The Pedagogy Project

Discussion Series

During the 2012-2013 year, the Pedagogy Project sponsored four discussion seminars, three in the fall and one in the spring semester. Each seminar featured short, micro-talks by UM faculty and a facilitated discussion. All faculty and graduate students are invited to attend. Videos of these sessions are available on the video resources page.

For additional professional development sessions offered by the Faculty Development Office, click here.

Small Group Analysis Program

Each year a group of faculty participate in the Small Group Analysis Program of the Pedagogy Project, an opportunity to give and receive feedback on classroom instruction. This small group analysis process allows instructors to receive feedback from their students while their course is in process. An outside facilitator asks students to identify 1) what aspects of the course are enhancing their learning; 2) what could be improved to enhance their learning; and 3) what they can do to enhance their learning. The questions are responded to in small groups and on an individual basis in anonymous process conducted with the instructor out of the room.

Those participating commit to:

1. attending a two hour-long training session on the basic feedback model (to be held early September); 
2. scheduling mid-course feedback sessions in two classes in the fall and two in the spring during which another evaluator would conduct the half-hour long feedback sessions; 
3. conducting two half-hour feedback sessions for another instructor in the group; 
4. compiling the results of the feedback sessions you conduct and going over them with the instructor;
5. meeting with the evaluator who conducted feedback sessions in your classes.

The Pedagogy Project is currently being organized by:
Amy Ratto-Parks (English)
Daisy Rooks (Sociology)
Tobin Miller Shearer (History/African-American Studies)
Jake Hansen (The Writing Center)
 
For more information, contact:
 
Tobin Miller Shearer
LA 262
x6225
tobin.shearer@umontana.edu