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The most recent iteration of the Preparing to Teach @ VCU Workshop Series was held on the Monroe Park Campus from January 10, 2012 to January 12, 2012, and this post collects workshop materials and supplemental resources related to these sessions:

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Teaching and Learning @ VCU
Facilitators: Phil Edwards and Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via Prezi
Supplemental resources:
Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Teaching Goals Inventory, Self-Scorable Version. In Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd ed.), pp. 20-22. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26807596
Bain, K. (2004). What the Best College Teachers Do. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53044881
Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December). From teaching to learning: A new paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27(6), 13-25. Retrieved from EBSCOhost (for VCU affiliates) (or via http://www.maine.edu/pdf/BarrandTagg.pdf)
Menand, L. (2011, June 6). Live and learn: Why we have college. The New Yorker. Retrieved from The New Yorker website
How People Learn and Implications for Course and Syllabus Design
Facilitators: Zachary Goodell and Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Committee on Developments in the Science of Learning and Committee on Learning Research and Educational Practice, National Research Council. (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Retrieved from the National Academy Press website
Gamson, Z. F., & Chickering, A. W. (1987, March). Seven principles for good practice in undergraduate education. American Association for Higher Education Bulletin, 39(7), 3-7. Retrieved from the AAHEA website
Engaging Students in Their Learning
Facilitator: Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51009305
Assessing and Evaluating Student Learning
Facilitator: Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via Prezi
Supplemental resources:
Valid Assessment of Learning in Undergraduate Education (VALUE) project and associated rubrics: http://aacu.org/value/
Angelo, T. A., & Cross, K. P. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26807596

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Teaching Large Classes
Facilitator: Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Teaching Large Classes @ VCU resource guide: http://www.vcu.edu/cte/resources/tlc/index.htm
Bligh, D. A. (2000/[1972]). What's the Use of Lectures? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45731658
McManus, D. A. (2005). Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups. Bolton, MA: Anker. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57283745
Making Student Thinking Visible: Teaching with Classroom Response Systems
Facilitator: Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Bruff, D. (2009). Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244060858
Facilitating Group Discussions
Facilitator: Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via Prezi
Supplemental resources:
Brookfield, S. D., & Preskill, S. (2005). Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58789081
Nash, R. J., Bradley, D. L., & Chickering, A. W. (2008). How to Talk about Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation. Jossey-Bass: San Francisco. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166873037
Working with Students One-on-One: Laboratory, Practicum, and Studio Settings
Facilitator: Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via Prezi
Supplemental resources:
Dorman, J., Smith, M., O'Brien, S., Freisem, K. (2007). Teaching in lab settings. In C. Ross & J. Dunphy (Eds.), Strategies for Teaching Assistant and International Teaching Assistant Development: Beyond Microteaching, pp. 52-56. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available via http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152580740
Kane, S. K., Hannah, J., Edwards, P. M., & Dorman, J. (2007). Teaching in computer classrooms. In C. Ross & J. Dunphy (Eds.), Strategies for Teaching Assistant and International Teaching Assistant Development: Beyond Microteaching, pp. 48-51. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available via http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/152580740
Wisker, G. (2005). The Good Supervisor: Supervising Postgraduate and Undergraduate Research for Doctoral Theses and Dissertations. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56198602

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Promoting Critical Thinking in Your Classroom
Facilitator: Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Nosich, G. M. (2012). Learning to Think Things Through: A Guide to Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum (4th Ed.). Boston: Pearson. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/693750946
The Affective Domain: The Role of Emotions in Teaching and Learning
Facilitator: Zachary Goodell
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Anderson, L. W., Krathwohl, D. R. (2001). A Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives. New York: Longman. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44811619
Perry, W. G., Jr. (1998/[ca. 1970]. Forms of Ethical and Intellectual Development in the College Years: A Scheme. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76870
Motivating and Supporting Students in Collaborative Work
Facilitator: Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via Prezi
Supplemental resources:
Barkley, E. F., Cross, K. P., & Major, C. H. (2005). Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55877704
Docan-Morgan, T. (2011). "Everything changed": Relational turning point events in college teacher-student relationships from teachers' perspectives. Communication Education, 60(1), 20-50. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2010.497223
Scholarly Teaching: A Model for Evidence-Based Decision Making for Teachers
Facilitators: Zachary Goodell and Phil Edwards
Workshop materials: Available via SlideShare
Supplemental resources:
Additional questions to inspire reflection on teaching and learning, sources of evidence of teaching effectiveness, and communicating one's approach to teaching and learning to others, etc. available via Prezi
Kaplan, M., Meizlish, D. S., O'Neal, C., & Wright, M. C. (2008). A research-based rubric for developing statements of teaching philosophy. In D. R. Robertson (Ed.), To Improve the Academy, 26, 242-262. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/246991429
Seldin, P., Miller, J. E., & Seldin, C. A. (2010). The Teaching Portfolio: A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions (4th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/705738902
Weimer, M. (2010). Inspired College Teaching: A Career-Long Resource for Professional Growth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Local holdings information available at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/460050781

Please feel free to direct any questions about these materials or the Workshop Series to Zachary Goodell (zggoodel@vcu.edu) or Phil Edwards (pmedwards@vcu.edu).