Syllabus

Week 1

Friday, January 24

Introduction

Week 2

Friday, January 31

NO CLASS

Week 3

Friday, February 07

Teaching a lecture course

Week 4

Friday, February 14

Teaching a lab cousre

Week 5

Friday, February 21

NO CLASS

Week 6

Friday, February 28

Your first teaching job

Week 7

Friday, March 07

NO CLASS

Week 8

Friday, March 14

WORKSHOP

Week 9

Friday, March 21

SPRING BREAK

Week 10

Friday, March 28

Assessment of learning

Week 11

Friday, April 04

NO CLASS

Week 12

Friday, April 11

Service learning

Week 13

Friday, April 18

The first-year experience

Week 14

Friday, April 25

Teaching race online

Week 15

Friday, May 02

The achievement gap

Week 16

Friday, May 09

Writing across the curriculum

Finals

Friday, May 16

Final assignment due

 


Week 01

Friday, January 24, 2014
Introduction

Greg Downey, Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
School of Library & Information Studies

Readings and resouces available online (use your normal NetID and email password to access the repository):

  • UW-Madison, College of Letters & Science Teaching Fellows, "Tips for teachers" (2008).
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Top 15 short publications on teaching" (2009).
  • Stephen J.A. Ward, "Is it time to close journalism schools?" (07 April 2009).
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Course design tip sheet" (2006).
  • Wilbert J. McKeachie, "Countdown for course preparation," in McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers, 11th ed. (2002), 9-20.
  • Peter Filene, "Understanding yourself as a teacher," "Understanding your students," and "Defining your aims and outcomes," in The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors (2005), 7-31.
  • Peter Filene, "Teaching and not perishing," in The joy of teaching: A practical guide for new college instructors (2005), 122-131.
  • Wilbert J. McKeachie, "Problem students (there's almost always at least one!)," in McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers, 11th ed. (2002), 148-159.
  • Check out some teaching materials from the David Foster Wallace archive

 


Week 02

Friday, January 31, 2014
CLASS CANCELLED

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Week 03

Friday, February 07, 2014
Teaching an introductory lecture course

Chris Wells, Assistant Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Readings and resouces online:

  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Discussion sections" (2006).
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Twenty ways to make lectures more participatory" (2006).
  • James R. Dawes (Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning), "Ten strategies for effective discussion leading" (2007).
  • Wilbert J. McKeachie, "Facilitating discussion: Posing problems, listening, questioning," in McKeachie's teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers, 11th ed. (2002), 30-51.
  • Mary Burgan "The myth of the bloviating professor," in What ever happened to the faculty? (2006).

 


Week 04

Friday, February 14, 2014
Teaching an introductory lab course

Michael Wagner, Assistant Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Readings and resouces online:

  • Diana Laurilliard, "Teaching as mediating learning," in Rethinking university teaching: A framework for the effective use of educational technology (1993), 13-29.

 


Week 05

Friday, February 21, 2014
CLASS CANCELLED

Please post your educational innovation blog entry this week.

 


Week 06

Friday, February 28, 2014
Your first teaching job

Stacy Forster, Associate Faculty Associate
School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Readings and resources online:

  • Patrick Allitt, "Getting ready," in I'm the teacher, you're the student (2005).
  • Patrick Allitt, "Early class meetings," in I'm the teacher, you're the student (2005).
  • Patrick Allitt, "The discussion and lecture routine," in I'm the teacher, you're the student (2005).

 


Week 07

Friday, March 07, 2014
CLASS CANCELLED

Instead, please attend as much of the "Communication Crossroads" graduate student mini-conference as you can, held in the Nafziger Room all day today.  The conference presentation skills on display here are completely relevant to classroom teaching.

 


Week 08

Friday, March 14, 2014
TEACHING WORKSHOP

Some of you may not be able to attend today due to Spring Break, so we will devote this hour to an open educational workshop for whoever is availble to attend.  Bring your real-world questions and concerns and we will help you think through them together!

 


Week 09

Friday, March 21, 2014
SPRING BREAK

Stay safe.

 


Week 10

Friday, March 28, 2014
Assessment of student learning

Elaine Klein, Assistant Dean for Academic Planning
College of Letters & Science

Readings and resouces (downloadable here):

  • Alice Y. Kolb and David A. Kolb, "Learning styles and learning spaces: Enhancing experiential learning in higher education," Academy of Management Learning & Education 4:2 (2005), 193-212.
  • Marvin Druger, "Practical tips for teaching at the university level," in Leo M. Lambert, Stacey Lane Tice, and Patricia H. Featherstone, eds., University teaching: A guide for graduate students (1996), 3-8.
  • Michael Flusche, "Assessment of student work," in Leo M. Lambert, Stacey Lane Tice, and Patricia H. Featherstone, eds., University teaching: A guide for graduate students (1996), 57-67.
  • Edward B. Fiske, "How to learn in college: Group study, many tests," New York Times (05 March 1990).
  • Amanda Ripley, "What makes a great teacher?" The Atlantic (Jan/Feb 2010).
  • Patrick Allitt, "Inflated grades and sentiments," in I'm the teacher, you're the student (2005).

 


Week 11

Friday, April 04, 2014
CLASS CANCELLED

Please post your syllabus comparison to the blog this week.

 


Week 12

Friday, April 11, 2014
Service learning

Young Mie Kim, Assistant Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Readings and resouces (downloadable here):

  • Mary Burgan "Bricks and mortar," in What ever happened to the faculty? (2006).

Week 13

Friday, April 18, 2014
The first-year experience

 

Carren Martin, Assistant Dean and Director
Center for the First-Year Experience

Readings and resouces (downloadable here):

  • TBA

 


Week 14

Friday, April 25, 2014
Teaching about race and ethnicity online

Hemant Shah, Professor
School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Readings and resouces online:

  • Judy Long, Wynetta Devore, and Ian Lapp, "Gender, race, and ethnicity in the classroom," in Leo M. Lambert, Stacey Lane Tice, and Patricia H. Featherstone, eds., University teaching: A guide for graduate students (1996), 107-125.
  • Lee Warren (Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning), "Class in the classroom" (2007).
    Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Teaching in racially diverse college classrooms" (2006).
  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, "Sensitivity to women in the contemporary classroom" (2006).
  • Mary Burgan "Distance makes the heart grow colder," in What ever happened to the faculty? (2006).
  • Beverly Tatum, "Defining racism," in "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" (1997).
  • Beverly Tatum, "The complexity of identity," in "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" (1997).

 


Week 15

Friday, May 02, 2014
The achievement gap

Jocelyn Milner, Associate Provost and Director
Academic Planning and Institutional Research

Readings and resouces online:

  • TBD
  • TBD
  • TBD

 


Week 16

Friday, May 09, 2014
Writing across the curriculum

Brad Hughes, Director
The Writing Center, UW-Madison

Readings and resouces online:

  • Brad Hughes, ed., "Some of what future faculty need to know about writing across the curriculum," J 901 handout (29 January 2010).
  • John C. Bean, Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, 2nd ed. (2011); selections.
  • Duane H. Roen and Kenneth J. Lindblom, "Using writing as an active learning tool," in Leo M. Lambert, Stacey Lane Tice, and Patricia H. Featherstone, eds., University teaching: A guide for graduate students (1996), 68-87.
  • Patrick Allitt, "Papers and plagiarism," in I'm the teacher, you're the student (2005).
  • Edward White, "Writing assignments and essay topics," in Assigning, responding, evaluating (1995).

 


Finals week

Friday, May 16, 2014
All remaining assignments due

Peer evaluation of teaching and teaching philosophy write-ups due on last day of finals week at 5pm.