Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h8MDgOV18466; Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:42:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:42:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <158.24d66d38.2ca0557e@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2550] The scholarship of teaching and learning X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1717 Lines: 50 Isabel passed through, and almost one-half million people in my area of the East Coast are still without electricity. However, we are not without POWER! Our survival IQ is pretty high. So, back to work. Thinking about the theme of accountability, I entered two posts last week about how the classroom environment impacts teaching and learning. Today, from the PEN Weekly Newsblast comes the question below. If you are interested, go to the WEB page and see what is being said about research in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Select the topic *Higher-ed movement aims to elevate teaching. * The pros and cons are headlined by this question: Will the scholarship of teaching and learning drain research resources or step up teaching practices? WHAT MAKES A GREAT TEACHER? With poor student outcomes spurring renewed interest in accountability among state and national policymakers, psychologists are increasingly Influencing education policy, writes Rebecca A. Clay. They're transforming teacher training programs, creating models that put a greater emphasis on evidence, the liberal arts and mentoring. They're making existing research more accessible to teachers. And they're conducting new studies on everything from using computers in the classroom to promoting the teaching of such skills as resilience and responsibility. In the process, they're bringing rigorous science to a field long characterized by anecdotal evidence. Numerous articles in the new issue of "Monitor on Psychology" will be of interest to both educators and advocates. http://www.apa.org/monitor/teachertoc.html All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA
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