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Weston, Cynthia; McAlpine, Lynn – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Describes the integrated approach to instructional consultation used at the Centre for University Teaching and Learning at McGill University (Canada). Emphasis is on teaching improvement as a conceptual change process, discipline-specific applications as situated learning, and development of a dispersed network of faculty consultants. Implications…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consultation Programs, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries

Beaty, Liz – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Describes action learning as a potentially powerful peer-based approach to teaching consultation at the college level and offers a case study of its use at Coventry University (England). Explains how action learning supports teaching improvement through reflective practice and peer dialog in group consultations about specific concerns (such as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Experiential Learning, Faculty Development

Piccinin, Sergio – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1999
Examines a seven-year study at the University of Ottawa (Canada) which studied the impact of instructional consultation on college teaching. The study found faculty who sought individual consultation services (n=99) were representative of the faculty at large and that consultation services resulted in significantly improved student ratings,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consultation Programs, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries