WORKSHOP ON USING JOURNAL WRITING IN THE CLASSROOM
On Tuesday, September 12, 2006 from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the
Ambrose Hall Boardroom, Dick Hanzelka, Education Department,
and Michael Hustedde, Director of Writing, will offer a
writing workshop dealing with the use of journal writing in
the classroom. The program is open to all faculty, but new
faculty are especially encouraged to attend. Michael
Hustedde will speak briefly about some conventional uses of
journals in the classroom and share his use of them in his
basic writing class. Dick Hanzelka will share is rather
more innovative approach, ideally suited for content
classes, which provides learning value to students while
placing minimal time demands on the instructor.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Michael Hustedde
(Ext 6334 or at husteddemichaelj@sau.edu) are appreciated
but not required.
HAVE YOU A STRATEGY TO SHARE? CTE WILL PAY EXPENSES FOR
SELECTED PAPERS
The Teaching Professor newsletter and Magna Publications
invite presentation, panel discussion, and interactive
poster session proposals for the fourth annual Teaching
Professor Conference. The goal of the conference is to
produce substantive work upon which teaching professors can
act as change agents for building legitimacy, scholarship,
and respect for their roles on campuses and in society.
The Teaching Professor Conference offers seven topical
areas, presented as multiple concurrent sessions and poster
sessions for the various roles and concerns of teaching
professors. We invite submissions for 75-minute
presentations and panel discussions focusing on the agenda
of “Educate. Engage. Inspire.” Your submission may fall
within one of the topical areas listed below; however, we
welcome compelling ideas that may not be addressed in these
topical areas.
Appropriate topics address those aspects of teaching and
learning relevant in many contexts:
• Grading
• Academic integrity
• Writing assignments for large courses
• Classroom management techniques
• Ways of involving undergraduates in research projects
• Dealing with students who aren’t motivated or won’t come
to class prepared
• Problem-based learning approaches
• Cooperative and collaborative learning activities
• Service learning
• Many more
Also appropriate at The Teaching Professor Conference are
topics relating to instructional health and well-being:
• Departmental policies and practices conducive to teaching
• Innovative teaching awards
• Ways to keep teaching fresh and invigorated
• Scholarship on the subject of teaching
• Thoughtful reflections that have been used to explore and
understand an individual aspect of teaching like the
development of a particular style, the evolution of a
teaching philosophy, or the recognition of the importance of
teaching for understanding.
Participants of this event come from a range of academic
disciplines and institutions. Your presentation will reach a
wide, diverse audience.
We are limited in the number of sessions we can offer so
please indicate on your submission form if you are
interested in presenting your topic as a poster session if
it isn’t accepted as a regular session.
To submit a proposal, please visit The Teaching Professor
Conference web site and fill out the online proposal form.
All speakers will be required to submit accompanying
handouts in advance of conference and are responsible for
duplication of handouts for conference participants.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is October 20, 2006.
Confirmation of accepted proposals will be sent by December
1, 2006.
If you have any questions, email The Teaching Professor
conference staff or call Carrie Jensen at (608) 227-8118.
CTE PERIODICAL SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE
The Center subscribes to
College Teaching
and CHANGE: The Magazine of
Higher Learning. Back issues
of both of these publications are in the Ambrose Room, 3rd
floor of the library.
Three other publications subscribed to by the Center are
available in several places on campus. The
Teaching Professor,
The Professor in the Classroom
and the
National Teaching and Learning Forum
are available as they arrive in three
wall pocket locations: in the old snack bar area in Ambrose
Hall, in the Cosgrove Hall private dining room near the
drink dispenser, and in the coffee shop on Harrison St.-- as
well as in ACCEL and through Allison Ambrose in the College
of Business.
Back issues of these publications are kept in the Ambrose
Room on the third floor of the Library along with the
Center's book collection. Stop at the
library director's office to have the Ambrose Room unlocked
for you.
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Please contact any member of the CTE Advisory Committee with your suggestions or evaluations of our sponsored events, publications and programs. The members of the Center's advisory committee for the 2006-2007 school year are:
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