Topics

• Rough draft of your teaching portfolio due this week.
• Peer review of teaching portfolio.
• Evaluating classroom research literature
• What constitutes rigorous classroom research?
• Presentation by Ken Pimple from the Poynter Center:
  • Research Ethics and Human Subjects

Readings for discussion:

• Carney, Educational Epidemiology; Applying Population-Based Design and Analytic Approaches to Study Medical Education.
• Gunsalus, C.K. 1998. "How to blow the whistle and still have a career afterwards." Science and Engineering Ethics 4:51-64. http://poynter.indiana.edu/index.php/download_file/view/206/139/  
• The Ten Most Important Things to Know about Research Ethics. http://mypage.iu.edu/~pimple/10most.pdf
• The Least You Need to Know about the Rules Governing Human Subjects Research at IU. http://mypage.iu.edu/~pimple/leasttoknow.pdf

National Academy Press, free book: What is a mentor; adviser, teacher, role model, friend

Assignment due next week.

• For next week, find, read and critique of a classroom research article you have found. Are methods rigorous and data useful?
  • Come next week prepared to critique your article.
  • Email the abstract to all members of the class by Thursday morning.

Week 15