Practical pedagogy fall quarter events

Practical Pedagogy is a graduate student colloquium that brings together teachers from the University of Washington community to discuss strategies for putting their pedagogical values into practice.

*Special faculty guest: Dr. Anne Beaufort, UW Tacoma
"They Don't Do The Reading: How to Get Students Engaged with Texts"
Thursday October 16, 3:30-5:00, CMU 202

Students come to college experts in reading Facebook, blogs, text messages, email. When students are assigned whole books, textbooks, or difficult articles, the skills they have don't serve them well. Nor do they feel motivated to read. What can we do? In this workshop, we'll look at ways to engage analytical reading skills and to motivate reading other than through the proverbial quiz. Bring a text that students will read this quarter, or one from past or future courses.

Dr. Anne Beaufort, of the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences College at UW Tacoma, teaches writing and coaches graduate students in surviving the thesis/dissertation process. She holds a Ph.D. in Education, with a specialization in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Stanford University.

"Using Pocket Technology to Teach Interviewing Skills"
Thursday November 20, 3:30-5:00, CMU 226

The various technologies carried in the pockets of most of our undergraduates can be harnessed to teach interviewing skills or to incorporate interviewing into a class assignment. Through the use of file conversion web sites, the instructor may download and then listen to these interviews—later meeting with the student to review specific portions for praise and improvement. This technique of using digital recorders, cameras or phones for recording an interview eliminates the fear factor for most students. It also allows the instructor to easily access the file both for assessment and for review with the students. Facilitator: Peg Achterman (Communication).