Unsettling Group Guidelines
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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Classroom guidelines, ground rules, or agreements are tools often used by educators in different settings with the intent to keep discussions focused and productive, invite inclusive participation, and establish a “safe” learning environment. At the same time, anti-oppression educators Sensoy and DiAngelo (2014) have argued that classroom guidelines sometimes serve contrary goals because when they (more…)
Experiential Learning: Concept and its Application in Lesson Planning
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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“Experience plus Reflection = Learning” – John Dewey Building on the earlier work of John Dewey, the educational theorist David Kolb proposes a “learning cycle” comprising different stages by which learning happens through the transformation of the learner’s experience. In this workshop you will explore Kolb’s experiential learning cycle, discuss its value in your teaching (more…)
Giving Guest Lectures and Presentations
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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In this session, we will compare and contrast presentations and guest lectures. With this, we will design a toolkit to prepare for successful presentations or guest lectures. Finally, we will collaboratively explore common challenges associated with public speaking and practice strategies to overcome these. Facilitators: Austin Taylor & Jens Vent Schmidt Register and attend this (more…)
Design Thinking in Teaching
Series: Pro-D for Graduate Students
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How do we design a successful lesson? In this workshop, we will discuss common challenges in lesson planning and develop a toolkit of best practices and strategies to generate meaningful learning experiences for learners. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to: 1. Identify common practices in lesson design and assess pitfalls (more…)