Teaching as Resarch

CIRTL Online Capstone Session on Assessment

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 9:49am

All CIRTL graduate students who are currently working on a Teaching-as-Research project will have the opportunity to work with others from across the Network in CIRTL’s first Capstone Working sessions. The idea is that all students working on their capstone projects will gather on Elluminate for a presentation and discussion about a topic common to all.  Read More »

Klukas Visiting UC Boulder with CIRTL Network Exchange

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Thu, 04/22/2010 - 2:25pm

Jeff Klukas is visiting University of Colorado at Boulder as part of the CIRTL Network Exchange program where graduate students  have the opportunity to give teaching-as-research and disciplinary presentations at network institutions. Read More »

Diversity, Ways of Thinking, and Geology

Submitted by RobinGreenler on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 9:19am
At CIRTL we contend that diversity leads to improved learning experiences and better products.   Part of this argument rests on the belief that by embracing a diversity of life experiences and perspectives we also embrace different ways of thinking and paths of synthesis.  And those different ways of thinking can increase the possibility of new insights and understandings.

While this sounds plausible, the argument is strengthened by concrete examples. What are some “different ways of thinking” that are not often represented and are useful in the STEM disciplines? 
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