The Center for Teaching and Learning invites you to participate in a new faculty learning community for the 2021-2022 academic year. Faculty learning communities (FLCs) are one opportunity for faculty to participate in sustained scholarly professional development. This FLC occurs in conjunction with the Hedrick Faculty Teaching Fellow program and is facilitated by Dr. Allyson Goodman, our 2021-2022 fellow.
As faculty members, we are mature reflective learners. We use reflection every time we plan a class, watch how students respond to a lecture or reflect on the results of student assignments or exam submissions. Marshall’s Baccalaureate Degree Profile (BDP) outcomes address this need for reflection in learning as Metacognitive Thinking. The BDP defines metacognitive thinking as a “student’s ability to evaluate the effectiveness of a project plan or strategy to determine the degree of their improvement in knowledge and skills.”
Fogarty and Pete (2020) describe metacognition as “the neglected skill” suggesting that metacognition in classrooms has often been simply implied, rather than explicitly addressed. This FLC will explore how metacognitive strategies strengthen learning and offer opportunities for participants to:
- Meet (virtually) to learn more about metacognition and learning
- Develop a body of scholarship to share with the university community
- Disseminate findings through publications and presentations at local, regional and national conferences
This FLC will meet five times per semester and present workshops and papers in summer and Fall 2022. Meeting times and location will be set according to participant schedules and will be offered in a hybrid format meeting face-to-face with a virtual option for faculty that can not attend in-person.
Facilitator
Dr. Allyson Goodman, Associate Professor
W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications