Teachers For A New Era
Gore Education Complex C203
Tallahassee, Florida 32307
Spring 2010 Faculty Development Workshops
The spring Semester 2010 series of workshops are designed to assist faculty with instructional planning and delivery. The topics covered by these workshops address classroom related issues suggested directly by university faculty from surveys and/or committee feedback.
Topic
Dates
Presenters
A Statistical Refresher
March 3, 5
Dr. Nathaniel Johnson
Preparing Public Presentation
March 17
Dr. Nancy McConnell
Active Learning in the College Classroom
March 23
Dr. Serena Roberts
Anger in the Classroom
March 29
Dr. Yolanda Bogan
Understanding Learning Styles
April 7
Dr. Ada Burnette
A Statistical Refresher
April 14
Dr. Nathaniel Johnson
Motivating Difficult Students
April 20
Dr. William Hudson Jr.
A Statistical Refresher
This workshop will review a variety of statistics topics such as measures of central tendency and spread, z-scores, confidence intervls, correlation and regression and hypothesis testing,. The workshop does assume some previous exposure to statistics.
Preparing Public Presentation
Many sources can provide you the information for your presentation. It is up to YOU to turn all of it into a great, effective presentation. Strategies and suggestions for improving your public presentation will be discussed. Active Learning in the College Classroom - Presentation - Resources
Active learning strategies are becoming more widely used in college classrooms as instructors discover their many benefits. Research shows that active learning imroves students' understanding and retention of information and can b very effective in developing higher order cognitive skills such as problem solving and critical thinking. Anger in the Classroom
Sometimes students can get upset and / or become disruptive. Alternatively, they may come to you with serious problems or seeking advice; these situations can sometimes make you uncomfortable. This workshop will suggest srategies to assist the professor with better managing student anger and potentially disruptive behavior in the classroom.
Understanding Learning Styles
Students, in fact all individuals, are most effective when they are taught in their personal learning style. In fact, there are three major types of learners: visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic . While most individuals without disabilities can learn using any one of these styles, most people have one for which they show a stronger affinity. Motivating Difficult Students
Teachers have a lot to do with their students' motivational level. The teacher's behavior and teaching style, the structure of the course, the naure of the assignments and informal interactions all have a large effect on student motivation. Strategies and suggestions for motivating Generation "Y" students will be discussed.
