Name
Show Me Your Syllabus: Redesigning Course Policies for the TBL Classroom
Date & Time
Saturday, March 16, 2019, 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Karla Kubitz
Description
Several theories of motivation appear to be relevant to the TBL classroom, including self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, and the theory of planned behavior. Self-determination theory says that social factors meet (or fail to meet) core psychological needs, impact level on the self-determination continuum, and thereby impact behavior. Self-efficacy theory says that performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, social persuasion, and physiological/ affective states influence efficacy expectations and, thereby, impact behavior. The theory of planned behavior says that beliefs, attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control impact level of intention and, thereby, impact behavior. Recent studies suggest that TBL may beneficially impact key constructs from these theories of motivation, including level of self-determination, level of self-efficacy, and level of intention/ perceived behavioral control. To maximize these beneficial motivation-related effects, the course policies TBL instructors include in their syllabi should ideally 'fit' (i.e., support the development of) these constructs. The Show Me Your Syllabi workshop will be conducted using a TBL format. Attendees will be provided with pre-workshop reading assignments related to several TBL-relevant theories of motivation, including self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, and the theory of planned behavior. The Workshop will begin with an IRAT and a TRAT and will continue with several Application Activities. Application activities will challenge teams to evaluate the 'goodness of fit' (with the aforementioned theories of motivation) of several examples of course policies. By the end of the workshop, attendees will be able to determine the extent to which their own course policies 'fit' the aforementioned TBL-relevant theories of motivation and revise them if necessary.
Session Type
Workshop