This month's question:
Would you like to help produce a section of
the monthly SaMnet newsletter?
Provide content for the Leadership or Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning sections - e.g., send a link to an article with a
one-line blurb on its relevance to the SaMnet community.
Have great resources to share or a knack for identifying
the value of an article to the community? Contact us now!
2. Conferences & publication
“Assumed knowledge in maths: its impact
tertiary STEM programs”. Manuscripts for the special issue are due Monday 19th
May. For more details, contact joann.cattlin@unimelb.edu.au.
Themes include transformative
innovation and change in higher education and the impact of technological
developments on learning and teaching.
Past: February 2014 SaMnet Leadership-development workshops.
·
Adelaide, Tuesday
25th of February, The University of Adelaide
·
Melbourne,
Tuesday 25th of February, Monash University
·
Brisbane, Friday
28th of March, Griffith University
Hong Kong Baptist University, 7-10
July 2014. Proposals past due, 7 March 2014.
Australian
Conference for Science and Mathematics Education – The key
annual gathering of the SaMnet community. 29th of September to 1st
of October, 2014. Abstracts, papers and ideas exchange submissions close June
6.
Match up:
Experienced SaMnet Scholars
willing to support newcomers?
We have had many academics who are new
to the SaMnet network in this year’s workshops, from tutors to seasoned
academics. Volunteer to provide support
as a critical friend. Register your
areas of specialty with SaMnet HQ (samnetaustralia@gmail.com). Or, request a critical friend – same way –
identify the area of focus where you desire support, e.g., second-year
tutorials in chemistry.
4. SaMnet activity
The three leadership-development workshops in
February and March were well attended. We would like to thank the organisers of
each of these events: Amanda Able (U of Adelaide), Lisa Schmidt (Flinders U),
Gerry Rayner (Monash U), Sarah-Jane Gregory (Griffith U) for their hard work.
So, the SaMnet community has expanded – adding
colleagues who share an interest in innovation in their school, faculty, and
discipline. We are now working to integrate
these new members into further SaMnet activities.
5. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
(SoTL)
Two
articles this month with publishing tips:
Mamidala
Jagadesh Kumar
How much time do you devote to choosing a title
for your SoTL publications? What criteria do you use to assess the quality of
your title? A helpful paper to read before publishing.
Richard
Van Noorden, Nature: News
Warning - just because a paper is
disseminated, in this case in conference proceedings, reliability is not
guaranteed. In SoTL, like any science discipline, be discerning about citations
and circumspect about material that surfaces even in reputable journals.
6. Leadership insights
From
Exploring Leadership: For College
Students Who want to Make a Difference, Susan Komives, Nance Lucas and Timothy
McMahon.
Born not made? Hierarchical? Do you need
formal status or power? How much charisma do you need? Which myth resonates
most in your department?
John Hope Bryant,
Founder and CEO of Operation HOPE
A fascinating perspective on leadership,
especially on a particular character trait of leadership – a tendency to
action. Decide for yourself what to take from this article, which is designed
to be inspirational and aspirational rather than prescriptive.
7. Initiative in Focus:
You will
probably be aware of the three OLT national teaching fellowships particularly
relevant to the SaMnet community which were awarded to Manju Sharma, Chris
Creagh and Garry Hoban. Starting next month we will focus in on one fellowship
and get an update on progress and results.
A reminder
of the three projects:
A/Prof
Manju Sharma (The University of Sydney)
More active
lecture approaches in science and mathematics: using expert cultural capital to
drive change
Dr Chris
Creagh (Murdoch University)
Work It
Out: Enhancing students’ problem solving skills
A/Prof
Garry Hoban (University of Wollongong)
Explaining
and communicating science: partnership with science and science teacher
education academics to support implementation of student created digital media
assignments.
Next month:
Manju Sharma with Active Lecture approaches
8. Classifieds
SaMnet Scholars willing to act as a critical
friend for someone else or some project.
Please send a list of 3-4 special interest areas to samnetaustralia@gmail.com. Mentoring someone at another university can
be recorded as recognition of leadership in your area of special focus.
Articles for the SoTL or Leadership sections
of this newsletter. Send them with a
one-sentence blurb on their relevance to SaMnet HQ (same e-mail as just above).
Earns you browny points on a national level – ‘contributor to the
national publication on leadership in university science teaching’.
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