Description:

University Teaching Roundtable (UTR): Crafting the Curriculum to Foster Students' Creativity and Independent Learning

WHEN: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
            12:00PM - 1:30PM

WHERE: Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
              627 Dartmouth Place
              Evanston

In this University Teaching Roundtable, Vasili Byros and Francesca Tataranni will lead discussion of their experience introducing new courses in the curriculum to help students construct their own autodidactic identity and develop a stronger sense of ownership of their learning. To achieve this goal, they adopted a progressive design of assignments that, combined with a customized assessment strategy, motivates students to enhance the quality and creativity of their work. They will share with the audience the motivations behind their pedagogical choices, their theoretical and methodological perspectives, as well as the practical challenges and benefits of this approach.

*Registration Required. Please register.

Led by:

Vasili Byros, Associate Professor, Music Theory and Cognition; Chair, Department of Music Studies, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award Recipient

Vasili Byros, Associate Professor, Music Theory and Cognition; Chair, Department of Music Studies, Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence Award Recipient

Francesca Tataranni, Professor of Instruction of Classics and Director of the Latin Program, Charles Deering McCormick Distinguished Professor of Instruction Award Recipient

Location: Current location is not wheelchair accessible. Please note we may move the location at the Evanston Campus if needed. Please keep a look out for the location announcements closer to the event data.