - V9781882982653
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To Improve the Academy

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Description for To Improve the Academy Paperback. An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, volume 22 of To Improve the Academy is a collection of articles that focus on the role of faculty, instructional, and organizational development in ensuring excellence in education. Editor(s): Wehlburg, Catherine M. Series: JB-Anker. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNK; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.

An annual publication of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, volume 22 of To Improve the Academy is a collection of articles that focus on the role of faculty, instructional, and organizational development in ensuring excellence in education. Recognizing the urgency caused by a recent rash of budget and staff cuts and falling course enrollment, the authors provide new perspectives on how to address the growing need for providing quality, effective higher education.

The book is divided into six sections:

  • Section I, Past, Present, and Future of SoTL: provides an overview of the scholarship of teaching ... Read more
  • Section II, Assessment and Faculty Development: presents tested methods for assessing both student learning and the impact of faculty development
  • Section III, Curriculum Design and Evaluation: describes different tools for redesigning curriculum and improving student learning
  • Section IV, Faculty Development Tools: presents models for enhancing current methods of faculty development
  • Section V, Student Learning and Faculty Development: focuses on helping faculty work with students to enhance and improve their learning
  • Section VI, Faculty Development with Part-Time Instructors: includes ideas for integrating adjunct faculty and graduate students into the life of an institution

This book makes sense of how the changing climate in higher education is affecting how, when, and in what circumstances American students are learning. It offers an essential resource for improvement in higher education to faculty and instructional development staff, department chairs, deans, student services staff, chief academic officers, and educational consultants.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Series
JB-Anker
Number of Pages
374
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781882982653
SKU
V9781882982653
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Wehlburg
CATHERINE M. WEHLBURG is Director, Center for teaching Excellence, Texas Christian University. SANDRA CHADWICK-BLOSSEY is Director, Christian A. Johnson Institute for Effective Teaching, Rollins College.

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