http://blog.richmond.edu/pete The Program for Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:52:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Congratulations to Tanja Softic (Art and Art History),  Melissa Ooten (WILL) and Brian Daugherity (History), the first recipients of this academic year's Teaching Enhancement Grants. Tanja Softic has received funding to attend a Silkscreen Intensive workshop in New York.  From her proposal: From the pedagogical point of view, silkscreen will add significant ... http://blog.richmond.edu/pete/2008/10/17/teaching-enhancement-grant-recipients/ Today's Chronicle has notes from an interview with Derek Bok, former president of Harvard and author of the book Our Underachieving Colleges. Faculty members deeply believe in experimentation, learning through trial and error, and gathering evidence, "but they do not apply these methods of inquiry to their own teaching," Mr. Bok, ... http://blog.richmond.edu/pete/2008/10/13/harvards-derek-bok-professors-study-thine-own-teaching/