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Pre-Institute Assignment 2 - Reading List and Reflections – Due June 9, 2009
Listed below is a reading list to help you prepare for your attendance at the institute. Once you have completed the readings, you are asked to complete the assignment below and e-mail your response to the listserv (bspresearch09@mail.asmusa.org).
READING LIST:
The What, Why, and How of Classroom Action Research
Gwynn Mettetal, Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (vol 2, no 1, 2001)
Approaching the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Pat Hutchings, Opening Lines: Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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The Scholarship of Teaching: What’s the Problem?
Randy Bass, Inventio: Creating Thinking about Learning and Teaching (vol 1, no 1, 1999)
ASSIGNMENT FOR SCHOLARS:
Based on your readings, prepare a brief (~ 1 page) reflective piece in which you address the following in relation to your proposal:
· How would you describe your “research problem(s)” to the Research Scholars group?
· What theme(s) based on your readings, resonate with your “problem” and/or your proposed approach to address your problem.
· Based on Pat Hutchings article, what taxonomy would you use to describe your research question and why?
· Do you have any questions/concerns/comments that have evolved from your reading?