Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (2003) / Chapter Skim
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7 Evaluation of Departmental Undergraduate Programs
7 Evaluation of Departmental Undergraduate Programs
Pages 108-114
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The committee believes that similar expectations can anti shoul(1 apply to academic departments and colleges. Departments shoul(1 regularly evaluate their current un(lergra(luate programs and their commitment to fostering an environment that recognizes and reinforces effective teaching practices and student learning.
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They also can redirect their physical and financial resources to encourage continual improvement in leaching andlearning. In summary, academic departments can become both the primary units for catalyzing change in undergraduate education and true learning communities (American Association for Higher Education [AAHE]
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The first step in accomplishing this task is for each (lepartment to adopt a mission statement on improving teaching anti student learning. Other issues on which departmental members might focus include classroom teaching, academic advising for students, and the roles of teaching laboratories and independent research opportunities in enhancing student learning.
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· Does the department evaluate the effectiveness of courses for nonmajors and for preparation of students pursuing other science or engineering majors, especially for prospective elementary and secondary teachers? Applying research on human cognition and learning: · Does the department encourage faculty to base instructional techniques on modern research on human cognition anti learning (e.g., NRC, 1997a, 2000e)
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· Do introductory courses meet the educational needs of those who wail become the next generation of students in STEM, future teachers, and nonmajors in the discipline? Incorporating advances in the discipline and related subject areas: · Do the (lepartment's introductory and advanced courses and other educational programs incorporate cuttingedge topics and skills of the discipline and present them to students in ways that are pedagogically appropriate?
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EVALUATING DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE TEACHING LABORATORIES AND OTHER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES Emphasizing the role and importance of teaching laboratories: · Have members of the department collectively established criteria for assessing the role and nature of teaching laboratories in the department's curriculum? For example, is there general agreement on whether laboratory exercises should parallel coursework, provide students with learning experiences not (Erectly relate to work in classrooms, or some combination of the two?
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EVALUATING INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION IN IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION · Has the department established dialogues with other departments about the suitability and usefulness of its introductory courses as prerequisite or corequisite requirements for other SfEM disciplines? · Is the department's curriculum structure(1 in ways that offer gateways for students from other departments, including those who will not major in the sciences, to continue studies within the discipline?
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