Institutional Learning and Teaching Plan Task Force
The University of Calgary is a research-intensive institution committed to supporting and encouraging all forms of scholarship in a rich learning and teaching environment. A robust plan or framework is essential to ensuring the continuous improvement of this environment.
An Institutional Learning and Teaching Plan Task Force will lead the university in developing this plan or framework for eventual consideration and endorsement by the General Faculties Council. Terms of Reference / Member List
The plan or framework will:
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Provide guidance for all academic and learning support units as they undertake the planning of teaching and learning activities.
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Emphasize what is expected in teaching and learning, specifying ways in which these expectations might be achieved.
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Provide an academic framework to guide future consideration of infrastructure, resource and policy decisions related to learning and teaching.
Messages and Updates
New Plan for U of C Needs Student Input: January 13, 2011, Gauntlet
It's your turn to have your say!: January 13, 2011, UToday
Draft Framework for Teaching and Learning Now Available: December 15, 2010, UToday
Commentary Invited on Integrated Framework for Teaching and Learning: December 10, 2010
Enhancing Learning and Teaching: September 30, 2010, UToday
Update about the Plan: September 2, 2010, UToday
Update from the Chair: April 23, 2010
Q&A with Dennis Sumara: April 23, 2010, UToday
Note from the Provost: March 26, 2010
Insights into how we teach provides clues to developing better students.
Everyone knows what "good" teaching is. Or do they?
Although the definition of a good teacher has evolved over time, teachers have consistently been seen as responsible for effecting change. According to the current value-added model, effective teaching is not framed in terms of the specific actions of the teacher, but in terms of students’ progress relative to where they began. But emergent research teaching suggests that good teaching isn’t at all about changing students; it’s about challenging them. That’s a game changer that should prod us to rethink and redefine what teaching is all about.
Brent Davis, Professor and Research Chair in Mathematics Education, University of Calgary and Dennis Sumara, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Calgary share their insights on this topic in their article, The Hard Work of Learning and the Challenges of Good Teaching, in Education Canada Magazine.
