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America’s leading
experts on research
higher education is
coming to Douglas
College in May. Lee
Shulman, a renowned professor of
education and psychology from Stanford
University will give a lecture called
Teaching as Scholarship and Community
Property: Putting an End to Pedagogical
Solitude.

Shulman’s research and teaching
activities focus on improving teaching and
the education of teachers in colleges and
universities. He will be a guest of the
Douglas College Portfolio Project, the
first stage of which will be completed in
May. Everyone involved in the project
invites all faculty, staff, administrators
and students to the lecture and the
portfolio display and reception to follow.

Shulman’s scholarship currently
addresses the following themes: the

 

professional knowledge bases for
teaching; the development of radically
new approaches to the assessment of
teaching; and policies affecting the
movement of teaching toward greater
professionalism and quality.

Last winter, a quote by Shulman took
up the entire front cover of Change
Magazine: The Magazine of Higher
Learning. It said: “We close the
classroom door and experience
pedagogical solitude, whereas in our life
as scholars we are members of active
communities: communities of
conversation, communities of evaluation,
communities in which we gather with
others in our invisible colleges to
exchange our findings, our methods, and
our excuses. I believe that the reason
teaching is not more valued in the
academy is because the way we treat
teaching removes it from the community
of scholars.”

Gillies Malnarich, co-founder of the
Portfolio Pilot Project along with
Margaret Meagher, met Shulman at a

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Stanford
University
professor Lee
Shulman comes to
Douglas College
on May 12. In his
lecture, he'll be
referring to the
College's Portfolio
Pilot Project. All
faculty, staff,
students and
administrators are
invited to attend.

recent conference. “He’s someone that
anyone who cares about education can
learn from. He loves teaching, students,
and learning, and he tells marvellous
stories.”

The Portfolio Pilot Project display will
convey the diverse and rich contributions
made by individuals, disciplines and
departments to quality education at
Douglas College.

While Shulman is here, he will be
reporting on the Teaching Initiative
Project he heads for the American
Association for Higher Education called
From Idea to Prototype: The Peer Review
of Teaching.

The Lee Shulman Lecture takes place
Friday, May 12, from 1pm to 3pm in the
Performing Arts Theatre. It will be
followed by the Portfolio Pilot Project
Display and reception. Admission is free
for people who work and study at Douglas
College. To reserve a place, call 527-
5440.