CIE and Teaching Academy to explore teaching, learning through reading groups for faculty

The Teaching Academy and the Center for Instructional Excellence are inviting faculty to join Purdue's faculty teaching and learning reading groups in the spring semester. These reading groups will bring together faculty from around the campus in small groups to discuss how recent books about the classroom and teaching and learning may inform what they do.

For the spring semester, participants will read “How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching" by Joshua Eyler. The book draws on research in diverse fields as well as interviews and observations of teaching around the country to explore theory and offer practical tools for enhancing student learning.

Participants will read the book over the course of the semester, meeting four times to discuss the ideas, theories and application for this semester and in the future.

Participants can choose to meet from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Mondays or from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Fridays on the following dates:

* Mondays: Feb. 10, March 2, March 23 and April 20.

* Fridays: Feb. 14, March 6, March 27 and April 24.

Faculty who would like to participate during spring 2020 should fill out an online questionnaire by Jan. 24, providing information about themselves and their availability.

Those who cannot make it this semester but are interested in faculty reading and learning communities, or who have suggestions for future books/topics, should contact Dan Guberman at dguberma@purdue.edu.