A Teaching Polygon Makes Learning a Community Enterprise

Autor/inn/en	Colgan, Mark; DeLong, Matt
Titel	A Teaching Polygon Makes Learning a Community Enterprise
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 25 (2015) 1, S.41-49 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2014.899534
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; College Mathematics; Teaching Methods; College Faculty; Collegiality; Teacher Collaboration; Undergraduate Study; Observation; Reflection; Group Discussion; Peer Evaluation; Communities of Practice; Teacher Improvement; Teacher Competencies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fakultät; Kollegialität; Lehrerkooperation; Grundstudium; Beobachtung; Gruppendiskussion; Community; Lehrkunst
Abstract	In order to strengthen departmental collegiality and improve teaching, our mathematics department instituted a Teaching Polygon. Building on the faculty development idea of Teaching Squares, each member of our department visited one class taught by every other department member in a round-robin fashion during the school year. The visits were followed by structured reflection and conversations about our observations. We found that being in each other's classrooms strengthened our sense of community as a department, re-energized our enthusiasm for teaching, and encouraged us to reflect on ways to improve our own teaching. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10