sharing what you’ve learned tom bowers interim dean school of journalism and mass communication

Sharing WhatYou’ve Learned

Tom BowersInterim Dean

School of Journalismand Mass Communication

Sharing What You've Learned

Choosing Topics• Can’t share everything.• What one topic would YOU choose?• Strategy for choosing:

– What do they need?– What interests you?– What’s the easiest?

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Agenda• General strategies for sharing.• Specific strategies for sessions this

week. • Ideas to get you started.• Strategies for adjunct teaching (if

time permits and you are interested).

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Arrangements• How many people?• Motivation for attending?• Expected resistance?• How many sessions?• Time of day (how long?)• Location (need computers?)

General Strategies

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Tell the Value• Why is this knowledge or skill

important?• When and how will you use it?• How does it relate to what you

already know?

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We Remember:• 20% of what we _____.• 20% of what we hear.• 50% of what we hear and _____.• 50% of what we hear and see.

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We Remember:• 70% of what we hear, see and

___.• 70% of what we hear, see and do.

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We Remember:• 90% of what we hear, see, do

and ______ as we are doing it.• 90% of what we hear, see, do and

talk about as we are doing it. (source unknown)

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• “____ me and I’ll listen. ____ me and I’ll understand. _______ me and I’ll learn.” (Attributed to Lakota Sioux.)

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• “Tell me and I’ll listen. Show me and I’ll understand. Involve me and I’ll learn.” (Attributed to Lakota Sioux.)

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Presentation Tips• Important to have learners do

something.• Give corrected copies of exercises. • Explain the correct answers.

Specific Strategies

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Editing: Accuracy and Speed• How will you do this?• Importance?• Handouts from Institute or use

local examples.• Work in teams. Competition?

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Editing the Project Piece• How will you do this?• Importance?• Handouts from Institute or local

examples.

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Libel and Privacy• How will you do this?• Importance?• Give hypotheticals.• Small-group discussion and

reports.

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Alternative Story Forms• How will you do this?• Discuss forms you have used.• Importance?

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AP Style Updates• How will you do this? • Importance?

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Grammar Review• How will you do this?• Importance?

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Remaining Topics• Getting the Math Right• Writing Better Heads• Managing People

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A Southern Season• Importance?• What will you learn?

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Questions and Ideas

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Teaching for Pay

Adjunct or Part-timeFull-time

Strategies forAdjunct Teaching

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Getting Hired• Find names of schools in area.• Write dean, director or chair of

journalism program.• Include résumé. (Curriculum Vitae)• Show that you understand what

teaching entails…

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Assigned Course• Likely to be existing course.• Ask for syllabus.• Expect to follow existing course

objectives.• Use your own strategies.

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Create a Course• Objectives• Logical arrangement of topics• For a semester or quarter• Creating and evaluating

assignments

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Show:• Knowledge of the subject

– Your experience

• Ability to help others learn the subject and its skills.

• Availability to students– Office hours– Email contact

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Find Out:• Grading philosophy of the school.• Your classroom and its capabilities.• Technical support from the school.

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Teaching Tips• Get to know your students ASAP.

– Names– Something about them.

• Start each class with preview agenda.– Value and importance

• End each class with summary.

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Teaching Tips• Engage students as much as

possible.– Ask questions.– Stimulate discussion.

• Show enthusiasm. Show that you are excited about the subject and your students.

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Teaching Tips• Have students work together.

– Collaborate on an assignment.– Grade each other.

• Give them lots of practice. Return assignments promptly.

• Create realistic assignments. Use deadline pressure.

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Teaching Tips• Allow students to practice and

make mistakes before you grade them.

• Give as much detail in advance about how you will evaluate their work.

• Show exemplary work of others.

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Teaching Tips• Ask for feedback after 3-4 weeks.• Adjust if appropriate.• Explain why you cannot adjust.

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Be Prepared For…• Students who don’t want to be

journalists.• Students with weak writing skills.• Students who don’t read newspapers.• Students who are late to class.• Students who want to surf the Web.

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Be Prepared For…• Elation of coaching students who

“get” the point you want them to learn.

• Immense satisfaction of shaping lives and careers.

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What about Full-Time?

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Faculty Lines• Academic unit has set number of

faculty positions (lines).• Controlled by university.• Can be changed by:

– Enrollment growth or decline

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Creation of Vacancy• Retirement, resignation, death.• New faculty line.

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Definition of Position• Teaching specialties.• Degree and other requirements.• Rank.

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Applications• Application letter, CV and other

materials. Names of references.• Position must be open minimum

number of days.• Review of applications begins after

that period.

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Search Committee Review• Careful examination of paper

record.• Limited contact with references.• This review results in the…

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Short List• Best 3-5 applicants.• Committee contacts references.• Possible telephone interviews.• Committee recommends this list

for…

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Faculty Action• Recommendation to dean that

candidates on short list be invited for interviews.

• These candidates are invited to campus for …

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Interview Visit• 1-2 days on campus.• Meetings with administrators,

faculty and students.• Teach a class.• Research or creative presentation.• Visits are followed by …

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Search Committee Action• Recommendation to faculty and

dean that Candidate A be offered the position.

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Offer• Dean offers position to the

candidate—pending final approval of Board of Trustees/Governors.

• Candidate accepts.

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Job announcements• Chronicle of Higher Education• Editor & Publisher• Association for Education in

Journalism and Mass Communication– http://www.aejmc.org/