My teaching philosophy
Graduate teaching I do follows the model of my
mentor Donna Kerr. It could be summarized in a few maxims: read good books from
different disciplines, change them often, stay away from "isms," and connect to
personal passions of students. I usually tell my students that philosophy is a
language; and like any language, it could be taught in two ways. One is to start
with grammar, syntax, punctuation, etc. Another is to immerse into a living
language and start speaking it. My class is an example of the latter.
My teaching load includes undergraduate courses that I also enjoy in a very
different way. I am finding new technologies very helpful: I maintain a course
web page, keep all my records on-line; students submit their writing, and read
and critic each other's work on-line. One of the class project requires
development of a website. Despite all the gimmicks, I try to keep the core of
teaching the same - good readings, intensive writing, and dialogue.
Teaching for me is both a form of scholarship and and outlet for my creative
impulses.
Recent curriculum development experience
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Course
syllabi and content development
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EDF 685, Philosophy of Education (See
sample syllabus) |
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EDF 513 Online and Hybrid Pedagogy |
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EDF 619, Pluralism in Education (See
sample syllabus) |
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EDF 366 Conceptions of Schooling (see
sample syllabus) |
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ASIA 300 Peace and cultural legacies in the nuclear age |
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EDFI 408 Education in a Pluralistic society (see
sample syllabus) |
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EDFI 600 Philosophy of Education (see
sample syllabus) |
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EDFI 694
The Scholarship of Grant Writing for Class Room Teachers |
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EDFI 671 Human Growth and Development (see
sample syllabus) |
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New course or major curriculum
modification
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Ed.D. in Educational Studies, program design
with Dr. Bartelheim and Dr. Walker. |
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MAT in Curriculum Studies, program
design with Dr. Bartelheim |
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Professional Teacher Education Program in
Elementary Education, program revision with program faculty. |
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Professional Teacher Education Program in
Early Childhood Education, new program development with program faculty. |
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Master of Arts in International, Cross-cultural Education,
Program proposal developed in collaboration with Dr. Kubow and Dr. Booth |
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EDFI 703 Seminar in Cultural Studies in Education, Course
modification (With Dr. Thayer-Bacon), approved by Graduate Council
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EDFI 600 Philosophy of Education, Course modification, approved by
Graduate Council |
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EDFI 705 Implementation of Educational Change, new course developed |
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Other curriculum projects
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Assessment Plan for EDFI 408. |
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Major curriculum revision for
EDFI 408 as a part of the grant Using Web Technology to Overcome
Fragmentation of a Multi-Sectioned Course (co-author) |
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