Scholarship of Teaching Project

April 3, 2003

Call for Participants and Description of Project

Is there an intriguing "problem" in your teaching? Would you like to investigate what it means to learn in your class?

Have you been thinking of trying out a new classroom assignment or project? Are you looking for ideas on how to use laptops in the classroom?

The Teaching and Learning Center will facilitate a $1000 per person scholarship of teaching project during 2003-04. You are invited to apply. Fifteen applications will be funded. The deadline for the application is Friday, April 18 at 4 p.m.

Payment

Each participant will receive $1000 to be used for travel, services or supplies. $250 will be allocated in September, $250 in January, and $500 on the completion of a final report.

Description of the Project

The goal of this project is to provide a venue that allows teachers (faculty and staff) to conduct a reflective practice/scholarship of teaching investigation. Teachers are asked to identify a problem or issue in teaching and learning in one or more of their classes that they feel passionate about. The project itself is to investigate that problem or issue in such a way that a conclusion can be formed and disseminated to the Stout community.

Each participant will join a small group of other teachers interested in the same problem or issue. This group will meet several times during the course of the project. Topics suggested in a recent survey of Stout teachers include

  • Critical thinking
  • Motivation
  • Use of multiculturalism as a basis for learning
  • Use of small groups
  • Use of laptops
  • Assessment
  • Coverage vs. depth
  • Development of the effectiveness of a teaching technique
  • Investigation of a learning strategy.

Schedule

  • Projects may cover the entire semester or focus on activities for part of a semester
  • The project will occur either during the Fall 2003 or Spring 2004 semester
  • April 21--Applications due to riordand@uwstout.edu See "Application Procedure" below
  • Early May 2003--Participants meet to discuss the logistics of the project
  • Early September 2003--Participants will meet with a Teaching Scholar from UW-Milwaukee
  • Early September 2003--Participants will meet with a local expert in Action Research, an informal method of assessing classroom projects
  • Fall and Spring Semesters, Ongoing--Small groups of participants who are dealing with similar issues will meet at least twice during each semester
  • January 2004--Some participants will give a presentation on their work either on Faculty Development Day
  • Spring 2004--Some participants will facilitate a Lessons Learned session
  • May 15, 2004--The final report is due

 

Application Procedure

If you wish to apply, send an email to Dan Riordan, Center Director, at riordand@uwstout.edu. Include all of the following

  • Your name, email, office address, and office phone
  • The class in which you will conduct the project
  • The semester during which you will conduct your investigation
  • One paragraph in which you describe the problem/issue you wish to find out about and the method you will use to investigate the problem/issue