Hello Everyone-
Welcome back! Below you’ll find information about activities at the Faculty Center and beyond.
Have a great first week of the spring semester,
Melody
HAPPENINGS FOR THE WEEK
(All events will be held in CB1 207 unless otherwise noted. If you would like to participate in a workshop via webconferencing, please email fctl@ucf.edu to make arrangements.)
Tuesday, January 7th
Faculty Writing Club 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Workshop: Assessing Service-Learning 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 9th
Workshop: Reconsidering Learning Theories and Teaching Purposes 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday, January 10th
Faculty Writing Club 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
INVITATION FROM THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT: GUEST LECTURE ON WEDNESDAY
Michael Marder, a professor of physics and Executive Director of the UTEACH Science Progam at the University of Texas- Austin, will speak on Wednesday, January 8, at 4 PM in the Physical Sciences Building (PS), Room 161. UTeach is a program for the preparation of secondary math and science teachers, and has been emulated at more than 40 universities across the US. Marder is also involved in helping to introduce inquiry-based techniques into undergraduate teaching and developing science and math summer camps. Marder's talk will focus on theories for why US public schools are failing and how mistaken theories are putting public education at risk.
FROM THE OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: INVITATION TO FACULTY
The Office of Undergraduate Research will be sending a team to the Council on Undergraduate Research: Integrating Undergraduate Research into the Curriculum Institute. This will be held at Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL on March 28-30. More information about this institute is available at: http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/institutes/integrating_undergraduate_research_into_the_curriculum/
OUR will fund the (1) institute, (2) group carpool mileage, and (3) two night hotel accommodation for selected faculty.
If you are interested in attending please send me an interest email to Kim Schneider (KRS@ucf.edu) by January 10 with the following:
Keri Watson
College of Arts and Humanities
An integral part of a liberal arts education, art history
provides students with a visual narrative of historical styles, demonstrates
how different styles operate within the socio-political atmosphere of their
making, and teaches students the skills they need to navigate an increasingly
visual world.
My a...
Mary Tripp
College of Sciences
In school, I believed that good writing was a “gift” for a chosen few, and I wasn’t one of the chosen. After many years, I realized that becoming a good writer is a struggle for everyone. Like learning to write, learning to teach is also a struggle for everyone. Good teaching is not a “gift” for a chosen few—good ...
Jeff Biddle
College of Education and Human Performance
My teaching philosophy is based on my desire to help my students be successful in the classroom, in the program, and most importantly, in life after graduation. I truly believe that "students do not care what you know until they know that you care." I try my best to learn the names of all of my stude...