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Goals
The goals of the Master Teachers’ Fellowship Program
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Enhance Fellows’ knowledge
of current educational theories, guiding principles, and practical techniques. |
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Enhance Fellows’ skills as
educators (i.e., lecturing, facilitating, evaluating, designing, planning, etc.). |
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Enhance Fellows’ attitudes
regarding:
- Their role as educational leaders and
- The importance of teaching and learning theory in achieving
educational excellence.
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Enhance Fellows’
self-reflection in response to formal and informal feedback about their teaching. |
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Guiding Principles
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Fellowship activities rely upon
existing theory and research.
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alone does not lead efficiently to expertise. Knowledge
and use of established theoretical and empirical frameworks
will improve practice and avoid "reinventing the
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Fellowship activities are conducted
primarily in small groups.
In the Master Teachers’ Fellowship Program, Fellows
meet in small groups, not only to enhance learning of program content and skills, but to
provide experience and practice in managing group learning situations.
 Fellowship
activities promote meaningful exchange among Fellows.
Fellows bring to the Fellowship a vast store of experience
and insight. These backgrounds are of primary importance. We expect Fellows to share their
personal experiences and, in thoughtful discussion, root out misconceptions and refine
attitudes.
Fellowship activities
encourage self-reflection.
Reflection will serve to focus Fellows' insights so
that assumptions and behaviors, initially hidden by habit and lack of attention, become
explicit and open to discussion, observation, and modification.
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