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Teaching STEM √

Discuss evidence-based practices with your colleagues!

Location

The Commons : 329

Date & Time

January 15, 2019, 12:00 pm1:30 pm

Description

How do we make our STEM classes inclusive and effective for our diverse students today? Join your colleagues for a discussion of evidence-based teaching practices that help support all students as learners. We will use ideas in the three papers below as a starting point for our conversation—please read them in advance.
  • On faculty development of STEM inclusive teaching practices by Bryan Dewsbury in FEMS Microbiology Letters, 364, 2017, fnx179
  • Enhancing diversity in college science with active learning by Cissy Ballen in J. J. Mintzes & E. M. Walter (Eds.), Active learning in college science: The case for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer Nature, forthcoming 2019. (Attached. Click "Download Document" below to download this article.)
  • When group work doesn't work: Insights from students by Yunjeong Chang and Peggy Brickman, CBE Life Sciences Education 17:ar52, 1-17, Fall 2018
Lunch will be provided to all registered participants, please click “Going” below to reserve your seat for this session. Please email fdc@umbc.edu to note any dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, food allergies, etc.) by Tuesday, January 8, 2018.  The deadline to register for this event is the earlier of Tuesday, January 8, 2018 or when the event reaches capacity.  Please email fdc@umbc.edu to be added to a wait list if the event is full.  If you have registered and find that you can no longer attend, please kindly release your spot so that others may attend.

√ Counts toward ALIT Certificate