The Society for
Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education

 

 

Seventh Annual Conference
on

Teaching and Learning
in Higher Education

 

June 21-24, 1987 e Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario

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Guest Presentations by Don Finkel e is ions
and Dorothy Smith
e 3M Fellows Report
The Conference on Teaching and Learning e Maximizing Teaching - Learning by Focus on
provides faculty, educational researchers, Learning Styles
administrators, and instructional developers with a * Research on Innovative Teaching Practice
forum in which to discuss ways to improve e Absenteeism: A Survival Technique
teaching and learning in post-secondary education. e The Historical Vignette and Its Role in Medical

Education
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice
in Business Education

Guest Presentations

 

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher e Teaching Theory and Theorized Teaching
Education is pleased that Don Finkel and e Self-Directed Learning
Dorothy Smith will be contributing to this e The Difference Women Teachers Make
Conference. e Issues around Gender in the Classroom

e Male-Female Relating
Dorothy Smith will speak Monday morning. The e Preparing Graduate Students for a Career in
title of her talk is: Feminism Versus the Academy. Teaching
Dr, Smith is Professor of Sociology in the e Evaluation of Teaching and Learning in North
Department of Sociology in Education at the America
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the e Student Evaluation of Teaching
University of Toronto. She has published widely e Peer Evaluation of Teaching
on theory and methodology in the social sciences, ¢ Teaching Ethics and Transmitting Values in the
particularly on feminist epistemology. Her book, Modern University
The Everyday World as Problematic; A Feminist e Issues in Adult Education and Continuing

Sociology, will be forthcoming in the Fall of 1987. Education
*® Faculty Development Networking: Sharing

Innovative Pratices
e Work-Study Programs in the Liberal Arts
e Computer Assisted Learning

Don Finkel will speak Tuesday morning. His
topic will be: Power Versus Authority in the
College Classroom. Dr. Finkel is the author of
Contexts for Learning: A Guide to the Design of :
Educational Experience. He is co-founder and former Fe ee evening, 0GE
director of the Evergreen Summer Institute for i i
College Teachers and he teaches at Evergreen Oo : :
. ; z n Monday and Tuesday mornings there will be a
State College in Olympia, Washington. plenary, session followed by concurrent sessions.
On Wednesday morning there will be workshops,
followed by a conference evaluation.

‘ The seventh conference will follow the tradition

imulati rkshops is 7 ; ‘and
of stressing interactive sessions,such as panel an
round table discussions, workshops, and seminars.

 

e Mentoring
e Teaching Lyric Poetry The Conference is sponsored by The Society for
e On Explaining - . ; . Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and
e Strategic Planning: Decision-making and Risk Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
Taking
e Starpower- A Simulation _ For registration information call (6/3) 545-2540
* Writing and Teaching Writing or write to:
e Learning Partners: Encouraging Independent The Society of Teaching and Learning in
Learning - . Higher Education
® "Shrew" or "Rule of Thumb" - A Play clo Health Sciences Of fice of Education
e Peer Consultation Workshop Botterell Hall
* Teaching Values Through Roleplay i . Queen's University Kingston, Ontario
e The Learning Trail: Personal Interaction with K7L3N6

the Environment

Registration Forms may be obtained from Gerry DellaMattia.