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2011 FACULTY FORUM AGENDA
The Science of Teaching and Learning:
A Science and Math Faculty Forum
June 3, 2011
hosted by
Smith
College
Ford Hall and Atrium
Northampton, MA
AGENDA:
9:00-10:00 AM
Breakfast
9:30-10:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Marilyn Schuster, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Smith College
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Keynote Speaker:
Glen Ellis, Associate Professor of Engineering
SMITH COLLEGE
Glenn Ellis is a civil engineer with a strong interest
in reforming engineering education.
He feels that engineers must be educated—not trained.
To support this effort, Ellis has developed Smith's
Engineering Education Partnership.
Through this organization Ellis works with engineering and education faculty
to develop
undergraduate engineering curricula that are consistent with the research on
learning.
11:00 AM– 11:15 AM
Break
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Panel
I: Pedagogies and Strategies to Enhance Student Learning
Facilitated by Kevin Shea, Associate Professor of Chemistry &
Director of the
Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning, Smith College
Kathleen Archer,
Associate Professor of Biology at Trinity College, on
Measuring Learning Gains with
Concept Inventories
and Patty DiBartolo, Professor of Psychology at Smith College
on
Strategies to
Improve Student Learning in Psychology
12:15-1:15 PM
Lunch
1:15 – 2:15 PM
Panel II: Implementing In-Class
Practices that Improve Student Scholarship
Facilitated by Pallavi Jayawant, Associate Professor of
Mathematics, Bates College
Gene
Clough,
Lecturer in Geology and Physics at Bates College on
Teaching Technological Literacy
and Student Assessments
and Kimberley Frederick,
Associate Professor of Chemistry at Skidmore College
on
Development and Implementation of a Lab-Driven General Chemistry Course
2:15 – 3:15 PM
Panel III: Support Programs Outside of
the Classroom
Facilitated by Alison Draper, Director of the Science Center, Trinity
College
Brianna DeSantis, Associate Lab Director of Introductory Biology and
Maria
Giunta, Department Administrator for the Biology Department at Barnard
College
on Supplemental Instruction in
Introductory Biology
and Erik Cheever,
Professor of Engineering, Lynne
Molter, Professor of
Engineering and Department Chair, and
Ann Reuther, Academic Resources
Coordinator at Swarthmore College on A Comprehensive Academic
Support
Program
3:15 - 3:30 PM
Wrap-up and closing |
