CIE, Teaching Academy to explore teaching, learning through reading groups for faculty

The Teaching Academy and the Center for Instructional Excellence are inviting faculty to join Purdue's faculty teaching and learning reading groups in the fall semester. These reading groups will bring together faculty from around the campus in small groups to discuss how recent books about the classroom and teaching and learning may inform what they do.

For this fall semester, participants will read "Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning" by James M. Lang. The book identifies concrete, research-based methods to enhance teaching and learning at every stage of the semester, drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology.

Participants will read the book over the course of the semester, meeting once each month to discuss the ideas/theories from the book, and how to apply these ideas this semester and in the future. Lunch will be provided.

Faculty who would like to participate during Fall 2017 should fill out an online questionnaire by Sept. 1 and provide information about themselves and their availability (mark all possible days of availability).

Those who cannot make it this semester but are interested in faculty reading and learning communities, or who have suggestions for future books/topics, should contact Dan Guberman at dguberma@purdue.edu.