Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2010
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2010) 28
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0028.025
Abstract
The Departmental Teaching Fellows (DTF) program of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University employs doctoral students as peer teaching mentors. Four years of program assessment data include quantitative work inventories, surveys and self-reports, interviews of faculty and administrators, and a survey of all graduate students recently teaching in arts and sciences. Observed program outcomes include (1) better informal support for teaching, (2) higher quality and quantity of interactions between graduate students and faculty on teaching, and (3) more systematic opportunities for teaching-related professional development. Qualitative assessment data suggest that the DTFs occupy several liminal positions that may uniquely position them to facilitate changes in departmental teaching cultures, in some cases overcoming barriers faced by faculty and administrators.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND