Hi Everyone,
For anyone in Dean DePauw's PFP class, you have (I hope) taken a look at the Alan Alda improv seminar at Stony Brook. I felt, even though the program is tailored for scientists, the concepts mentioned might help those GEDIs in any field that need to communicate in a classroom setting.
I know someone who's working on a post-doc at Stony Brook and asked him if he'd heard of the Center for Communicating Science. Turns out, they have regular seminars by faculty from the center and there's a significant focus by a large number of faculty at the university on updating teaching styles and techniques. The center also sends out references for articles published regarding teaching and learning. Thanks to my Stony Brook colleague, I have a reference for a article published in Science Magazine about Scientific Teaching that I found interesting. Though the topics are given in the context of teaching science, I can see where some of the ideas mentioned could translate to other subjects. For example, the authors mention that universities should promote awareness of new teaching strategies and even allocate funds for instructors to attend workshops on the subject. It's a short read and Science caters to a general rather than discipline-specific audience, so I hope others will find it useful too.
Nikki
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