[PSTUM-list] Preparing and supporting GTAs - Video case project

Hi, I am working on a grant proposal aimed at improving college mathematics teaching and learning through the creation of video-case tools for teacher-scholar development of mathematics Graduate Teaching Assistants and new faculty, and for enhancing the professional development of junior and senior faculty. The project creates a tool similar to the Integrating Mathematics and Pedagogy (IMAP) Project K-12 materials for teachers. However, among the significant differences between IMAP and the proposed cases are: (a) the video-case tools and accompanying text will be developed for an audience with a mastery of mathematics who have little or no formal training in pedagogy; (b) the case tools will be sufficiently self-contained that they can be used as part of a distance-learning course on college teaching; (c) the materials will include classroom video-clips as well as materials about out-of-classroom interactions like office hours, email communication, advising of undergraduate and graduate students, and communicating with junior and senior colleagues about teaching. Some field-test agreements are already in place as is a publication agreement with the CBMS and the AMS (who published Friedberg et alia's fictionalized case studies for college teaching book). I am looking for folks who are interested in field testing materials, perhaps even testing a case or two on a prototype DVD in Fall 2005. Also, anyone interested in becoming more significantly involved in the project is encouraged to contact me directly at hauk(a)unco.edu Thanks, Shandy PS I also posted this message to the listserv on TAs: ta-research(a)list.une.edu ==================================== Shandy Hauk, hauk(a)unco.edu Department of Mathematics, CB122 U. of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO 80639 Phone: 970 351 2344 Fax: 970 351 1225 =====================================