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CET director Danielle Mihram leads a collegial discussion on how to change the culture of a classroom in order to enhance students' learning.
Recent developments in educational and cognitive psychology have changed views of the teaching and learning processes, and provide both conceptual and practical information about the ways that students learn and how instructors can use this information to inform their teaching practice.
Educators now recognize that is the interaction of good instructional practices with students’ strategic use of learning strategies and skills, motivational processes and self-regulation that results in positive learning outcomes.
This session examines how instructors can help students become more effective learners and the importance of helping students to differentiate between educational goals and course-goals as well as learn how to build on existing knowledge.
The session also deals with strategic teaching: both at the domain of the course (how to think and write as a biologist) and with regard to the course-specific materials and pedagogy (how lectures and labs are organized, how collaborative problem solving is structured). Lastly, participants will look at ways to monitor students’ learning progress and how to encourage students to take more responsibility for their own learning (“intentional learning strategies”).
For Further Reading:
• McKeachie: Chapters 10 (pp.128-149), 13 (pp.170-180) and 23 (pp.270-283)
• Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students
Robert Leamnson (April 1999)
DML: LB2331.L39 (LVL reserve)
• The Challenge of Problem-Based Learning
David Boud, Grahama Feletti (August 1997)
DML: LC 1059.C44 (LVL reserve)
• Carnegie “Mapping the Terrain” PDF
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