UPDATE
Lilly Conference on
College & University Teaching – West
Pre-Conference Workshop
on Critical Thinking
now includes both
Craig Nelson & Tom Angelo!
March 14, 2013
1:00pm-4:30pm
Improving Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: Transformative Course Design, Teaching, Assessment and Feedback Strategies
Lilly West is delighted to announce that these two guys are working together again just for us! We have seen this combo work before and the atmosphere is always electric and transformative.
The workshop will combine Angelo’s expertise in Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) with Nelson’s teaching moves for fostering critical thinking.
They will provide spurts of learning theory (from cognitive development, for example) with example applications and with CATs. Writing and peer discussion will help make sure that each participant goes home with new ideas that can be implemented in class next week.
Full Description
Why do so many of our students resist higher-order critical thinking (CT)? When they do try, why do so many find CT so difficult? And why, despite our best efforts, do our curricula and teaching typically have so little impact on CT? This workshop will offer research-based answers to these question, as well as practical, transformative strategies for promoting and improving critical thinking. Cognitive development theories and research (e.g. Perry, Belenkey, et al., Biggs, and Kitchener & King) can help us understand their resistance/difficulties and distinguish the typical levels of CT students engage in, running from "naive realism" through "rampant relativism" to "constrained social constructivism." Research demonstrates that the most dramatic gains in CT -- for example, no Fs in college calculus classes-- come from combining intentional design, structuring of social dynamics ,and step-by-step teaching of analytical tools with effective assessment and feedback. This workshop highlights Nelson's expertise in teaching "moves" to foster CT with Angelo's experience in course design, assessment and feedback. It will include and demonstrate: mini-lectures, videotaped examples, individual reflection and writing, small-group work, and structured peer discussions. Participants can expect to gain at least three new strategies they can adapt and use immediately to improve critical thinking in their courses -- as well as references and resources for follow up.
More Information:
Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching - West
Registration: Registration Form
Cost: $75
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More Information:
Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching - West
Registration: Registration Form
Cost: $75
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