Voices from the Classroom: Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

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Voices from the Classroom

Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Edited by: Janice Newton , Jerry Ginsburg , Jan Rehner , Pat Rogers , Susan Sbrizzi and John Spencer

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2001

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Voices From the Classroom will have a broad appeal to the university teaching community across North America, facing common challenges in the twenty-first century.

Author / Editor information

Newton Janice :

Janice Newton is an Associate Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Arts at York University.

Ginsburg Jerry :

Jerry Ginsburg is an Associate Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts at York University.

Rehner Jan :

Jan Rehner is an Associate Lecturer in the Centre for Academic Writing, Faculty of Arts at York University.

Rogers Pat :

Pat Rogers is a Professor of Education and Mathematics and is the Academic Director of The Centre for the Support of Teaching at York University.

Spencer John :

John Spencer is an Associate Lecturer in the Centre for Academic Writing, Faculty or Arts at York University.

Topics

Social Sciences Education Education Systems

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Responsibility, Respect, Research and Reflection in Higher Education Janice Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
SECTION I: POWER, DIVERSITY AND EQUITY IN THE CLASSROOM
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	6
Part One: Student Voices
Gender, Power and Silence in the Classroom: Our Experiences Speak for Themselves Markita Fleming, Nadia Habib, Tina Horley, Sabynthe Jones-Caldwell, Maria Kathie Moules, Lori Waserman and Samantha Wehbi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Fog and Frustration: The Graduate Student Experience Jackie Buxton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	18
"Dissertation Dementia": Reflections on One Woman's Graduate Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
Part Two: Teachers' Voices
Power in the Classroom Linda Briskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	25
The University Classroom: From Laboratory to Liberatory Education Teferi Adem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	40
Diversity in the Classroom: Engagement and Resistance Carl E. James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	45
Responsibility and Respect in Critical Pedagogy Leslie Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	54
Feminist Pedagogy: Paradoxes in Theory and Practice Kathryn McPherson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
Teaching "Women and Men in Organizations": Feminist Pedagogy in the Business School Pat Bradshaw and Catherine Ng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	63
Empowering Students Through Feminist Pedagogy Rae Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	68
Heterosexism in the Classroom Leslie Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	75
DisABILITY in the Classroom: The Forgotten Dimension of Diversity? Sarah Clarke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities Marc Wilchesky and Margaret Willis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
Avoiding the Retrofitted Classroom: Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities Nancy Johnston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
Adult Students Leslie Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
English-as-a-Second-Language Students Leslie Sanders Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	95
SECTION II: THEORIES AND MODELS OF STUDENT LEARNING
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	98
Teaching Styles/Learning Styles: The Myers Briggs Model Austin Clarkson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	99
The Gregorc Model of Learning Styles Jerry Ginsburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Student Development: From Problem Solving to Problem Finding Page Westcott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	110
Using Theories about Student Learning to Improve Teaching Pat Rogers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	118
SECTION III: COURSE DESIGN
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	128
Course Planning: From Design to Active Classroom Jan Rehner and John Spencer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Developing and Teaching a Science Course: A Junior Faculty Member's Perspective Dawn R. Bazely Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	133
The Dialectic of Course Development: I Theorize, They React... and Then? Jerry Ginsburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	136
Beyond Bare Facts: Teaching Goals in Science M. Brock Fenton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	139
"Why Didn't He Just Say It?": Getting Students Interested in Language Robert Adolph Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
SECTION IV: WORKING WITH GRADUATE STUDENTS
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	146
Graduate Supervisory Practices David Leyton-Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
Working Together: The Teaching Assistant-Professor Relationship Annie Dionne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	153
Working with Teaching Assistants Leslie Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
Issues for International Teaching Assistants Nick Elson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	159
SECTION V: ACADEMIC HONESTY
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	162
Academic Dishonesty Hugh Parry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Plagiarism and Student Acculturation: Strangers in the Strange Lands of our Disciplines James Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	166
Plagiarism and the Challenge of Essay Writing: Learning from our Students Janice Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Honesty in the Laboratory Paul Delaney Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Electronic Plagiarism: A Cautionary Tale Elizabeth Watson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	179
SECTION VI: TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	182
Part One: Lecturing
Effective Lecturing Techniques Leslie Green Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	184
Improving Large-Class Lecturing Dalton Kehoe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	188
Improving Student Learning in Lectures Pat Rogers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
Part Two: Class Participation
Dead Silence... A Teacher's Nightmare Pat Rogers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	200
Evoking and Provoking Student Participation Pat Bradshaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	202
Resistance in the Classroom Paul Laurendeau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	206
Computer-Mediated Communication: Some Thoughts about Extending the Classroom Mary-Louise Craven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	210
Part Three: Seminars, Tutorials and Small-Group Learning
Study Group Guide for Instructors and Teaching Assistants Katie Coulthard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	215
Warm-Ups: Lessening Student Anxiety in the First Class Rachel Aber Schlesinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
Small is Beautiful: Using Small Groups to Enhance Student Learning Femida Handy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	227
Integrating Group Work into our Classes Jana Vizmuller-Zocco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	231
Scrapbook Presentations: An Exercise in Collaborative Learning Katherine Bischoping Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	235
The Field Walk Jon Caulfleld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	241
Teaching with Cases Deepika Nath Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	244
Stages in Group Dynamics Rachel Aber Schlesinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
The Joy of Seminars Mary Lou McKenna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
The Office Hour: Not Just Crisis Management Molly Ungar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	252
Negotiating Power in the Classroom: The Example of Group Work Linda Briskin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	255
SECTION VII: ASSIGNMENTS AND EVALUATION
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	268
Part One: Reading
When No One Has Done the Reading Janet Broomhead Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	270
A Strategy for Encouraging Students to do Readings Ian Greene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	272
Telling a Book by Its Cover Barbara Godard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	274
The Sherlock Holmes Approach to Critical Reading (Or How to Help Students Become Good "Detextives") Kenneth Golby Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	279
Part Two: Research Essays and Other Writing Assignments
Sequencing Assignments James Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	282
An Experiment in Writing and Learning Groups Jan Rehner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	285
Paper Chase: The Sequel Betty Braaksma Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	288
Working with Students'Writing Miriam Jones Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	291
What Happens After You Say, "Please Go to the Writing Centre"? Jan Rehner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	295
Part Three: Grading and Evaluation
Evaluating Student Writing: Problems and Possibilities Tom Greenwald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	298
Fast, Fair and Constructive: Grading in the Mathematical Sciences Alan Yoshioka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
An Individualized Approach to Teaching and Evaluation Gary Bunch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	306
The Norwegian Motivator, or How I Make Grading Work for Me and My Students Ken Carpenter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	316
SECTION VIII: DEVELOPING AND ASSESSING YOUR TEACHING
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	320
Part One: Classroom Assessment
Improving Student Learning Through Feedback: Classroom Assessment Techniques Janice Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	321
The One-Minute Paper...Two Success Stories Keith Aldridge and Roy Merrens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	324
Developing the One-Minute Paper Janice Newton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	326
Part Two: Mid-Course Evaluation
Formative Evaluation Surveys Bob Everett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	330
Facilitating Student Feedback Reg Lang Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	333
Feedback Strategies Mary Lou McKenna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	336
Part Three: Collegial Consultation
Peer Pairing Sue Sbrizzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	338
Peer Pairing in French Studies Karen Whalen, Louise Morrison and Myriam deBie Waller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	340
Part Four: Teaching Evaluation Guide
Teaching Evaluation Guide Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning York University Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	344
Part Five: Teaching Documentation Guide
Teaching Documentation Guide Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning York University Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	361
CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	369

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May 1, 2001

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9781442603059

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384

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442603059

eBook ISBN: 9781442603059

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