Delve into the Data! Gain an overview of the types of data that are available for our campus to explore and use to inform our teaching and our participation in co-curricular activities with our students. Facilitated by the Assessment Committee, 2:00-3:00 pm in the Faculty Development Center. This session will be recorded. Please e-mail facdev@mnstate.edu if you would like to […]
Events this week at the Faculty Development Center: • Monday: Two-thirty Tea, planning for a student gathering when Sherman Alexie visits, 2:30 p.m. • Tuesday: Two-thirty Tea, Day 2 of classes, time to eat chocolate, 2:30 p.m. • Wednesday: Two-thirty Tea, Lead Advisor program, 2:30 pm • Thursday: Two-thirty Tea, Suggest topics for future teas, 2:30 p.m.
Dr. David Tack, Teaching & Learning, attended the Critical Questions in Education conference in Springfield, Miss. He presented his paper “There’s no one right way to teach a child! Using educational research to develop understandings of teaching for social justice.”
Steve Grineski, STL, presented a paper at the 2012 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences-11th Annual Conference held in Honolulu, Hawaii. The paper was titled, “We were pretty darn good:” A social history of the preparation of rural school teachers, 1900-1950.
Dr. Valerie Ritland, Dr. Mary Dosch, and Dr. Camille Brandt, all School of Teaching and Learning, presented at the Multiage Institute: Joyful Teaching–Joyful Learning on August 8 and 9 at MSUM. With strong research supporting multiage classrooms in the highest achieving nations around the world, the institute focused on creating and effectively implementing multiage classrooms in public and private schools.