Teaching as if Learning Matters: Pedagogies of Becoming by Next-Generation Faculty (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

"Teaching is an essential skill in becoming a faculty member in any institution of higher education. Yet how is that skill actually acquired by graduate students? Teaching as if Learning Matters collects first-person narratives from graduate students and new PhDs that explore how the skills required to teach at a college level are developed. It examines the key issues that graduate students face as they learn to teach effectively when in fact they are still learning and being taught. Featuring contributions from over thirty graduate students from a variety of disciplines at Indiana University, Teaching as if Learning Matters allows these students to explore this topic from their own unique perspectives. They reflect on the importance of teaching to them personally and professionally, telling of both successes and struggles as they learn and embrace teaching for the first time in higher education"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction / Jennifer Meta Robinson, Valerie Dean O’Loughlin, Laura Plummer, and Katherine Kearns 14 Part I. My Teaching and My Identity / Valerie Dean O’Loughlin 54 1. Death Studies and Learning Communities: Rethinking Professionalism / Leslie E. Drane (Anthropology) 60 2. Who Am I? How I Reconciled My Identity as a Woman in Science and Education through Pedagogy Courses and Evidence-Based Teaching / Natalie Christian (Biology) 67 3. The Complexities of Teaching: Navigating Empathy and Authority / Maureen Chinwe Onyeziri (Biology) 74 4. Disrupting Silence and Positionalities: Reframing Visions of Equity in College Teaching / Francesca A. Williamson (Science Education and Inquiry Methodology) 82 5. How a Multidisciplinary Doctoral Student Instructor Network Became a Tool for Teaching, Professional Development, and Personal Growth / Keely Cassidy (Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy), Laura Clapper (English), and Alyssa Lederer (Applied Health Science) 95 6. Building Confidence and Experience within a Graduate Student Teaching Community / Sarah M. Keesom (Biology), Jacquelyn Petzold (Biology), and Lisa Wiltbank (Biological Sciences) 104 7. Professorial Power: Or, Limiting My Classroom Control to Create Opportunities for Others / Andrew M. Koke (History) 119 Part II. My Students and My Classroom / Laura Plummer 126 8. Forming Community with Students: Eliminating Language Barriers as an International Associate Instructor / Jing Yang (Chemistry and Curriculum and Instruction) 132 9. The Graduate Student Learning Community: A Place to Develop Your Teaching Identity and Authority /Letizia Montroni (Italian) 139 10. Experimenting with a Flipped-Class Method of Instruction in a Medical Histology Course / Barbie Klein (Medical Sciences) 147 11. Facilitating Learning outside the Classroom: Field Trips and Service-Learning / Elizabeth Konwest (Anthropology, Global Studies) 155 12. The Courage to Try Something New: What Collaborative Learning Has Brought to My Classroom and Me / Kristyn E. Sylvia (Biology) 163 13. Endeavoring a Democratic Pedagogy: Tensions and Possibilities in Ambiguity / Polly A. Graham (Education) and Sarah Socorro Hurtado (Education) 172 14. Making Students Part of the Conversation / Adam Coombs (English) 182 15. Disarming Student Defensiveness: Slowly Approaching Controversial Topics in the Classroom / Kristen Hengtgen (History, Education) 192 16. The Unpredictability of Teaching and the Helpfulness of Classroom Assessments / Juliane Wuensch (Germanic Studies) 199 Part III. My Teaching and My Field / Jennifer Meta Robinson 208 17. A Classroom Ritual, Kairos, and Evidencing Student Learning / Mark Nagle (Communication and Culture) 214 18. Of Rich Points and Reflexive Teaching: Minding My Own Social Business as an Anthropology Instructor / J. Christopher Upton (Anthropology) 219 19. “If I Have a Role”: The Classroom as a Performative Space /Silja Weber (Germanic Studies) 232 20. Teaching the Physicality of Filmmaking: Learning through the Body in Motion Picture Production / Javier Ramirez (Film and Media Studies) 245 21. Engaging College Students Using Story-Structured Lessons: In Search of “Evidence” / Ryan G. Erbe (Applied Health Science) 253 22. Avoiding the Easy Way Out: How We Pushed Ourselves and Our Students to Try Something New / Natalie Christian (Biology) and Michelle R. Marasco (Biology) 258 23. Pedagogy Class as a Space for the Formation of Teaching Philosophies and Collaborative Work among Graduate Students: A Dialogue / Jessica Leach (History), Kristen Hengtgen (History, Education), and Maksymilian Szostalo (History) 266 24. Critical Thinking and Signature Pedagogies / Mack Hagood (Media, Journalism, and Film) 276 Part IV. My Journey to My Postgraduate Life / / Katherine Kearns 288 25. How Becoming a Critical Friend Can Lead to Academic Fluency / Tyler Christensen (Education) 294 26. The Teacher as Student and Student as Teacher: Lessons Learned from Developing, Instructing, and Evaluating a Public Health Pedagogy Course / Alyssa Lederer (Applied Health Science) 302 27. Transitioning from Clinician to Educator: Reflections on Teaching and Learning / Laura J. Carpenter (Occupational Therapy) 311 28. Aligning Values, Language, and Practice in the Classroom / Jonathan P. Rossing (Communication Studies) 318 29. Benefit of the Doubt: Building Confidence, Community, and Courage in the Transition from Graduate School to Faculty Life / Rachel La Touche (Sociology) 328 30. There Is No “Right” Road / Lauren Miller Griffith (Anthropology) 337 31. The Serendipitous Detour: Finding My Way into Educational Development / Carol Subiño Sullivan (Anthropology) 347 Epilogue 356 Editor and Contributor Biographies 360 Index 370