Congratulations
to the following Mount Allison colleagues who have recently received
funding from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grants
(For information
on these projects, contact the individuals listed or call the
PCTC at 364-2652)
Fall,
2007
Student
assistants are involved in all grants; however, the names of faculty only
appear here.
Drs. Marilyn Walker
and Patricia Kelly Spurles (Anthropology)
Developing print and digital resources for Anthroplogy
Prof. Paul Datta (Sociology)
Taking Stock and Thinking Ahead: Evaluating teaching and curriculum changes to
the first year experience in Sociology
Jenny Munday (Crake Fellow in Drama)
Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre (PARC) Library of Atlantic Canadian scripts
Dr. Wayne Hunt (Political Science)
Pod-casting in Political Science
Kris Trotter and Allison Broadbent (Student Life Counsellors)
Writing Resource Centre Tutor for Students with English as a Second
Language
Summer,
2007
Student
assistants are involved in all grants; however, the names of faculty
only appear here.
Dr.
Elizabeth Wells (Music)
Women and Music: A Learner-Centered Approach
Dr.
Gina Grandy (Commerce)
Talking to Executives: Exploring the Links Between Theory and Practice
in Strategic Management
Dr.
Judith Doyle (Sociology)
Engaging First-Year Students in Sociology
Fall-Winter,
2006-2007
Student
assistants are involved in all grants; however, the names
of faculty only appear here.
Rhianna
Edwards (University Archivist)
Mary
Pratt Revealed: A project to create access to the archival fonds
of a renowned Canadian artist
Dr.
Gina Grandy (Commerce)
Using Critical Theory to Understand Alternative Organizations: Researching
and creating case studies
Prof.
Jennifer Macklem (Fine Arts)
Current and Historic Issues in Sculpture
Jenny
Munday (Drama)
Theatre
for Social Change
SUMMER,
2006
In summer 2006, we received 12 proposals and supported nine projects
for a total approximating $18,000 in grants. (It should be noted
that grant requests in this round alone exceeded $35,000). Student
assistants are involved in all of the summer grants; however,
the names of faculty only appear here.
Dr.
Craig Brett (Economics)
The Prof-Sessions: A series of radio broadcasts about Mount Allison University
faculty
Dr. Sean Saraka (Political Science)
Developing a directory of materials, including films, that can be used
to teach theoretical concepts in the Social Sciences
Drs. Erin Steuter & Judith Doyle (Sociology)
WebQuesting in Sociology
Dr. Tim Reiffenstein (Geography)
A handbook for students in first-year Geography and Environmental Studies
Dr. Andrew Nurse (Canadian Studies)
Academic integrity, information literacy, and the study of Canada
Dr. Edmund Dawe (Music)
Adding to the “Disklavier” database of music and evaluating
its use
Dr. Laurie Ricker (Computer Science) and Dr. Amanda Cockshutt
(Biology)
GAMES: A Mathematics, Science and Technology weekend camp for girls
Dr. Karen Bamford (English)
Adapting community service learning principles to English classes
Dr. Sean McGrath (Philosophy)
The Mount Allison Philosophy and Film Centre website/database
FALL-WINTER,
2005-2006
Mr. Stephen Haff, Crake Fellow in Drama, and Karen Chung (student)
Theatre for Social Change
Ms
Gemey Kelly & Ms Lucy MacDonald (Owens Art Gallery)
with students Julien Strasfeld and Melanie Colosimo
Online Archive Project
Dr.
Morteza Haghiri (Economics) and Nelson Paterson (student)
Using Spreadsheet Software to Teach Basic Economics Concepts
Prof.
Jennifer Macklem (Fine Arts) and Jessica Korderas (student)
Creating and Curating an Online Gallery of Student Work
Dr.
Sean McGrath (Philosophy) and Lindsay Nelson (student)
Centre for Philosophy and Film
Dr.
Nauman Farooqi (Commerce) with
Jessica Forsythe and Jeff Spencer (students)
Developing Experiential Learning Modules for Finance Courses
SUMMER
PROJECTS, 2005
Dr. Judith Doyle and Emily Adkins-Taylor (Sociology)
A
handbook for first-year Sociology students
Professor Paul Berry
and Elizabeth Campbell (Commerce)
An investigation of the value of accounting software in improving student
learning outcomes in Accounting classes
Dr.
Robert Hawkes with Josh Varner and Ellen Milley (Physics)
Key concept mastery enhanced by DVD learning tools in introductory Physics
and Astronomy
Ron Kelly
Spurles and Valmai Coggin (Drama)
Festival by the Marsh: An experiential learning project including community
education
Dr.
Erin Steuter with Elizabeth Campbell and Elizabeth Harland (Sociology)
Using multiple choice questions to test higher-order thinking skills
Dr.
Carla Van Beselaere with John Kamau and Marco Perico (Economics)
Environmental education across the disciplines: Developing teaching
modules on the environment and creation of resources. See Mount Allison
News Release
Dr.
Hans vanderLeest and Michael Bumsted (Classics)
Student leader and assistantship in summer Archeology field school
Dr.
Ausra Burns with Angus McKinnon and Kim Gillcrist (ACDC)
Creation of a digital repository of aboriginal learning objects
