EXHIBITS
related to
Teaching and Advising
(9/01)
The exhibits have been selected to illustrate the sections discussed in Section III of my personal statement.
(Arranged in chronological order within each section. When no link is given, the exhibit is available in hard copy only.)
Wide Scope of My Teaching and its Active, Ongoing Development
The Philosophy of Teaching Critical Thinking I Brought to UMB
Teaching Critical Thinking about Science in its Social Context
- See Binder 7, Building a Basis for Interdisciplinary Science and Environmental Education
Leading Students from Critical Thinking to Taking Initiative
- From "dialogue around written work" to "taking initiative," Report on Teacher-Research during the Fall 1999 Center for Improvement of Teaching Faculty Seminar
- Course packet for Practicum: Processes of Research and Engagement (CCT698), Fall 2000 [previous students' work omitted]
- Revise and resubmit system as illustrated by student work and my comments in CCT698, Fall 2000
- "We know more than we are, at first, prepared to acknowledge: Critical thinking as journeying," work-in-progress about the role of listening, dialogue, intra-personal reflection, and the journey metaphor in fostering critical thinking.
- Reports from Action Learning Project in Evaluation of Educational Change (CCT693), Spring 2000
- Chart of Action Research Spiral developed during CCT693, Spring 2000
Learning from Difficult Courses in a Thoughtful, Respectful, and Professional Manner
- Thoughtful and respectful responses in a difficult course as illustrated by student work and my comments in ED610, Spring 2001
- Instructions and summary of reports from small group work on revising the Secondary Ed. Computers, Tech & Ed. syllabus
Learning from Educators beyond CCT
- "Alternating between teacher and facilitator," summary of workshop presented to the International Association of Facilitators, Toronto, Canada, April 27 - 30 (www.iaf-world.org/iaf2000/Taylor.PDF)
Promoting Collegial Interaction Around Innovation in Teaching
- See Binder 7, Building a Basis for Interdisciplinary Science and Environmental Education, and Developing CCT in New Directions