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Pedagogy Workshops

The faculty in our department are committed to always improving their teaching. In addition to attending university workshops and taking advantage of the resources of the Faculty Center, we have started a tradition of monthly “pedagogy luncheons” that are open to all of our grad students, full time faculty and adjunct instructors. At these monthly discussions we share best practices learned from college workshops; study books that focus on methods that proven to be effective in the classroom; and share creative assignments that promote experiential learning and high levels of critical thinking.

Upcoming Workshops

Pedagogy workshops will resume Fall 2024

Past Pedagogy Workshop Sessions

Dates, times, and topics
  • Join us Thursday, March 21
    Location: 3002 JFSB
    Time: 11:00am-12:15pm
    We will discuss Chapter 8 of Powerful Teaching which focuses on Fostering a Supportive Environment, Reducing Anxiety and Creating Community. Lisa Gunther will lead the discussion.

  • Join us Thursday, February 15
    Location: 3002 JFSB
    Time:
    11:00am-12:15pm.

    Seth Jeppesen will be leading our discussion. We will continue to read Powerful Learning, but we will skip Chapter 3 (a continuation of Chapter 2), and head into chapters 4 & 5, which are about Spacing & Interleaving and then Feedback Driven Metacognition. We hope to discuss some specific practices.

  • Join us Thursday, February 15
    Location: 3002 JFSB
    Time: 11:00am-12:15pm
    We are introducing a new book, Powerful Teaching Unleash the Power of Learning. It;s written by cognitive scientist Pooja K. Agarwa, PhD. and veteran teacher Patrice M. Bain, Ed.S.
    We will cover the first two chapters.

  • Join us Thursday, December 7
    Location: 3002 JFSB
    Time: 11:00am-12:15pm
    Diana Fuss & William Gleason's The Pocket Instructor, will be discussed in hopes that our conversation will spark ideas on how to engage students with our important class material.

  • Join us Thursday, September 21
    Location: 3002 JFSB
    Time: 11:00am-12:15pm
    We will discuss ideas for crafting AI policies for courses and assignments. We'll also look at examples of ways students could be allowed to use AI for certain assignment types.

Current Books

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Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning

By: Pooja K. Agarwal & Patrice M. Bain
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Past Books

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