Teaching the Tough Stuff
The Coulter Faculty Center is pleased to host our annual Summer Institute on Teaching and Learning, May 11-13, 2010. This year our theme is ‘teaching the tough stuff’. We will be exploring different ways to teach material that is sensitive, controversial, ambiguous, personal, touchy, moral, and/or provocative. As our vision as a University asks us to extend teaching and learning to include experiences outside of the classroom and of traditional disciplinary boundaries, we are all thinking deeply about how to provide instruction that encourages our students to be reflective moral agents, to uphold ethical standards, to deal with sensitive situations, to show strong character, and to engage with the complicated issues that we face in the world today. This three day intensive workshop will help faculty to think about extending the horizons of their students and their learning experiences. Registration will begin the week of February 8th.
Focus team topics will include such issues as teaching ethics, dealing with controversial subject matter, promoting character and personal development, creating supportive learning environments (whether on-line or face to face), using technology to mediate these conversations, and more. The focus team facilitators for 2010 include Daryl Hale, Fred Buskey, Laura Wright, Leah Hampton, Tracie Rice, Barbara Jo White, and Lisa Bloom.
To register for this year's Summer Institute, you may want to peruse the Focus Team selections to help you decide which three would you most like to participate. After you have made your decisions, please click on the registration link.