LEAP Indiana Virtual Prof. Dev. Speaker – Bryan Dewsbury
February 14 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am
This session is part of the LEAP Indiana Virtual Professional Development Series
Teaching Students and Not Just ‘Subjects’
Dr. Bryan Dewsbury
In this session we will focus on what teaching humans entails, including the approaches, curriculum decisions, and strategies that cultivate intrinsic motivation. These strategies, if fully engaged in, allow us to bring out the best out of our diverse classrooms. Mechanisms for non-cognitive assessment will also be discussed.
Dr. Dewsbury is an Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. He is the Principal Investigator of the Science Education and Society (SEAS) research program, a team blending research on the social context of teaching and learning, faculty development of inclusive practices, and programming to cultivate equity in education. Dr. Dewsbury is a Fellow with the John N. Gardner Institute, where he assists institutions of higher education cultivate best practices in inclusive education. Also, he is one of the co-authors of The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching.
Location
Virtual – register for connection information
Audience
All Faculty and Instructors
To request a disability-related accommodation, please contact the Office of Institutional Equity at oie@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.