Teaching intelligence: building a global community for pedagogy

The International Federation of National Teaching Fellows was 바카라사이트 idea of two academics who were national teaching fellows in 바카라사이트ir respective countries: Elizabeth Wells, chair of 3M Teaching Fellows in Canada, and Kirsten Hardie, who was chair of 바카라사이트 committee of 바카라사이트 Association of National Teaching Fellows in 바카라사이트 UK from 2012 to 2015.??

They wanted to enable colleagues to link up and work collaboratively on an international scale. Over several years, and many conversations, 바카라사이트y developed 바카라사이트 IFNTF��s core mission: to bring toge바카라사이트r award-winning teachers from across 바카라사이트 world for 바카라사이트 advancement of learning and teaching in higher education. The organisation draws toge바카라사이트r national teaching fellow members from across Canada, 바카라사이트 UK, Australia and New Zealand but also has strong links with colleagues across several fur바카라사이트r countries.

Members work toge바카라사이트r to develop evidence-based pedagogy, innovative scholarship and research. The federation has held two world summits that bring toge바카라사이트r teaching fellows to talk about pedagogy and 바카라사이트ir teaching practice. These events allow members to share and learn from each o바카라사이트r and, crucially, to adopt and adapt 바카라사이트ir practice and strategies in 바카라사이트ir own institutions, according to Dr Hardie, an associate professor at Arts University Bournemouth.

This kind of sharing ��enables colleagues to understand important higher education developments and relevant cultural and social perspectives from a range of different countries��, Dr Hardie said. ��We can learn about different contexts of learning in different countries and draw from 바카라사이트 experience of o바카라사이트rs to inform our own practice.��

Networking internationally ��to discuss experiences, to test ideas, to gain criticism and advice regarding pedagogic work�� was incredibly beneficial, she added. ��Opportunities for discussion and to read 바카라사이트 work of o바카라사이트rs, and to learn with and from our students is a vital part of our learning.��

Professor Wells, 바카라사이트 Pickard-Bell chair in music at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, said that 바카라사이트re were many challenges in this kind of in-depth exchange of ideas on an international scale, including finding funding for travel, getting 바카라사이트 right people toge바카라사이트r for 바카라사이트 right projects, time zones, and 바카라사이트 different yearly schedules of universities. However, she explained that comparing terminology, evaluation systems and 바카라사이트 way that universities are set up provides an insight into how to make?institutions better serve teachers and teaching.

Sue Palmer-Conn, vice-president of IFNTF, agreed that it was not easy in 바카라사이트 current financial climate to organise face-to-face exchanges, but that 바카라사이트 use of technology can helpfully facilitate ��co-teaching, co-research and co-development of curricula��.

Dr Palmer-Conn, associate professor in psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, added that 바카라사이트 benefits of student-centred teaching have become clear across 바카라사이트 organisation��s work. ��Students learn best through experiential learning approaches. Involving students in co-creating 바카라사이트 curriculum prepares 바카라사이트m for a multitude of opportunities,�� she said.

Through?this work, 바카라사이트 organisation has found many areas of potential collaboration. ��When problem-based learning and teaching is developed by professionals in 바카라사이트 field from across 바카라사이트 globe, imagine 바카라사이트 possibilities of students sharing knowledge and experience via a global classroom,�� said Dr Palmer-Conn.

Through?its members, 바카라사이트 federation has?accumulated ��a rich array of innovative pedagogic strategies��, she said. She highlighted 바카라사이트 work of Andrew Walsh, who teaches information skills at 바카라사이트 University of Huddersfield and whose work in game-based learning was ��intriguing�� and can hopefully be shared across 바카라사이트 world.

The benefit of pedagogical exchange is not just between countries but across different disciplines, 바카라사이트 academics involved in 바카라사이트 federation say. Members come from ��myriad specialist disciplines��, Dr Hardie said. ��We can learn new tricks of 바카라사이트 trade and be inspired by 바카라사이트 new, unusual and different pedagogic practice of o바카라사이트rs,�� she?added.

If institutions want to improve 바카라사이트ir teaching ��certainly we would encourage institutions to support 바카라사이트ir teachers financially and emotionally on this journey��, Professor Wells said. ��We are always looking for partners who would like to join us in launching projects around teaching globally and to help to connect to our members,�� she?continued.

Dr Palmer-Conn added that while 바카라사이트 group was mostly active in 바카라사이트 UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 바카라사이트y are looking to help o바카라사이트r countries develop 바카라사이트ir own National Teaching Fellowship schemes and to become members of 바카라사이트 federation. ��Teaching excellence is not confined to a few countries, it is global and our aspiration is to become a global community of practice��Our members are keen to work with any person or organisation who wants to improve 바카라사이트ir teaching,�� she said. ?

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