International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Volume 2, Number 1, January 2008
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Foundations of College Teaching - A Course for Doctoral Students: Reflections on a case study in College Teaching
What should doctoral level education prepare students to do?
The ability to successfully carry out an independent research project has long been thought of as the primary, and perhaps the sole criterion for obtaining a Ph.D. In recent years, increasingly, candidates for academic employment are being asked about their teaching experience and about their views on education. A report titled Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers (1995) by the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, recommends changes in doctoral education in the sciences and engineering so as to provide preparation in teaching. More recently, university administrators have been recommending that whether they pursue careers in industry or academia, graduate students with doctoral degrees should know how to teach.
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Sheila Vaidya
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
vaidyasr@drexel.edu
I am Associate Professor and the Associate Director of Research and Outreach in the School of Education at Drexel University. In this position, I direct the College Teaching and Communication Skills course. I am also the Director of the Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership and Learning Technologies. My Ph.D. is in Educational Psychology. I have a broad educational background in learning, program evaluation research, research methodology, measurement and school psychology. My research interests include teacher development, epistemological development of knowledge about teaching and impact of teaching on learning. My current projects include study of the role of mentoring in improved teaching and the study of online virtual communities of teachers.
David Urias
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
dau25@drexel.edu
As the founding director of the Masters Program in Global & International Education at Drexel University's School of Education and lead facilitator of the Evaluation & Research Network at Drexel University, I have an extensive educational background in international education, educational policy studies, and program evaluation. My doctorate is in international educational policy studies and evaluation, from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Some of my current research interests include international student mobility to the U.S. post 9/11, standards/benchmarks for program quality assurance in international education graduate programs, graduate level global competencies and program evaluation research.