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March 29, 2017
An Illinois Sampler: Teaching and Research on the Prairie
- Author
- Winkelmes , Mary-Ann; and Burton, Antoinette, eds.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL
- ISBN
- 9780252080234
- Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
ch. 1 Introduction: Charting Common Ground in the Teaching-Research Nexus (Mary-Ann Winkelmes and Antoinette Burton)
ch. 2 A Sense of the Earth (Bruce W. Fouke)
ch. 3 Collaborative Artists: How to Speak and Listen at the Same Time (Julie Jordan Gunn)
ch. 4 The Intimate University:’We Are All in This Together (Nancy Abelmann)
ch. 5 Painting with Numbers (and Shapes, and Symmetry) (Jayadev Athreya)
ch. 6 From Desk to Bench: Linking Students’ Interests to Science Curricula (Lauren A. Denofrio-Corrales and Yi Lu)
ch. 7 Bringing Statistics to Life (Flavia C. D. Andrade)
ch. 8 The Humanity of Teaching: Reflections from the Education Justice Project (D. Fairchild Ruggles, with Hugh Bishop, Rebecca Ginsburg, Audrey Petty, Anke Pinkert, and Agniezska Tuszynska)
ch. 9 Prairie Tales: The Life of the Lecture at Illinois (Laurie Johnson)
ch. 10 Engineering Professors Who Are Reengineering Their Courses: The iFoundry Perspective (Luisa-Maria Rosu, with Betty Jo Barrett, Bryan Wilcox, Geoffrey Herman, Raymond Price, and Lizanne DeStefano)
ch. 11 It’s More than an ‘Ghetto Story’: Using Dancehall as a Pedagogical Tool in the Classroom (Karen Flynn)
ch. 12 Experiencing Histories of the City (Mark D. Steinberg)
ch. 13 More than Creativity: Infusing Research in the Design Studio (William Sullivan)
ch. 14 The Maps on Our Backs (Thomas J. Bassett)
ch. 15 My Education as a Medical School Teacher (Richard I. Tapping)
ch. 16 Dance and the Alexander Technique: A Dynamic Research-Teaching Design (Rebecca Nettl-Fiol)
ch. 17 Five Things Only I Care About (Carol Spindel)
ch. 18 Creative Code in the Design Classroom: Preparing Students for Contemporary Professional Practice (Bradley Tober)
ch. 19 Cybernavigating (Kate Williams)
ch. 20 Humanities and Sciences at Work: Liberatory Education for Millennials (Kyle T. Mays)
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Abstract: How world-class research makes its way into lecture halls and seminar rooms
Major research universities expect faculty to conduct significant research but also to excel as teachers. Too often those outside the classroom assume that these two functions have little in common when in fact the best teachers conduct exciting and innovative research that provides students the opportunity to learn by doing.
An Illinois Sampler presents personal accounts from faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and other contributors, about their research and how it enriches and energizes their teaching. Contributors from the humanities, engineering, social and natural sciences, and other disciplines explore how ideas, methods, and materials merge to lead their students down life-changing paths to creativity, discovery, and solutions. As faculty introduce their classes to work conducted from the Illinois prairie to the farms of Africa, from densely populated cities to dense computer coding, they generate an atmosphere where research, teaching, and learning thrive inside a feedback loop of education across disciplines.
Aimed at alumni and prospective students interested in the university's ongoing mission, as well as current faculty and students wishing to stay up to date on the diverse work being done around them, An Illinois Sampler offers a rare glimpse into the impact of cutting-edge research on undergraduate education in a rapidly changing world. The book also showcases the best, the most ambitious, and the most effective teaching practices developed and nurtured at one of the world's premier research universities.
"The late Ernie Boyer inspired his readers when he wrote about the 'scholarship' of teaching. Years later, the engagement of faculty in the scholarly assessment of what students know and can do and in the exploration of ways in which these outcomes might be improved remains a formidable challenge. This is especially the case in complex research universities. In this timely volume and in fields as diverse as dance, geology, music, medicine, kinesiology, mathematics, engineering, and microbiology we have firsthand accounts of what faculty members are doing to make a better tomorrow. The narratives are as inspiring as they are practical and deserve to be shared and read by those who care about the quality of American universities."--Stanley Ikenberry, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois
"The land-grant model is discovery of new knowledge, teaching students, and engaging the broader community. Something is lost when you try to separate the three concepts because they are mutually enriching--discovery comes in part by engaging the community, discovery by faculty and students strengthens education, etcetera. In this time of accountability and scarce resources, the academy must better explain this integration of effort, particularly in connection with the allocation of faculty time and compensation to research and engagement. The stories of scholar-educators from the University of Illinois, one of the great land-grant universities of the country, wonderfully illustrate how this all works."--Peter McPherson, President Emeritus of Michigan State University and President of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (From the Publisher)
Abstract: How world-class research makes its way into lecture halls and seminar rooms
Major research universities expect faculty to conduct significant research but also to excel as teachers. Too often those outside the classroom assume that these two functions have little in common when in fact the best teachers conduct exciting and innovative research that provides students the opportunity to learn by doing.
An Illinois Sampler presents personal accounts from faculty members at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and other contributors, about their research and how it enriches and energizes their teaching. Contributors from the humanities, engineering, social and natural sciences, and other disciplines explore how ideas, methods, and materials merge to lead their students down life-changing paths to creativity, discovery, and solutions. As faculty introduce their classes to work conducted from the Illinois prairie to the farms of Africa, from densely populated cities to dense computer coding, they generate an atmosphere where research, teaching, and learning thrive inside a feedback loop of education across disciplines.
Aimed at alumni and prospective students interested in the university's ongoing mission, as well as current faculty and students wishing to stay up to date on the diverse work being done around them, An Illinois Sampler offers a rare glimpse into the impact of cutting-edge research on undergraduate education in a rapidly changing world. The book also showcases the best, the most ambitious, and the most effective teaching practices developed and nurtured at one of the world's premier research universities.
"The late Ernie Boyer inspired his readers when he wrote about the 'scholarship' of teaching. Years later, the engagement of faculty in the scholarly assessment of what students know and can do and in the exploration of ways in which these outcomes might be improved remains a formidable challenge. This is especially the case in complex research universities. In this timely volume and in fields as diverse as dance, geology, music, medicine, kinesiology, mathematics, engineering, and microbiology we have firsthand accounts of what faculty members are doing to make a better tomorrow. The narratives are as inspiring as they are practical and deserve to be shared and read by those who care about the quality of American universities."--Stanley Ikenberry, President Emeritus of the University of Illinois
"The land-grant model is discovery of new knowledge, teaching students, and engaging the broader community. Something is lost when you try to separate the three concepts because they are mutually enriching--discovery comes in part by engaging the community, discovery by faculty and students strengthens education, etcetera. In this time of accountability and scarce resources, the academy must better explain this integration of effort, particularly in connection with the allocation of faculty time and compensation to research and engagement. The stories of scholar-educators from the University of Illinois, one of the great land-grant universities of the country, wonderfully illustrate how this all works."--Peter McPherson, President Emeritus of Michigan State University and President of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (From the Publisher)