Pedagogy 102
Monday, November 9, 2:30 to 4:00 PM, CC 2153
Facilitator Jane Lister-Reis
Pedagogy 102 is a year-long, bi-monthly community learning group for faculty sponsored annually by North’s Teaching and Learning Center, and facilitated by faculty development coordinator Jane Lister Reis. This year’s focus will again be on the investigation of the complex artistry we call teaching. Using L. Dee Fink’s book, Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses as our text, we will explore Fink’s central question, “What kinds of learning will be significant for [my] students, and how can I create a course [e.g., learning activities] that will result in that kind of learning?” To create a real learning lab environment in which to explore this central question, we will also participate as both a teacher and a learner where we can practice and explore together our teaching practice. About our text:
“The whole point of this book is to offer ideas that can improve the way teaching is normally practiced in higher education. For this to happen, readers who teach will need to see, first, that there are ways of teaching that are different, significantly different, from what they are doing now. Second, they will need to be persuaded that these new and different ways of teaching will result in good things happening, both for their students and for themselves. Third, they will need guidance in figuring out how to teach in new ways. Finally, their institution…will need to recognize the worth of this effort and provide a proper level of encouragement and support” (L. Dee Fink, xii).
Facilitated by TLC Faculty Development Coordinator Jane Lister-Reis
2nd and 4th Mondays of each month, 2:30-4:00 pm, CC2153