Hi Francis,
"What the Best College Teachers Do" by Ken Bain is in print, Harvard
University Press, 2004. This is not a "how to" book, but a long-term
study of what very successful teachers do. I found it to be very
inspiring.
I know many have read "Team-Based Learning by Michaelsen, Knight, and
Fink, Stylus Publishing, 2004, and I would highly recommend it. I
would also recommend "Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An
Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses" by L. Dee Fink,
Jossey-Bass, 2003. These are "how to" books and and very helpful in
preparing for team-based learning and putting together well organized
courses.
Ken Bain and L. Dee Fink also conduct workshops.
Paul King
Massasoit Community College
Brockton, MA
On Sep 22, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Francis Jones wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> Thank you for the pointer to your Bain_study.pdf. I have not yet
> read it, but I will, and it looks really interesting. Is this work
> in press? being prepared for publication? Internal only?
>
> Regarding intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation, in my geophysics
> course for engineers (40-50 students) my experience is that the two
> types of motivation are coupled. By providing some extrinsic
> motivation for doing the work and participating (both individual
> and team), the intrinsic interest in the subject seems to increase.
> Also, positive feedback probably plays a role: extrinsic motivation
> => better working habits & accountability => increased intrinsic
> motivation => more enthusiastic instructor behaviour => increased
> energy in the class => increased intrinsic motivation ... and so on.
>
> This is anecdotal - compared to earlier "lecture only" days, I
> simply find a more enthusiastic "buzz" in the room since
> incorporating some aspects of TBL (we spend roughly 50% class time
> on lecturing, 50% on TBL components - iRats, gRats, team exercises
> - and there is a lab).
>
> Of course it also helps to provide learning materials and contexts
> that are coupled with the student's interests. This is perhaps
> easier in a class of like-minded students (3rd / 4th year
> geological engineers and geologists) than it would be in a course
> taken by students with a broader range of interests.
>
> That's my 2 cents worth ...
> Francis.
>
> Bill Goffe wrote:
>> I understand this point very well, but I wonder if it is in some
>> sense a
>> good idea. Before starting TBL in one of my class classes (40
>> students in
>> an undergrad economics course called "Money & Banking"). I read
>> Ken Bain's
>> "What the Best College Teachers Do" and was quite taken with it and
>> implemented much of it in a 300-student intro economics course. He
>> makes
>> the point that the best instructors are able to engage their
>> students in
>> such a way that they're intrinsically motivated (as opposed to
>> extrinsic
>> motivation as described below). Some of a summary of his work and
>> some
>> implementation of it can be found in my paper
>> http://cook.rfe.org/Bain_study.pdf . But, as you'll see, I didn't
>> seem to
>> get increased learning. I have yet to try run the data from Spring
>> 2008.
>> It seem, and this isn't so surprising, intrinsically motivating
>> students
>> is really hard.
>> - Bill Bob said:
>>> I have found that, if there is not some type of reward for
>>> their work they
>>> stop taking it seriously.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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