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2011 - 2012 Workshops
Setting the tone and tracking task in classroom discussions
Monday, September 26, 2011
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Kathy Bishop, Department of Theatre
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about how two small groups deal in different ways with the discussion of a play in the classroom. It will be followed by discussion about how a facilitator could deal with opposing views during classroom discussions.
Campaigning for a TA Alliance: what to do if students complain about the professor
Monday, October 3, 2011
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Sheila Porteous, School of Child and Youth Care
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about an undergraduate student who is trying to win the support of the teaching assistant for his complaints about a professor.
Learning from differences: integrating all students into group discussion
Monday, October 17, 2011
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Geoff Cross, School of Public Administration
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about an instructor who seeks advice from a colleague on how he might more effectively integrate students into group discussions.
Group Assignments: How to help students work together
Monday, October 31, 2011
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Bette Bultena, Senior Lab Instructor, Computer Science
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about two students who explain to an instructor the problems that they are encountering with a non-productive member of their project group. This scenario flags issues related to the assignment of group work and group grades.
Voices of Women
Monday, November 21, 2011
Facilitator: Amy Torsney, Peter Gustavson School of Business
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about two students who meet with an instructor to suggest that his academic approach - and his classroom behaviour - are biased towards male participation and a male perspective. This scene tends to prompt discussion of a wide variety of gender issues in the classroom.
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Assumptions of the Hidden Curriculum
Monday, November 28, 2011
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Mary Stocks, School of Social Work
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about three students who discuss the insensitivity and invisibility they have experienced in many of their courses.
Academic Standards
Monday, January 16, 2012
11:00 AM ~ 1:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Angela Voht, Dispute Resolution Program
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about an African-American student who questions the comments that a professor has written on his paper. He construes them as inappropriate and racist while the instructor maintains that he must uphold reasonable academic standards. This scene triggers discussion of the assumptions of the cultural perspective of the academy and what may or may not constitute racism.
Group Assignments: How to Make Them Work
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
3:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Jessica Abrami, Department of Psychology
In this workshop, participants will first watch a short video clip about two students explaining to an instructor the problems that they are encountering with a non-productive member of their project group. This scenario flags issues related to the assignment of group work, group grades, and how to successfully plan for collaborative work in a course.
2010 - 2011 Workshops
Students Seeking Structure
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Sohad Kadhum, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Undue Collaboration
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Veronica Sabelnykova, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Do I Have to Write it for You?
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Lorraine Dame, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Petulant and Persistent
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Jennifer Lindquist, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Student Success or Faculty Sanction
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Lynda Cameron, Department of Pacific & Asian Studies
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Harassment and Cultural Differences
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB 128
Facilitator: Cristal Sargent, Department of Sociology
Discouraged Innovator
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
6:00 ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Gordon Ruby, Department of Political Science
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Dominance and Discomfort
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Tylor Richards, Department of History
Assumptions of the Hidden Curriculum
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
6:00 ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Lisa Poole, Department of Sociology
Student Passivity
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
6:00 PM ~ 7:30 PM, HHB128
Facilitator: Lindsey Brill, Department of Greek and Roman Studies
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