| | NISE project addresses college science teaching and learning
First-year college science, tech, engineering, and math courses should provide students with critical thinking skills and life-long learning habits; and educators should provide high expectations in a supportive environment.Learning Communities Nurture Graduate Teacher-Researchers
For the past 5 years, the Delta Program at UW-Madison has brought together students from many disciplines for teacher-related professional development..
Personal Stories Show Commitment to Diversity
The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) seeks to engage all students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, irrespective of preferred learning styles, race, ethnicity and culture. An active interest in diversity units the professional lives of many CIRTL researchers and student. When Teaching Decisions Collide with Organizational Norms
Many factors influence faculty decisions in course planning and instruction, including perceptions of their organizational and socio-cultural environments.
In academic environments some particularly influential factors include tenure and promotion requirements, student evaluations, instructional tasks, role expectations, and organizational characteristics. Over time, teachers repeatedly encounter certain features of their environment and become attuned to which behaviors are feasible and desirable within their departments and institutions. The Challenge and Promise of Education Partnerships
Education partnerships involve agreements among K-12 school districts, governmental agencies, and universities, or even groups of different departmental representatives within a university. But partnerships are not easy to design or manage, because partnerships bring people together from different backgrounds, organizations, and disciplines. This makes partnership work largely an exercise in bridging different cultures, and leading an education partnership requires good communication skills and the ability to cross multiple boundaries. |
