From: Ken Bain [mailto:
Bainkr@merle.acns.nwu.edu]
Please share the following information with your colleagues.
What Do the Best University Teachers Do?
Summer Institute
June 27-29, 2001
Northwestern University
We are pleased to announce our 2001 Summer Institute: What Do the Best
University Teachers Do?
Held on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (on
the North Shore outside of Chicago), the Institute stems from a
fourteen-year study of the practices and thinking of highly successful
teachers, those people who seem to have
great success in helping and encouraging their students to achieve
remarkable learning results. It features some of the professors who were
subjects of the study. Enrollment is limited. Program has filled
rapidly in past years
What do the best teachers do to captivate and motivate students, to help
them reach unusually high levels of accomplishment? What can the
learning sciences tell us about helping people learn? Participants in
this highly interactive workshop will explore and use both recent
conclusions from the learning sciences and findings from a fourteen-year
inquiry into practices and insights of highly successful teachers. The
program will emphasize both improving one's teaching and developing ways
to share
insights with colleagues back home. Last year�s program filled
rapidly. Enrollment is limited.
The workshop will begin at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 27, 2001, and
continue until early afternoon on Friday, June 29, and will take place
on the Northwestern University campus.
Fees
The 2001 early registration fee of $495 (received by 4/01/2001) includes
tuition, course materials, breaks, most meals, and a three-day pass to
the Sports/Aquatics Center and to the beach on Lake Michigan. Regular
registration until May 1, with a
fee of $545. Please make check payable to "Excellence in Education."
Hotels: Evanston Holiday Inn ($105) (four blocks). 800-382-6786.
Omni Orrington ($119) (one block). 847-866-8700. Both rates double per
night plus tax. Must
mention Excellence in Education and make your reservations by May 20,
2001 to receive either rate.
Faculty
Kenneth R. Bain director of Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at
Northwestern. Winner of four major teaching awards as a professor of
history. Has worked with faculty development programs for sixteen
years. Currently finishing his third book on
US policy in the Middle East and another on evaluation and improvement
of teaching.
Jeanette Norden professor of cell biology at Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, the first University Professor of Teaching
Excellence, and professor of neuroscience in the College of Arts and
Sciences. Winner of every teaching award
given by medical students. Also lauded for undergraduate teaching.
Winner of major national teaching award (AAMC) for medical schools
2000. Her stress on both the personal and intellectual development of
medical students has made her a maverick in medical education.
Gregory Light, associate director, Searle Center, former faculty member
Centre for Higher Education Studies, University of London. Highly
respected and popular workshop leader in the UK, has conducted programs
and consulted widely, including
the University of Oxford, Kings College London, and University College
London, Leading researcher on learning and author of Learning and
Teaching in Higher Education: The Reflective Professional. (Sage, March
2001).
Ann Woodworth associate professor of theatre and Charles Deering
McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.
Fellow of the Searle Center for Teaching Excellence. Award-winning
teacher, widely acclaimed as one of the leading acting teachers and
directors and for her insights into the art and craft of teaching. She
will conduct a master class on improving classroom communication.
Kimberly Lawler-Sagarin, associate director, Searle Center, former
associate professor of chemistry at Cal State, Fresno. Highly lauded
teacher. Pioneered work in on-line learning, use of computational
programs in the science curriculum, and
developing problem solving skills through active learning in science
courses.
Chicago and the North Shore
Northwestern is located along the North Shore, a suburban area of
tree-lined neighborhoods, parks, and beaches. The train, El, and Lake
Shore Drive connect with downtown Chicago, North Michigan Avenue
shopping, theaters, restaurants, museums, ballparks, festivals,
neighborhood fairs, Ravinia concerts, zoos, and the like.
What Do the Best Teachers Do?
Application: 6th Annual International Institute: Chicago (Evanston)
June 27-29, 2001:
$495 (applications received by April 1, 2001)
$545 (applications received by May 1, 2001)
Please type or print:
Name
Informal Name
Institution
Discipline
Years Teaching in College
Street/P.O. Box
City
State Zip
Telephone Fax
E-Mail
What is your main objective in coming to this program? Please use back
of page or additional paper if necessary.
Full tuition payment ($495 by April 1, 2001; $545 until May 1) must
accompany application. Notification of acceptance will be mailed no
later than early May 2001. Cancellations made prior to May 7 are
subject to a ten percent fee; cancellations made thereafter are subject
to the total charge. Make check payable to "Excellence in Education
Program."
Co-Sponsored with the Larisa Marshall Consortium for Excellence in
Learning and Teaching .
Mail to:
Excellence in Education Program
Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Northwestern University
627 Dartmouth Place
Evanston, IL 60208-4181
Phone: 847/467-2338 Web:
http://president.scfte.nwu.edu/Bestteachers2001.html
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Ken Bain, Director
Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Northwestern University
627 Dartmouth Place
Evanston, IL 60208-4181
(847) 467-2338
email:
bainkr@nwu.edu
http://president.scfte.nwu.edu
For directions to the Center, see the maps on our Web site.