Enhance Teaching Practice Research

MOE Teaching Practice Research Program

Introduction
In order to improve the school’s overall teaching quality and to change the situation of valuing research over teaching in research university, the Center provides professional support to encourage faculty members to implement teaching-related researches, and assists those willing teachers in applying for the ‘Teaching Practice Research Program’, which is subsidized by the Ministry of Education.
Through information session, workshops, lectures, and regular meetings, the Center helps faculty members apply for and implement the program. Activities are also organized for faculty members to share achievements of the research, creating opportunities for idea exchange, and thereby further promote the spirit of the program.

The Center assists faculty members with the following matters:

1. Serve as the liaison between the University and the Ministry of Education: being in charge of compiling and submitting the application documents to the Ministry, notifying applicants of review results, submitting application for diverting funds for other uses, submitting application for projects extension, compiling closed projects to the Ministry, etc.
2. Conduct information session and consultation: provide faculty members who have the will to apply for this program with related information and offer one-on-one consultation. 。
3. Assist the faculty members whose projects are approved in organizing faculty development groups and handle related activities.
4. Organize project achievement presentations and compile the results achieved for the library to upload to websites.

MOE Teaching Practice Research Program Schedule for the 2021 Academic Year

Call for Proposals: MOE call for proposals information session is expected to be held in October. Submission period will be from mid-November to mid-December. Faculty members are encouraged to prepare the application documents in advance. If you have any questions regarding the program, please feel free to contact us.

Further Information:：https://tpr.moe.edu.tw/index 

Contact Person: Yen-Chiao Chan   Tel: 3366-3367#515 (Center for General Education, Colleges: Liberal Art, Law, Social Sciences, Management, Science, Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science)

E-mail : ycjhan@ntu.edu.tw

Contact Person: Kylie Yong   Tel: 3366-3366#25518 (Colleges: Bio-Resources & Agriculture, Medicine, Public Health, Life Science)

E-mail : kyliey@ntu.edu.tw

Call for Proposals Schedule (to be updated)
MOE Teaching Practice Research Program Schedule (to be updated)

Teaching Practice Incubation Program


Have you ever discovered or encountered any problems during teaching?
Have you ever tried to solve the problems?

Why not try to turn the problem into research? It’s time for you to give it a try!

Use a systematic and evidence-based method to improve the teaching effectiveness and students’ learning outcome!

Introduction to 2024 Fall Semester Program (Application Period: from June 24th to 23:59, July 24st, 2024)

  1. The purpose of the program is to enhance the atmosphere of teaching-related research in the university, encourage faculty members to carry out practice research in front-line teaching, foster evidence-based teaching experiments, and thereby leverage students’ learning outcome and overall teaching quality.
  2. The theme for this semester is “Integrating Generative AI into Teaching.” The goal is to solve problems in the teaching practices using generative AI tools. Teachers should guide students to use generative AI tools or respond to content generated by such tools before, during, or after class to improve their learning outcomes.
  3. All full-time, part-time, and project teachers in NTU are welcome to apply for the program. Each teacher can only submit one research project at a time. The research project should be based on a course or a co-teaching course taught by the applicant in the 2024 Fall semester. The course should be on the NTU Course Information Website and has a curriculum number. If the course is cancelled, the grant will not be awarded.
  4. The implementation period for the research project is from September 2nd, 2024 to December 20th, 2024. No extension will be granted.
  5. Applicants should fill in the application form and the budget plan, and submit the files to Mr. Huang of the Center via haoyuan@ntu.edu.tw.
  6. Please see the application form (appendix 1: application form docx / odt). The application form should include the following items and should be no more than 10 pages in total (course materials, attachments, and reference are not counted):
    • General Information
    • Research Proposal
    • Course Materials and Course Syllabus
  7. The application review for this semester will be based on the following criteria:
    • Clear description of the problem in the teaching practices, reflecting the needs of the teaching environment.
    • The chosen generative AI tool is capable of resolving the problem in the teaching environment.
    • The clarity of research objectives; the measurability of research questions.
    • The theoretical foundation of instructional design and research design; the relevance of literature review.
    • The clarity of instructional design and steps.
    • The instructional design is appropriate and effective.
    • Research methods and tools are capable of addressing the research question.
    • Effectiveness are evaluated by multiple methods.
  8. Please complete the budget plan (appendix 2: budget plan xlsx / ods). Each case is eligible for a maximum subsidy of NTD 100,000 for operating expenses (see appendix 2 for details). The fund cannot be used for personnel expenses and equipment fee, and should comply with MOE’s regulations for the use of funds. Any surplus upon the completion of the project, should be paid back to the Center.
  9. If the research project has been approved, the applicant should submit the consent form (please refer to the template of the Research Ethics Center) within 10 days of receiving the notification. Furthermore, if the research project needs to be modified, the applicant should also return the modified project within 10 days. No reimbursement information will be provided until the aforementioned document(s) have all been submitted.
  10. Teachers who receive the grant should submit the following files by January 1st, 2025:
    • Research report (File format will be announced)
    • Poster (File format will be announced)
  11. In order to comply with the principles of academic ethics, the applicant should not apply for the program if the research project has already been subsidized or is under reviewed by other programs. The applicant should take full responsibility for any violation of academic integrity proved by concrete evidence. The Center may retrieve part of or all of the grant and according to the circumstances, terminate the principal investigator’s right to apply for the program.
  12. If an applicant repeatedly applies for the program with similar research questions, curriculum, instructional and assessment methods in different semesters, the Center will offer subsidies at most 2 times, provided that the research project meets the criteria for subsidy after the review.
  13. The research outcome can be used as a basis to develop new research projects for other programs, such as MOE Teaching Practice Research Program or other teaching-related research program, so as to fulfill the purpose of the incubation program.

Links：Appendix 1: Application Form (docx / odt)、Appendix 2: Budget Plan (xlsx / ods)

For further information on the spirit of the Teaching Practice Research Program and past research projects, please visit the following websites:

  1. MOE Teaching Practice Research Program YouTube Channel – 7-Minute Introduction to the Spirit and the Orientation of the Program (Link)
  2. Outstanding Projects of the Teaching Practice Research Program Website
  3. NTU Research Reports of MOE Teaching Practice Research Program (Link)

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