This month Angela Jenks, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Katie Cox, an anthro PhD candidate, will share their experiences and insights from a pilot program that brought faculty and TAs together at the planning stage of a course in order to better integrate discussion sections with the rest of the class. We’ll be joined by […]
Assignment Inspiration
Our November meeting provided an opportunity for skill share and trouble shooting about assignments. We benefited from our colleagues’ generosity and now have an archive of inspiration*: assignments that offer opportunities for students to identify arguments, develop arguments, refine argumentation, identify evidence, use evidence in various, specific ways, engage with (surprising!) secondary sources, improve individual […]
Off to a Productive Start
The first FLC meeting of the academic year brought together a balance of returning members and new faces, including faculty new to campus. We are comprised of teachers from 7 departments and teaching units with expertise in 9 disciplines. We began the meeting documenting individual teaching successes—which we shared with the group—then set individual goals […]