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Assessing Scholarship in the SOE: Integrating Faith in by Sharing our Learning
Marc Shelton, George Fox UniversityDirector of Administrative Licensure
Newberg, Oregon
ICCTE Conference – Azusa Pacific University 5/24/12
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Assessing Scholarship in the SOE: Sharing Faith in Learning
• Today’s Presentation
Background on White Paper published in 2011-12 and its purpose:
• Develop a paper to inform administration and personnel committee on specific scholarship activities in the GFU School of Education
• Incorporate ideas of Ernest Boyer et al – aligned with GFU Faculty Handbook and
Academic Procedures • Develop a guide for faculty to use in preparing annual growth plans
• Assess scholarship activities – guide for dean’s evaluation and faculty’s self-reflection
• Next Step – Implement guide for faculty growth plans for 2012-2014
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
An Assumption!• Our work as scholars adds to the knowledge
base for content areas – our areas of expertise
A Question?• How do we use our learning to enrich the
instructional environment of the university, especially at Christ-centered institutions?
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
• GFU Faculty Handbook Expectations for quality scholarship include that each tenured or tenure-track faculty member “be engaged in an ongoing study of the integration of one’s field with the Christian faith.”
(GFU Faculty Handbook, III, B(2)).
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
• Ernest Boyer (1990) Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate• Glassick, Huber & Maeroff (1997)Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate
• Scholarship of Discovery• Scholarship of Teaching • Scholarship of Service
• Scholarship of Integration
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
Scholarship of Discovery –
Find new ideas and make connections to old ideas
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
Scholarship of Teaching –
Share the knowledge base and our learning through instruction shaped by observations and experiences
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
Scholarship of Service –
Find ways to make application with the content we teach, and to engage the material with others– look to meet the needs of community
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
Scholarship of Integration –
Help others see connections between discovery, teaching, and service and the needs of society in evidence outside the academy – and within other schools in the academy
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning Six Criteria for Assessing Scholarship – 1. Clear Goals – Purposeful
2. Adequate Preparation – Thoughtful
3. Appropriate Methods – Meaningful
4. Significant Results – Fruitful
5. Effective Presentation – Beautiful
6. Reflective Critique – TruthfulGlassick, Huber & Maeroff (1997, p. 36)
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
Dean’s Evaluation for Integration of Faith in our Teaching, Scholarship, and Service –
“FGP goals demonstrate a clear plan of action for integration of Faith with Teaching, Scholarship, and Service” – ratings for each category, on a four-point scale
International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12
Sharing Faith in Learning
How do we assess to what degree our scholarship reflects what we believe & value –
our faith? Integration is mainly an act of attribution –
– an act of humility– an act of honoring or blessing God