Sharing faith in learning

Assessing Scholarship in the SOE: Integrating Faith in by Sharing our Learning

Marc Shelton, George Fox UniversityDirector of Administrative Licensure

Newberg, Oregon

ICCTE Conference – Azusa Pacific University 5/24/12

International Christian Community for Teacher Education (ICCTE) - Azusa, CA 5/24/12

Assessing Scholarship in the SOE: Sharing Faith in Learning

• Today’s Presentation

Background on White Paper published in 2011-12 and its purpose:

• Develop a paper to inform administration and personnel committee on specific scholarship activities in the GFU School of Education

• Incorporate ideas of Ernest Boyer et al – aligned with GFU Faculty Handbook and

Academic Procedures • Develop a guide for faculty to use in preparing annual growth plans

• Assess scholarship activities – guide for dean’s evaluation and faculty’s self-reflection

• Next Step – Implement guide for faculty growth plans for 2012-2014


Sharing Faith in Learning

An Assumption!• Our work as scholars adds to the knowledge

base for content areas – our areas of expertise

A Question?• How do we use our learning to enrich the

instructional environment of the university, especially at Christ-centered institutions?



• GFU Faculty Handbook Expectations for quality scholarship include that each tenured or tenure-track faculty member “be engaged in an ongoing study of the integration of one’s field with the Christian faith.”

(GFU Faculty Handbook, III, B(2)).



• Ernest Boyer (1990) Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate• Glassick, Huber & Maeroff (1997)Scholarship Assessed: Evaluation of the Professoriate

• Scholarship of Discovery• Scholarship of Teaching • Scholarship of Service

• Scholarship of Integration



Scholarship of Discovery –

Find new ideas and make connections to old ideas



Scholarship of Teaching –

Share the knowledge base and our learning through instruction shaped by observations and experiences



Scholarship of Service –

Find ways to make application with the content we teach, and to engage the material with others– look to meet the needs of community



Scholarship of Integration –

Help others see connections between discovery, teaching, and service and the needs of society in evidence outside the academy – and within other schools in the academy


Sharing Faith in Learning Six Criteria for Assessing Scholarship – 1. Clear Goals – Purposeful

2. Adequate Preparation – Thoughtful

3. Appropriate Methods – Meaningful

4. Significant Results – Fruitful

5. Effective Presentation – Beautiful

6. Reflective Critique – TruthfulGlassick, Huber & Maeroff (1997, p. 36)



Dean’s Evaluation for Integration of Faith in our Teaching, Scholarship, and Service –

“FGP goals demonstrate a clear plan of action for integration of Faith with Teaching, Scholarship, and Service” – ratings for each category, on a four-point scale



How do we assess to what degree our scholarship reflects what we believe & value –

our faith? Integration is mainly an act of attribution –

– an act of humility– an act of honoring or blessing God