From Electrical Engineering TA Handbook

We invite you to join us each quarter! Explore pedagogical topics in greater detail through reading and discussion. All TAs are welcome and encouraged to join.

This group is open to all EE CAs and TAs who are interested in reading and discussing pedagogical topics and issues related to teaching. We meet two to three times each quarter for an hour to discuss articles (less than 25 pages per session) that will help to inform your teaching practice. Some of the topics will be directly connected to the TA quarterly workshops and some may be new. Reading materials are available onine in the TA Handbok at the beginning of each quarter.

We ask that if you chose to attend the reading group to please have read the materials listed below when you come to the group session. This way everyone can engage in the group discussion and get the most out of each session. We look forward to seeing you at the reading group!

The goals of the CA Pedagogy Reading Group:

• Create a space in which ideas can be shared and open dialogue about teaching can occur
• Bridge pedagogical theories and practices
• Foster a community of teachers and scholars who are committed to the practice of teaching
  

Spring Quarter Reading Group Schedule

Spring Quarter Reading Group materials TBA

Winter Quarter Reading Group Schedule 

Self-Management & Time Management

Tuesday, January 25

3:30PM to 4:30PM Packard 204

Ailamaki, A.; Gehrke, J. (2003). Time Management for New Faculty 32(2), 102-106. Retrieved September 28, 2010 from [1]. 

Fogg, P. (2009). Balance Sheet: Staying Healthy, and Even Happy, in Graduate School. The Chronical of Higher Education 55(24). Retrieved October 8, 2010 from http://chronicle.com/article/Balance-Sheet-Staying/32576/.

Learning Styles in Lab Instruction

Wednesday, February 9

3:30PM to 4:30PM Packard 204

Please see me in Packard 176 for article.

Learning Environment Construction

Thursday, March 3

3:30PM to 4:30PM Packard 204

Oblinger, D. (2006). Learning How to See. In Diana Oblinger, Learning Spaces (pp. 14-1 to 14-11). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE. Retrieved January 4, 2011 from [2].

Autumn Quarter Reading Group Schedule

Self-Management & Time Management
Monday, October 11

3:30PM to 4:30PM

Packard 204
• Ailamaki, A.; Gehrke, J. (2003). Time Management for New Faculty 32(2), 102-106. Retrieved September 28, 2010 from [3]

• Fogg, P. (2009). Balance Sheet: Staying Healthy, and Even Happy, in Graduate School. The Chronical of Higher Education 55(24). Retrieved October 8, 2010 from [4].
  

Managing Effect Grading
Wednesday, October 20

• Davis, B.G. (1993) Tools for Teaching. Jossey-Bass: San Fransisco. Retrieved August 10, 2010 from [5]

• Moskal, Barbara M. (2000). Scoring rubrics: what, when and how?. Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 7(3). Retrieved August 10, 2010 from http://PAREonline.net/getvn.asp?v=7&n=3

What is Diversity Pedagogy and how to incorporate it into teaching?
Tuesday, November 16

• Sheet, R.H. (2009). What Is Diversity Pedagogy? 16 (3), 11-17. Retrieved September 16, 2010 from http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/search/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ847137&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=EJ847137.

• Fogg, P. (2007). A Dozen Teaching Tips for Diverse Classrooms, Retrieved August 8, 2010 from [6]