Description:

Teaching-as-research projects can help us as instructors gather evidence that our teaching practices have the impacts we hope for. Even before we have classrooms of our own, graduate students can collaborate with teaching faculty to conduct these kinds of teaching experiments as part of the CIRTL program called Searle Teaching-as-Research (STAR). In this 60-minute workshop, we will walk through the steps of developing a teaching-as-research project, using a game-based, terminology-driven learning intervention as a case study. This workshop will offer some foundational considerations when developing a teaching-as-research project, and could be a great starting point if you’ve been thinking about teaching-as-research but haven’t been sure where to start. By the end of the session, you will have tools you can use to develop a teaching-as-research project, even before you have a classroom of your own. 

This event is a great starting point if you are a STEM or social science graduate student or postdoc interested in the Searle Teaching-as-Research (STAR) program or if you are currently enrolled in Reflective & Effective Teaching (RET). 

For more information about STAR, please click this link.