Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2019
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2019) 38(1)
Abstract
There is often a disconnect between the unit of analysis in rigorous education research, and the types of recommendations that instructors find the most useful to improve their teaching. Research often focuses on narrow slices of the student experience, and university instructors often require broad recommendations. We present the Fearless Teaching Framework to address this gap between research and practice. In this framework, we define four pieces of effective teaching: classroom climate, course content, teaching practices, and assessment strategies. We argue that these are appropriate areas of focus for instructor growth, based on their relations to student engagement.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND