For Immediate Release

Contact: John M. Martino
Phone Number:  (215) 895-1186
Date: 10/11/00

Teaching Can Be Improved With Innovations

Whether it’s using the Internet or emphasizing collaborative learning, teachers are formulating innovative teaching methods to help students learn better. The Teaching and Learning Center of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia has compiled a document of educational innovations that aim to improve teaching and learning. Professors from various disciplines have contributed their innovative teaching methods that they believe help create constructive learning. Some of the innovative methods include students: developing a portfolio of competencies that can be used in a job interview, surfing the Web to assess zoology Internet sites, getting involved with a community group to apply what they learned in the classroom, analyzing historical trends and contemporary influences on professional practice and becoming teachers themselves by evaluating their classmates on research presentations.

Dr. Phyllis Blumberg, director of the Teaching and Learning Center, believes that this compilation and wide dissemination of a document of teaching innovations will give increased recognition to individual faculty who strive to improve their teaching. "This document should also assist others in trying new methods in their teaching, and thus improve student learning," said Dr. Blumberg. "As a result of the dissemination of the document, other faculty have begun to collaborate on new ideas and try the innovations."

To arrange an interview with Dr. Blumberg, contact John M. Martino at (215) 895-1186.

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