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Dec
3
2020

Teaching-as-Research: Applying Research Principles to Improve Learning

When: Thursday, December 3, 2020
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM CT

Where: Online

Audience: Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Cost: free, but registration is required

Contact: Lauren Woods  

Group: Searle Center Events

Category: Academic

Description:

Workshop Description:

Applying research methodology within teaching and learning contexts to improve student outcomes is known as teaching-as-research (TAR). In this workshop, participants will learn about TAR and the process of completing a TAR project. After exploring examples of TAR projects, participants will begin writing questions for projects of their own. Participants will leave the workshop with a draft TAR question and an action plan for moving their projects forward. This workshop is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from all departments and disciplines, especially those who are interested in the Searle Teaching-as-Research (STAR) program.

Please bring your preferred writing utensils (paper & pen/laptop/tablet). Prior to attending the workshop, please watch these two videos (~10 minutes total):

An Introduction to TAR Video
An Introduction to the TAR Inquiry Cycle
 

About the Facilitator:

Lauren Woods, PhD is the Assistant Director of CIRTL at Northwestern at the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching. Lauren develops, facilitates, and evaluates professional development programming for STEM graduate students and postdocs and works with STEM instructors to identify ways they can create inclusive learning environments for students. Prior to joining the Searle Center, Lauren was a postdoctoral researcher at Davidson College. She holds a B.A. in Zoology from Ohio Wesleyan University and a Ph.D. in Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.

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