Due Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2015 (All day)Welcome to the 2015 SHAFR Survey on Teaching. 1) Are you a member of SHAFR? * Yes No 2) What year did you begin teaching at the university/college level? * 3) Highest degree earned? * PhD M.A. B.A. or B.S. 4) If your highest degree is not in history, please indicate which discipline - None -global studiesinternational studiesinternational relationspolitical scienceother If other, then which discipline? 5) Are you tenure-line or lecturer faculty? * tenure-line lecturer 6) Male/Female? * Male Female 7) Please identify the highest degree granted by the university/college where you teach * - Select -Doctoral/researchMastersBaccalaureateCommunity CollegeOther 8) Length of school's term? * Semester Quarter Other 9) Descriptive title/s of U.S. foreign relations course(s) 10) How often do you teach these courses? * - Select -infrequently (every few years)annuallyevery term 11) Do you teach online and/or hybrid (face-to-face and online) courses related to U.S. foreign relations? * yes no 12) Typical class size (of courses related to U.S. foreign relations)? * - Select -fewer than 20 students21-30 students31-50 students51-80 studentsmore than 80 students 13) Do you rely on teaching assistants? * yes no 14) Typical enrollment by major? * - Select -History majors onlyMix of History and other majorsNo History majors 15) Typical enrollment by level of student? * - Select -Chiefly graduate studentsChiefly juniors and seniorsChiefly sophomores and juniorChiefly freshmen and sophomoresOther 16) What is the typical enrollment of international students? * - Select -NoneFewer than 5 students5-10 students10-20more than 20 students 17) Do you rely on a principal textbook for your respective U.S. foreign relations courses? Please specify the course name and identify the text you are currently using or have used in the past (e.g., U.S. Foreign Policy/Paterson, etc.) 18) If you do not rely on a principal textbook, please identify particular books/readings that are required reading 19) Please identify websites that are frequently employed, and indicate if they include primary or secondary sources (e.g., FRUS/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/ primary) 20) Please identify films that are screened (in full or in part) on a regular basis 21) Please identify primary sources that are effective teaching tools--either individual documents or document collections 22) Do you assign research papers (i.e. students conducting research beyond assigned readings)? - None -10 or more pages each, including primary sourcesFewer than 10 pages each, including primary sources10 or more pages each, secondary sources onlyFewer than 10 pages each, secondary sources only 23) Do you assign book and/or article reviews? Please identify books and/or articles that are required (in full or in part) on a regular basis for the reviews * yes no 24) Do you assign other writing assignments from specified readings? * - Select -Fewer than 5 pages each5-10 pages eachMore than 10 pages each 25) Do you require use of multimedia and/or digital resources or applications? Choose any and all that apply: PowerPoint Prezi Facebook Twitter Other? 26) Do you require in-class student presentations? * yes no 27) Do you require group projects? * yes no 28) Do you employ Learning Management System (LMS) software? Backboard/WebCT Canvas ConnectEDU Moodle Other? (please specify) 29) Identify the approximate percentage of time taken during the course for the following activities: Lecture % Discussion % Small group activities % Student presentations % Viewing or listening to films % Multimedia (Internet) % Testing or other evaluation % 30) Do you take your students off-campus? (please select all that apply) relevant local or regional site visits (please specify) winter- or spring-break trips out of state (please specify) winter- or spring-break trips outside of the nation (please specify) study abroad for one term or more (please specify) Please specify your choice(s) in Question 30: 31) If you invite guest lecturers into the classroom, please identify field (e.g., diplomats, military personnel, other discipline experts) 32) Please identify the top (3-5) historic topics, themes, or interpretive frameworks that are consistently of interest to your students 33) Are there any new topics, themes, or interpretive frameworks that you plan to introduce into your courses this year or next? 34) New assignments? Please include especially innovative and creative assignments. 35) Please identify any new pedagogies or in-class teaching methods that you employ (check all that apply). (This question pertains to courses that are not strictly U.S. foreign relations, but practices that might be used in other courses with internation Internationalizing the curriculum Flipped classrooms Service-learning/community engagement Active learning techniques Inspiring student motivation to learn about the outside world Integrative learning through learning communities, linked courses, or team-taught courses Using digital technologies to promote international dialogue (Skype, Google Hangout, etc., with students in other countries) Game-based (scenario-based) learning Role playing Other? 36) Describe how the advent of digital resources (e.g., full-text journal articles, primary sources, other websites) has affected your teaching or how your students learn. 37) Are there teaching materials that you would like to see available online that are not currently accessible? (e.g., all of the FRUS series, specific collections of photographs, others?) 38) Do you have explicit learning objectives defined for your class? Please identify them 39) If applicable, in what ways is your teaching evaluated other than the traditional end-of-semester student evaluations? (e.g., mid-term student evaluations, peer visits to classes, other) 40) Given sufficient time and resources, what would you like to do differently, if anything, in terms of topics/themes/frameworks, materials, assignments, in-class activities, evaluation, or other? 41) Do you rely on any of the resources posted to the SHAFR website in your teaching? * yes no 42) If yes, identify the most useful website resources 43) How often to do you consult the SHAFR Teaching webpages? * - Select -NeverRarelySometimesFrequently 44) Are you interested in contributing to the SHAFR Teaching website? If so, please provide your email so that we may contact you And your name please 45) The SHAFR Teaching Committee is charged with creating and sustaining initiatives to promote and support teaching the history of American foreign relations. Please identify any initiatives that you would like to see addressed by the committee Confirmation * Check to verify that the information above is correct. Leave this field blank
