2012 Summative Conference for Graduate Program Teaching Initiative
April 23-25, 2012
This conference gathered representatives from 16 doctoral programs that received grants in 2011 from the Wabash Center to meet with recently graduated doctoral students for structured feedback and conversation on their preparation by the doctoral program for their careers as teachers.
Purposes of the Conference:
- To continue the reflective work within each school about their doctoral program and how it contributes to the teaching preparedness of its graduates;
- To contribute to the work and programming of the Wabash Center as it plans its future work with doctoral-granting institutions.
Conference Documents
- Conference Schedule (pdf)
- List of Participants (pdf)
- Wabash Center’s Summary of Findings (pdf)
- Findings by Individual Schools, and Self Descriptions of Each Program
- The “Spine” of the Doctoral Program (pdf)
- Bibliography of resources (pdf)
- Breakout Group Handout: “Teaching Aptitude/Capacity Building” (pdf)
- Breakout Group Handout: “Mentoring” (pdf)
- Breakout Group Handout: “Pedagogical Courses and Workshops” (pdf)
- Breakout Group Handout: “Future Teaching Contexts” (pdf)
- Gene’s Bibliography: “Resources for Reflecting on Teaching About Religion in Higher Education”
- Resources on the Wabash Center website
