Faculty Book Club

Faculty, are you interested in exploring teaching strategies that can enhance your content delivery in ways that improve student outcomes? Have you ever wished to improve your teaching methods and practices while empowering your students during the learning process? Are you wanting to discover the joy of teaching, and learn how to bring energy and excitement back into the classroom?

The Office of Human Resources and the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum are excited to provide this opportunity to challenge faculty members to reflect on their current teaching practices and to move from simply delivering lectures to fostering active learning for your students.

Please join us in the upcoming semester for our first Faculty Book Club event. We will be reading Leaving the Lectern: Cooperative Learning and the Critical First Days of Students Working in Groups (McManus, 2005). Come and be inspired to grow professionally as we dive into this book and dialogue with colleagues about the journey of transformation in our teaching.   Below are the times and dates that the Faculty Book Club will meet to discuss and process various chapters of the book:

            Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm (Chapters 1-3)
            Monday, February 9, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm (Chapters 4-6)
            Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm (Chapters 7-9)
            Monday, April 6, 2015, 12:00-1:00pm (Chapters 10-Conclusion)

To RSVP, please send an email to training@andrews.edu, and provide your full name, ID#, email address, and the department in which you teach.  The first 30 individuals to RSVP will receive a free copy of the book.  Also, please know that lunch will be provided during the learning events.

For further information about the book, please refer to the following links:
            http://www.tos.org/oceanography/archive/18-4_book_reviews.pdf
            http://advan.physiology.org/content/30/4/265
            http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jge/summary/v054/54.3creasman.html