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During the week before the start of the academic year, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and the Provost sponsor a two-day Orientation for New Faculty for new full-time faculty at Boston University's Charles River Campus. During the academic year, the CET holds a number of workshops related to teaching and professional development of faculty and graduate-student teachers. The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology at Boston University's School of Public Health offers workshops each semester at the Medical Campus. A free shuttle bus makes the trip between the Charles River Campus and the Medical Campus every half hour. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Faculty Workshop on Teaching Doctoral Students to Teach Thursday April 24, 2008 Professor Todd Hoagland, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Thursday April 24, 2008 Providing opportunities for doctoral students to learn and refine successful pedagogical practices has many short- and long-term benefits for the advisor, student, and institution. Many researchers prefer that their doctoral students not invest time to be effective teaching assistants due to the time it takes away from laboratory endeavors. This self-serving philosophy does the doctoral student a disservice and is a myth. Dr. Hoagland will share his experience with the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate, how it improved the focus on teaching in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and how this improvement led to strengthening the graduate program.
Faculty Workshop on The Inter-cultural Classroom Irene Maksymjuk, BU CELOP Tuesday April 22, 2008 This session will provide an overview of culturally variable expectations and communication issues in the classroom. The session is designed to be interactive, with plenty of time to address participants' questions and concerns. Irene Maksymjuk is a senior lecturer at the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs and has extensive experience training teachers as well as trainers and other professionals. She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology of Communication from the University Professors Program, and a Masters in Applied Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Faculty Workshop on Stereotypes and the Nature and Nurture of Human Intelligence Professor Joshua Aronson, New York University Monday, March 3, 2008 Professor Aronson is internationally known for his research on "stereotype threat" and minority student achievement, research that offers a strong challenge to traditional, genetic explanations of why African Americans and Latinos perform less well on tests of intelligence than their White counterparts, and why women trail men in hard math and science. Professor Aronson’s and his colleagues' research shows how stereotypes that allege lower ability among these groups depress Black and Latino students' test and school performance and women's comfort and performance in advanced mathematics and science domains.
Faculty Workshop on Classroom Teaching Teaching as a Deliberate Act Using Nonverbal Communicative Intelligence Wednesday, August 29, 2007 As a top tier research institute, the faculty is fully engaged in research as well as teaching. As a consequence, there is usually too little time for individual instructors to learn about recently developed teaching methods based on current research on how people learn. This workshop will present some of these methods. Benefits for faculty attending this session include the acquisition of effective teaching skills that establish credibility, increase student learning, and decrease levels of direct management through the use of research-based skills from nonverbal communicative intelligence. Some questions to consider include: • What research findings have emerged from the “Decade of the Brain” and how might we use the findings to enhance our teaching? Answering these questions and others will provide faculty and student teachers with information and skills to decide how they would like to move to being more effective in their teaching. Led by Kendall Zoller, President of Sierra Training Associates, Inc. and an expert in effective use of nonverbal communication in a classroom setting. Kendall is an independent consultant providing presentations, keynotes and training in nonverbal communicative intelligence, facilitation, presentation and leadership skills to schools, school districts, universities and state agencies in North America. Go to www.sierra-training.com . If you plan to attend the workshop, please sign up on the CET event registration page >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Workshop for Graduate Students on Classroom Teaching Teaching in the College Classroom Using Nonverbal Communicative Intelligence: Navigating through Perception and Practice Wednesday, August 29, 2007 • Recognize specific nonverbal patterns by teachers and students Led by Kendall Zoller, President of Sierra Training Associates, Inc. and an expert in effective use of nonverbal communication in a classroom setting. Kendall is an independent consultant providing presentations, keynotes and training in nonverbal communicative intelligence, facilitation, presentation and leadership skills to schools, school districts, universities and state agencies in North America. Go to www.sierra-training.com . If you plan to attend the workshop, please sign up on the CET event registration page
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