Tag: TAR

Teaching as Research Project Findings Shared

Note: Re-posted from the Fall 2015 Graduate School newsletter. Save the date of May 16, 2016 for the 5th Annual Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium!

At a Cornell symposium in May 2015, nearly 30 graduate students presented about their research. Why is that newsworthy? In this case, the research they presented was all about teaching. Now in its fourth year, the 2015 Classroom Research and Teaching Symposium attracted over 60 attendees, including faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Rochester, as well as around Cornell.

The Symposium is held at the end of every academic year, bringing together graduate students and faculty who are interested in applying their research skills to develop more effective teaching practices. In addition to the poster and laptop Continue reading

Week 6 Summary

Thanks to Anna for writing up this summary of Week 6. We discussed what Teaching as Research (TAR) means and what opportunities and support exist to conduct a TAR project. Our student panel also discussed how to get involved if you aren’t currently teaching, and described their experiences with insuring “human subjects” protection.

Week 6 Summary (PDF)

Apply for Fall Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Practitioner Program

CU-CIRTL and the Center for Teaching Excellence are now recruiting graduate and postdoctoral applicants for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Practitioner grants to start by September 21, 2015 and run through Fall Semester 2015. Recipients will have the opportunity to create/develop a mini-research project on teaching and learning. As participants design and conduct their projects, they will attend six Monday afternoon workshop sessions and work closely with a mentor. Ideal candidates will have access to a classroom in which to implement a teaching innovation. SoTL Practitioners will prepare to present their findings in a poster session later in the year, and will have the opportunity to write up their projects as a manuscript if interested. There is a small monetary award for selected participants. Interested candidates should email Kimberly Williams at kw299@cornell.edu with a short paragraph explaining their ideas and interest by September 4, 2015.

More information (PDF)

August 7, 2015 – Summer PROFessional Development

Week 6’s session introduced the topic of Teaching as Research and included a panel of three graduate students who have designed investigations around teaching and learning in their discipline. We also started a new resource page about Teaching as Research.

You can download the Week 6 handout here: PROFessionalDevelopment_Handout_Week6 (PDF)