Recently, I was reading the journal Cell Biology Education (sometimes referred to as CBE Life Sciences Education). It’s a fairly new pedagogical periodical but it’s consistently excellent—made so in part by a regular feature called Current Insights. Edited by Erin Dolan, a biochemist who works at Virginia Tech, the column summarizes educational research relevant to those teaching in the sciences. Or, in the editor’s words, “This feature is designed to point … readers to current articles of interest in life sciences education as well as more general and noteworthy publications in education research.”
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Evidence of Effectiveness
Posted Thursday, March 25th, 2010 by Maryellen WeimerIn a recent editorial in the Journal of Management Education, a discipline-based pedagogical periodical I particularly admire, Jane Wilk-Schmidt identifies four characteristics of evidence valued by the journal. It’s a great list that offers a criteria for looking at the effectiveness of instructional innovations whether you are thinking about reporting what happened in an article or about assessing impact more objectively for your own information.
Announcing the Second Annual McGraw-Hill and Magna Publications Award for Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning
Posted Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerI am pleased to announce the Second Annual McGraw-Hill and Magna Publications Award for Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning. You’ll find all the details on The Teaching Professor website (www.teachingprofessor.com), including how to submit pieces (your work and that of others), the selection criteria, and the review process. In case you’ve forgotten, a $1,000 [...]
A Robust Discipline-Based Pedagogical Journal
Posted Thursday, July 16th, 2009 by Maryellen WeimerMy latest discovery is a new journal that published its inaugural issue in 2007. It is a discipline-based pedagogical periodical, Advances in Engineering Education. Its mission is to disseminate “significant, proven innovations” in engineering education.