Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Reginald Vachon P.E., American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Robert O. Warrington Jr., Michigan Technological University; Robert D. Kersten, University of Central Florida

Tagged Topics

Invited - Faculty Development

. Page 21.40.17The work of the World Bank (J.D. Wolfensohn) perhaps exemplifies what EftA is trying toachieve. We...‖ must empower the poor people and the disenfranchised—the people at thefringes—and give them a real stake in society‖. This is the key to building the strongerinstitutions required for longer term sustainable development. In the current scenario all nationsare seeking to maintain and/or create centers of design and production based on education,research and innovation. Engineering is the key to building this capacity. Growth and wealth willbe distributed unevenly as long as only a few communities pay attention to their children‘sscience and engineering education and disproportionately attract the world‘s best brains [7] TheWorld

Conference Session

Track 3 - Session I - Faculty Development

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Dirk Schaefer P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology

Tagged Topics

Invited - Faculty Development

– foundations of teachingand learning. Tier 2: Scholarship – educational research and scholarly work in the field. Tier 3:Practice and Portfolio – reflective teaching portfolio development and peer mentoring.Tier 1 Content: Foundations of Teaching and Learning - Putting theory into practiceAreas of focus for this level of faculty development should include:  Learning styles/Learning processes.  Learning theory.  Course and curriculum design.  Constructive Alignment.  Active learning (student engagement).  Assessment and Evaluation.  Teaching with Technology.Tier 2 Content: Scholarship:In this level participants become engaged in a largely self-directed process of developing,documenting, and exploring their own ‘mental model’ of