[bioundgrd] 7.391 Concept-Centered Teaching

[Stu Dietz]

A new teaching seminar to be offered this fall (not listed in the MIT  
Bulletin).

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7.391  Concept-Centered Teaching
Instructor: Julia Khodor (jkhodor at mit.edu, 324-0055, Teaching and  
Learning Laboratory and Department of Biology)
Fall 2006.  W1-3 or T2-4 in 68-151.  Email the instructor with your  
schedule preference or any other inquiries.

Do you like teaching, but find yourself frustrated by how little  
students seem to learn? Would you like to try teaching, but are  
nervous about whether you will be any good at it? Are you interested  
in new research on science education?

Research in science education shows that the greatest obstacle to  
student learning is the failure to identify and confront the  
misconceptions with which the students enter the class or those that  
they acquire during their studies. This weekly seminar course focuses  
on developing the participants' ability to uncover and confront  
student misconceptions and to foster student understanding and  
retention of key concepts. Participants read primary literature on  
science education, uncover basic concepts often overlooked when  
teaching biology, and lead a small weekly discussion session for  
students currently enrolled in one of the undergraduate biology classes.



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Stu Dietz
Biology Education Office, Rm. 68-120
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA  02139

Phone (617) 252-1783
Fax (617) 258-9329



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