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General Course Information
Program Goals
Program Objectives
Program Description
Support for Educational Projects
The Teaching Scholars Program is a faculty development program
administered by the Office of Educational Development. The Program began in
1996 as an experiment funded by the Arkansas Department of Higher Education
and was continued through June of 1999 with UAMS educational development
funds. In July of 1999, funding for the Teaching Scholars Program was
incorporated in the operating budgets of the two units directing the
program, the Office of Educational Development (OED) and the Office of
Faculty Affairs. The OED took over complete
administration of the Program in 2003.
Teaching Scholars Program Goal
The Teaching Scholars Program seeks to improve the educational programs
of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences by improving the
educational skills of its faculty.
Teaching Scholars Program Objectives
Provide faculty members who seek to become better teachers a way to gain
knowledge and skills about adult learning as well as the principles of
teaching and learning, development of curricula and instructional materials,
and educational research.
Produce a group of teaching scholars who will continue their own
education in health professions education, mentor and educate other faculty
in the methods of educational excellence, seek funding for educational
research, and disseminate their scholarly work on education through
presentations and publications.
Description of
Teaching Scholars Program
The Teaching
Scholars program seeks to improve the teaching skills of faculty in the five
health professions colleges and to nurture the development of a group of
faculty who actively engage in the scholarship of teaching.
Scholars will be asked to complete a literature review
on an educational topic during the second year of their participation.
In addition to the core workshops listed below, there
will be several nationally know educational scholars visiting campus as part
of the program. They will present a lecture for all faculty on campus and
facilitate a workshop for the Teaching Scholars Program participants.
Attendance for all sessions is required.
Workshops
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Orientation and Learning
Styles
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Instructional
Development
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Presentation Skills
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Teaching Unit
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Adult Learning Theory
and Applications
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Effective Use of
Instructional Technologies
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Feedback
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Assessment
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Introduction to
Educational Research
Upon completion of the curriculum, scholars will
receive a certificate and continue work on an individual or group literature
review. To graduate from the Teaching Scholars Program, scholars must
complete their literature review within two years of entering the program.
Support for Educational Projects
The Teaching Scholars Program has some funding available to support the
educational projects and travel to conferences to report on the outcomes of
the projects.
Project Support:
Support is available for supplies, instruments, postage, etc. Funding is
not available for personnel or equipment. Submit requests to Anna Moses.
Travel:
Support is available for up to 50% of travel costs up to $700 per person
to meetings at which a Scholar is presenting a report on his/her educational
project developed in the Teaching Scholars Program. Submit requests to Anna
Moses and include:
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Name of the group sponsoring the meeting
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Title of the meeting, location, registration costs, estimated travel
costs, and dates of the meeting
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Title of the presentation
Updated 06/18/08
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