Publications
The Centre for Teaching and Learning has developed numerous publications. Our research on teaching and learning and evidence-based approach to practice is detailed in our Research Reports.
Research Reports
The CTL engages in research on teaching and learning as part of an evidence-based approach to practice.
Research on Faculty Development
Mentoring faculty online: a literature review and recommendations for web-based programs.
Hundey, B., Anstey, L., Cruickshank, H., & Watson, G.P.L. (2020). Mentoring faculty online: a literature review and recommendations for web-based programs. International Journal for Academic Development, DOI: 10.1080/1360144X.2020.1731815
Supporting instructors to improve teaching effectiveness: Recommendations for fellowship and mentorship programs
Hundey, B., Anstey, L., Cruickshank, H., & Watson, G. (2017). Supporting instructors to improve teaching effectiveness: Recommendations for fellowship and mentorship programs. (Report). London, Ontario: Western University.
The Impact of the Instructional Skills Workshop on faculty approaches to teaching
Dawson, D., Borin, P., Meadows, K., Britnell, J., Olsen, K., & McIntyre, G. (2014). The impact of the instructional Skills Workshop on faculty approaches to reaching. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
Faculty engagement in teaching development activities - literature review
Evers, F. and Hall, S. with Britnell, J. , Brockerhoff-Macdonald, B., Carter, L., Dawson, D., Kerr, D., Mighty, J., Siddall, J., & Wolf, P. (2009). Faculty engagement in teaching development activities Phase I: literature review. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
University faculty engagement in teaching development activities - results
Britnell, J., Brockerhoff-Macdonald, B., Carter, L., Dawson, D., Doucet, L., Evers, F., Hall, S., Kerr, D., Liboiron-Grenier, L., McIntyre, G., Mighty, J., Siddall, G., & Wilson, J. (2010). University faculty engagement in teaching development activities Phase II. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
Research on Teaching Assistant Development
The Impact of international TA programs
Dawson, D., Dimitrov, N., Meadows, K.N., & Olsen, K. (2013). Bridging the gap: The impact of the Teaching in the Canadian Classroom program on the teaching effectiveness of international teaching assistants. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
The Impact of short and long programs on the teaching effectiveness of TAs
Dimitrov, N., Meadows, K., Kustra, E., Ackerson, T., Prada, L., Baker, N., Boulos, P., McIntyre, G., & Potter, M.K. (2013). Assessing graduate teaching development programs for impact on future faculty. Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
Research on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities: Critical Reflections on Current Practices, Challenges, and Possibilities
Brunette-Debassige, C., Wakeham, P., Smithers-Graeme, C., Haque, A., & Chitty, S.M. (2022). Mapping Approaches to Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities: Critical Reflections on Current Practices, Challenges, and Possibilities. International Indigenous Policy Journal. 13(3), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2022.13.3.14109
Institutional structures and individual stories: experiences from the front lines of Indigenous educational development in higher education
Raffoul J., Ward J., Calvez S., Kartolo, A., Haque, A., Holmes, T., Attas, R., Kechego, J., Kustra, E., & Mooney, J. (2022). Institutional structures and individual stories: experiences from the front lines of Indigenous educational development in higher education. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. 18(1), 164-172. https://doi/10.1177/11771801211062617
The healing is mutual: Students as partners in anti-oppressive education
Atkins, M., Anderson, E., & Khoo, Y.(2022). The healing is mutual: Students as partners in anti-oppressive education. International Journal for Students As Partners, 6(1), 128–136. https://doi.org/10.15173/ijsap.v6i1.4881
Reflections Newsletter Archive
Reflections was a twice-yearly newsletter for the teaching community at Western. Archives are available from Spring 2004 to Fall 2016.
Reflections Archive
- Reflections 75 - Fall 2016
- Reflections 74 - Spring 2016
- Reflections 73 - Fall 2015
- Reflections 72 - Spring 2015
- Reflections 71 - Fall 2014
- Reflections 70 - Spring 2014
- Reflections 69 - Fall 2013
- Reflections 68 - Spring 2013
- Reflections 67 - Fall 2012
- Reflections 66 - Spring 2012
- Reflections 65 - Fall 2011
- Reflections 64 - Spring 2011
- Reflections 63 - Fall 2010
- Reflections 62 - Spring 2010
- Reflections 61 - Fall 2009
- Reflections 60 - Spring 2009
- Reflections 59 - Fall 2008
- Reflections 58 - Spring 2008
- Reflections 57 - Fall 2007
- Reflections 56 - Spring 2007
- Reflections 55 - Fall 2006
- Reflections 54 - Spring 2006
- Reflections 53 - Fall 2005
- Reflections 52 - Fall 2004
- Reflections 51 - Spring 2004