Better Teaching @ MIT
Dr. Lori Breslow, Director, Teaching and Learning Laboratory
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
A series of lunchtime workshops designed to help MIT instructors teach better. We'll talk to some of MIT’s best teachers about how they teach, get some advise on teamwork from MIT coaches, look at how to engage students in productive classroom discussion, and other topics. Workshops are open to all members of the MIT community.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/tll
Contact: Cindy Dernay Tervalon, 5-122, x3-3371, cdernay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
Tech's Top Teachers Talk Turkey
Dr. Lori Breslow, Moderator
This year's Better Teaching series kicks off with a session in which some of MIT's best teachers—
both faculty and teaching assistants—talk about how to teach well.
Mon Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
Planning and Running Recitations
Lori Breslow, Ph.D.
Do you want to create a classroom environment that encourages student questioning, discussion, and real-time experimentation? This session will look at ways to get students talking, doing things, and learning both from you and each another.
Tue Jan 25, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
Coaches Teach the Teachers
Lori Breslow, Ph.D., Moderator
Many of the skills athletic coaches use in working with their players are skills that teachers can and should use to help students learn. Come hear what MIT’s award-winning coaches can tell us about motivating and teaching them to work in teams.
Wed Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
Special Considerations for Teaching in the Multicultural Classroom
Jane Dunphy, Director, English Language Studies
MIT's cultural diversity is an exciting resource. If handled sensitively, it can enrich the Institute's educational and intellectual life. Handled poorly, it can present an obstacle to productive participation of MIT students. Here, we will discuss strategies to increase understanding and effective management of the multicultural class room.
Thu Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
How to Speak
Professor Patrick Winston
Every instructor needs to present his or her material in an enthusiastic, positive, coherent way to reach students effectively. Information must be conveyed in a relaxed, honest, and focused manner and be clear enough to be understood. MIT's legendary Patrick Winston presents his renowned session on how to do just that!
Fri Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 4-153
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Grad Students Talk About TAing in EECS
Stephen Hou, Thomas Gauthier
Wed Jan 19, 05-07:00pm, 34-401
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Experienced TAs will talk informally about all the things they wish
they knew before they TAd for the first time. For new Teaching
Assistants and those interested in TA issues. Will also cover
techniques for getting TAships.
Pizza will be served.
Run by the EECS Graduate Student Association
Web: http://eecs-gsa.mit.edu/
Contact: Stephen Hou, shou@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Learn to Teach with ESP
Michael Shaw
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Come join the MIT Educational Studies Program and practice the art of teaching. Feel free to attend all or only some of the classes. For more detailed descriptions please visit our class webpage. Please send all questions or comments to esp-iap@MIT.edu or directly to Michael at MShaw@MIT.edu
Web: http://esp.mit.edu/esp_web/iap/index.php
Contact: Michael Shaw, MShaw@MIT.edu
Sponsor: Educational Studies Program
Know Yourself / Know Your Students
Michael Shaw
Learning Styles, personalities, Myers-Briggs
Tue Jan 11, 02-05:00pm, 4-231
Being a Teen
Michael Shaw
Emotional versus Intellectual Age, pressures kids face, how not to be part of the problem
Thu Jan 13, 02-05:00pm, 1-246
Psychology of Teaching
Michael Shaw
Little things you might not think about while teaching.
Tue Jan 18, 02-05:00pm, 4-231
Active Learning
Michael Shaw
TEAL done right. Yes, its actually possible.
Thu Jan 20, 02-05:00pm, 1-246
Designing a Class / Planning a Semester
Michael Shaw
How to go from a successful teaching idea to a successful class.
Tue Jan 25, 02-05:00pm, 4-231
15 Minute Stage Shows
Michael Shaw
A few of ESP's best demonstrating our teaching techniques. Come to learn or email MShaw@MIT.edu if you'd like to present
Thu Jan 27, 02-05:00pm, 1-246
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Talking about Teaching: An Orientation to Teaching Recitations in HASS
Dr. Lori Breslow
Tue Jan 25, 03:30-05:00pm, 4-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Prereq: none
SHASS is pleased to sponsor an opportunity for recitation instructors to come together with Dr. Lori Breslow, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory at MIT, to talk about how to plan and lead recitations specifically in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Participants will determine the flow of the conversation. Topics could include: managing a discussion, encouraging participation, asking and answering questions, negotiating work as a TA with other responsibilities, navigating the relationship between the lecture and the recitation and between the lecturer and the recitation instructor, and handling the challenges both inside and outside of the classroom (including where to go at MIT for additional help for students).
Contact: Cindy Tervalon, 5-122, x3-3371, cdernay@mit.edu
Sponsor: Teaching and Learning Lab
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