Saturday & Sunday, April 17-18, 2010
8:00am - 5:00pm
University of Colorado, Boulder
Duane Physics & Astrophysics Building
Campus Box 391
Boulder CO 80309
303.492.8915
Improving the College Introductory Astronomy Survey Course for Non-Science Majors Through Active Engagement: A Tier I (Introductory) Workshop
Presented by Edward Prather and Gina Brissenden (University of Arizona), hosted by University of Colorado, Boulder.
The overarching goal of this workshop is for participants to become familiar with research-validated active engagement teaching strategies and assessment materials, as well as how to implement them in their college astronomy courses, through role-playing, modeling, practice, and more!
To accomplish this goal, participants in our workshop will learn how to create productive learning environments beginning with a brief review of research on the nature of teaching and learning. Most workshop time will be spent with participants playing the roles of student, instructor, and critical friend to practice implementing active engagement strategies such as interactive lectures, Think-Pair-Share, interactive demonstrations and videos, collaborative groups, Lecture-Tutorials, and Ranking Tasks. The workshops will culminate with participants learning how to put these teaching strategies together into effective learning sequences for the learner-centered classroom.
This workshop is designed for college instructors, post-docs, and graduate and undergraduate students currently teaching astronomy (or who think they will be in the near future).
If you are not a college instructor, post-doc, or graduate or undergraduate student, but you would still like to attend the workshop, please contact our Assistant, Shannon Roach to be put on our waiting list.
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