{"id":2097,"date":"2015-09-01T09:54:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T13:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?page_id=2097"},"modified":"2019-02-17T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T17:32:37","slug":"brown-innovation-fellows-program-2015-2016-call-for-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/brown-center\/2015\/09\/2097\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Proposals: 2015-2016 Brown Innovation Fellows Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The core focus of Stetson University\u2019s mission is learning<\/em> and the creation of a stimulating learning community that encourages a lifelong commitment to learning. Stetson\u2019s faculty inspire and model this commitment through the teacher-scholar role. To support teacher-scholar development, the Provost at Stetson University and the Brown Center for Faculty Innovation & Excellence are pleased to announce the second annual Brown Innovation Fellows Program. <\/em>The program celebrates teacher-scholars as learners by offering dedicated time for reflection on learning and strategies to facilitate deep student learning anchored in Stetson’s mission of preparing students to lead lives steeped in personal growth, intellectual development, and global citizenship. The Brown Innovation Fellows Program is made possible by generous donations from Hyatt and Cici Brown to support faculty innovation and excellence.
\n\"Innovation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2015-2016 PROGRAM FOCUS:
\nDesigning Significant Learning Experiences<\/em><\/h3>\n

Faculty engaged in continuous professional development in teaching and learning have been very successful by transforming their teaching from good to great,\u00a0becoming faculty developers themselves, presenting and publishing extensively on\u00a0the scholarship of teaching and learning, and winning teaching awards. However, under the current system in higher education, individuals working on terminal degrees receive little (if any) preparation in teaching to foster deep, integrative learning by students.\u00a0 In addition, based on experiences in other classrooms,\u00a0students\u00a0have come to believe that \u201cgood\u201d teachers tell students what they need to know. \u201cThey\u00a0 expect a steady progression along a learning curve, which coincides with the amount of time they spend in classes. \u2026 Everything else \u2014 their personal struggles to master knowledge and skills in sports, software, games, or music they take to be \u2018teaching yourself\u2019 and an inferior way of learning.\u201d [The Teaching Professor, April 2014] This year\u2019s Brown Innovation Fellows Program focuses on innovative teaching and learning\u00a0with an emphasis on course-building and quality pedagogy.<\/p>\n

Goals<\/strong>
\nBrown Innovation Fellows will:<\/p>\n