[bioundgrd] 7.391/7.931 Concept-Centered Teaching
Stu Dietz
dietzs at MIT.EDU
Fri Sep 8 15:57:37 EDT 2006
A reminder on the new graduate and undergraduate-level teaching
seminar being offered this fall (not listed in the MIT Bulletin).
The schedule has been finalized (see below).
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7.391/7.931 Concept-Centered Teaching
Instructor: Julia Khodor (jkhodor at mit.edu, 324-0055, Teaching and
Learning Laboratory and Department of Biology)
Fall 2006. Tuesdays 2-4pm in 68-151. Undergraduates register for
7.391; graduate students register for 7.931.
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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