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You should also feel free to write to the First Year Studies Program's director of pedagogy, Julie Gutmann, at gutmaj@rpi.edu. Resources
for Instructors in the First Year Studies Program References
on Undergraduate Teaching 1. Pedagogy
(General) FYS
Pedagogic Training Sessions and Programs Guidelines for Creating a New First Year Studies Course References on Undergraduate Teaching Pedagogy of the Oppressed Critical Teaching and Everyday Life Democracy And Education Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning: Essays
on Theory and Praxis 2a. Teaching and Careers Teachers As Cultural Workers: Letters to Those Who Dare
Teach (Edge. Critical Studies in Educational Theory) 2b. Teaching as Self Emergence To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey The Courage to Teach : Exploring the Inner Landscape of
a Teacher's Life 2c. Learning to Teach The Innovation Paradox : The Success of Failure, the Failure
of Success One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers (See also “Scholarship of Teaching and Learning” below.) 3. Education & Social Difference 3a. Pedagogy & Social Change Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage Democracy And Education Teaching to Transgress: Education As the Practice of Freedom 3b. Power/Differnce in the Classroom Getting Smart: Feminist Research and Pedagogy With in the
Postmodern Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics Teaching to Transgress: Education As the Practice of Freedom 3c. Empowering the Student Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning: Essays
on Theory and Praxis Empowering Education: Critical Teaching for Social Change When Students Have Power: Negotiating Authority in a Critical
Pedagogy Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying
Practices (Culture, Media and Identities , Vol 2) Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope 4c. Critical Thinking & Wisdom Critical Teaching and Everyday Life From Knowledge to Wisdom: A Revolution in the Aims and Methods
of Science <not available> Expanding the Boundaries of Transformative Learning: Essays
on Theory and Praxis Writing With Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing
Process The Craft of Revision Writing To Learn On Writing Well, 25th Anniversary : The Classic Guide to
Writing Nonfiction OWL Bird by Bird : Some Instructions on Writing and Life 6a. Portfolio Based Assessment The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching The Course Portfolio: How Faculty Can Examine Their Teaching
to Advance Practice and Improve Student Learning Campus Use of the Teaching Portfolio: Twenty-Five Profiles Electronic Portfolios: Emerging Practices in Student, Faculty,
and Institutional Learning 6b. Peer Evaluation Making Teaching Community Property: A Menu for Peer Collaboration
and Peer Review 6c. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Opening Lines: Approaches to the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning FYS Pedagogic Training Sessions and Programs
Copies of the past workshop programs are as follows: A sample video clip from one our meetings may also be found here. 2. Brownbag Pedagogy Sessions (Fall Semesters only) Starting in AY2003-2004, the FYS Program initiated a Brown Bag Pedagogy Series, directed primarily towards FYS faculty and teaching assistants, but open to the entire H&SS community. These sessions will focus on a range of "standard" pedagogic issues that instructors are likely to face in teaching first year students. They will also focus, at times, on special topics, including those presented by guest speakers. All sessions will be informal and conduted on an impromptu basis.
For this year's pedagogy brownbag schedule, click here. We are considering extending the present mission of the FYS Program to include general assistance with undergraduate pedagogy within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. One promising avenue is that of constructing a voluntary, certification program for H&SS TAs who are interested in undergraduate teaching. (We recognize that the LL&C department already has a well developed system in place for their students.) We believe this kind of certification can augment an academic job candidate's standing with regards to demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching and education. Although current plans are still in a formative stage, we envision issuing certificates of basic undergraduate pedagogic training based on such criteria as:
Guidelines for Creating a New First Year Studies Course During AY 2002-2003, the FYS Faculty Advisory Committee, director, and director of pedagogy produced revised guidelines for new courses to be introduced into the program. We have tried to put in place very flexible guidelines that simply requires instructors, for the most part, to adopt a "topics" approach that builds a course around a specific issue or theme that would be immediately familiar to first year students, and hence encourage their direct engagement with the course content. (FYS courses should not be an "Intro to X" type course.) We also continue to emphasize courses with an interdisciplinary orientation. There is also a set of pedagogic strategies for the program. While there is no expectation that any single course will fully incorporate all of these strategies, instructors should feel comfortable with the pedagogic approaches described under the heading of "Philosophy," above. The information may also be found in the Application Form for New Courses. In general, however, the uniformity of the program's pedagogic style is sustained through the two-day FYS Summer Seminar (substantial compensation is offered to all participants, including TAs) held in May of each year, as well as the optional Fall pedagogy brownbag sessions where all FYS instructors will have an opportunity to share their teaching experiences and philosophies. If you are interested in developing a new first year studies course, please contact the director, Atsushi Akera, at akeraa@rpi.edu.
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