Pedagogy-in-Practice Program - Spring 25
Pedagogy-in-Practice Program - Spring 25
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The Deans office is pleased to introduce the PedagogyinPractice Program. The intent of this program is to encourage and support course development and pedagogical innovation around our curricular requirements and priorities (WI QSR SSIH SI EL FYC). We invite faculty who share common pedagogical interests to form working groups of 46 members and propose a semesterlong program for sharing strategies for enhancing innovative approaches to teaching.. Ideally the working groups will foster a spirit of collaboration and collegiality among faculty members that lasts beyond the funding period. The courses proposed need not be in the same discipline or topic but the work within a team should target a particular curricular theme.
Examples of potential topics:
Designing courses around one of our specially designated course types identified on theCAP website: Writing Intensive Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Speaking Intensive Experiential Learning First Year Course or Social and Structural Institutional Hierarchies
Incorporating digital technology into courses
Incorporating inclusive pedagogical practices into the curriculum/classroom
Integrating teambased learning strategies into courses
Developing active learning activities for the classroom
Developing more inclusive STEM courses
Developing AIfriendly assignments/courses
For spring 2025 the Dean of the Faculty will fund up to five working groups consisting of 46 faculty members each to participate in this program. Interested faculty are encouraged to form complementary groups of four to six members. We encourage groups to include faculty from different departments disciplines and ranks when appropriate. Teams are expected to meet at least seven times during the semester to exchange ideas and workshop ideas around teaching and course development. Engagement may also involve classroom visits to observe implementation of strategies and provide feedback. These selforganized partnerships are meant to be informal and social yet focused on developing ideas and gathering feedback about ones teaching and coursework.
Guidelines. Groups may be formed within or between departments programs or divisions. The groups can also be formed within or between faculty ranks. However formed the constitution of each group should be conducive to informed dialogue and exchanges.
Deadline. The application deadline is January 24 for participation in the spring 2025 semester. Applications will be accepted after this date if the program is not full.
Reporting. Each group is required to submit a short report describing the process and schedule of their lunches and exchanges and reflecting on the value of the experience including plans for implementing ideas. These reports should be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty within one month of the end of the semester.
Incentive. In addition to the Deans office covering lunch for seven group meetings (reimbursable by receipt or department charge if oncampus) each participant will also receive $500 for research expenses or a stipend.
All Hamilton faculty (those in tenured tenuretrack professor of instruction physical education special appointment visiting and adjunct positions) are eligible to participate regardless of rank or employment status (fulltime or parttime). It is possible to participate more than once but not in the same semester. Preference in future years will be given to those who have not yet participated in the PedagogyinPractice program.
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Full Time
