A TAR project is an opportunity to use your disciplinary research skills to develop a research question relating to teaching and propose a project that would allow you to investigate this question with a class you are teaching or a TA for, or a data set available through your department or other university offices or departments. These projects can be small or large scale and can help you develop your reflective teaching skills. A project also is a great talking point on a resume or CV and in a job interview. If you are close to graduating and will not be able to implement a project, the work of designing and proposing a project is by itself a worthwhile endeavor.

Examples of Recent Projects:

• Assessing Workshop Models in the Undergraduate Creative Writing Classroom
• Which Group Work Methods Lead to Better Participation in the Classroom?
• The Efficacy of Open-Ended Questions for the College Classroom

The workshop schedule is listed below. Participants need to attend all sessions. If you are interested in joining the cohort, please submit an application as soon as possible.

Prerequisites:  Graduate students and post-docs from any academic discipline who have taken a graduate-level teaching-related course (at UI or elsewhere) or 5 teaching-related workshops (from the Center for Teaching, your department, the Graduate College, another academic department, etc.) are eligible to participate. Previous experience as a TA or instructor is also helpful.  If you have questions about whether a course or workshops you have taken fit, please email grad-cirtl@uiowa.edu with information about the course or workshops.    

Fall 2023 Teaching as Research Project Cohort:

Wednesday 9/6 3:00-4:30 pm  Introduction to Teaching as Research and CIRTL
Wednesday 9/13 3:00-4:30 pm -  Evidence-Based Teaching
Wednesday 9/20 3:00-4:30 pm - Methods and Assessment
Wednesday  9/27 3:00-4:30 pm - Library Resources and Databases
Wednesday 10/4  3:00-4:30 pm - Proposal workshop
Wednesday 10/11 3:00-4:30 pm - IRB Overview