Register NOW for Teaching Support Centre November 2015 Workshops

Please join the Teaching Support Centre this November for a series of dynamic workshops that provide both new and experienced graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with valuable insights into teaching at the university level.

Register now for up to five credits towards the Future Prof component of the Western Certificate in University and Teaching and Learning.

1. Future Prof: Critical Thinking in the Information Age: Helping Undergrads Find & Evaluate Scientific Information
   Wednesday, November 4, 2015 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
   University Community Centre (UCC), Room 147A/B
   Join Dr. Amanda Ali in this session to learn more about the strategies you can use to help undergraduates seek and evaluate scientific information.
   
   
2. Future Prof: Education for Global Citizenship
   Friday, November 20, 2015 from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
   Social Science Centre (SSC), Room 2020
   Register in this workshop to learn about ways to promote intercultural competence and global citizenship among your undergraduate students.
   
   
3. Future Prof: Creating Inclusive Classrooms Using Culturally Relevant Teaching Strategies
   Friday, November 20, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
   University Community Centre (UCC), Room 56
   In this session, we will learn how to design inclusive learning environments for students by incorporating interculturally fluent approaches into our teaching.

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As part of our Teaching Master Classes program, you can step into the undergraduate classrooms of Western’s most respected instructors and observe them engaging with their students. Following the in-class observation, participants meet with the instructor to discuss teaching strategies employed in the classroom.

1. Teaching Master Classes - Lecture in Psychology
   Class observation: 1:30 pm - 3:20 pm, North Campus Building (NCB), Room 101
   Post-observation discussion: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Teaching Support Centre, Weldon Library, Room 121
   Join Dr. Mike Atkinson as he teaches 800 students in his first year Super Psych class where students are introduced to the methods and findings of modern scientific psychology.
   
   
2. Teaching Master Classes - Lecture in Statistics
   Class observation: 10:30 pm - 11:20 pm, Social Science Centre (SSC), Room 2050
   Post-observation discussion: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Teaching Support Centre, Weldon Library, Room 121
   Join Dr. Bethany White as she teaches second year honours students from departments outside Statistical and Actuarial Sciences in her Statistics for Science course.

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