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Hello All,
I am headed out in a few weeks, to do a "train the trainers" program at a
forward-looking university in Colombia. One of the Associate Provosts at
Universidad del Norte has obtained a national grant to develop some
trainers who will work as consultants with faculty members in two
departments - English and Math - at two different universities. The goal
is to convince and enable these English and Math professors to make
substantial, learning-centered changes in design of their courses and in
their teaching practices.
These trainers will have taken my online course on Integrated Course
Design [which is available in Spanish].
But while there in person, I thought it could be useful to work with
the trainers a bit more on how to use TBL as a good teaching strategy - IF
that can be applied in a good way with English and math subject matter.
*Question*: Does anyone have examples of how [and how well] this can be
used with courses in these two disciplines?
I know that traditionally:
- *English *profs like to have students read a text and then have a
whole class discussion of it.
- Are there questions that can be used as good TBL assignments for a
team to analyze a literary text, e.g., a novel or poem?
- In *math*, the tradition is for the prof to work some problems in
class at the start of a unit, and then assign homework lessons for students
to work on.
- Working math therefore always seems like a solitary, individual
activity.
- Again, are there good ways to create a TBL activity where teams
discuss something about working math problems?
Many thanks in advance for any help or ideas you can provide!
Dee Fink
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L. Dee Fink
234 Foreman Ave.
Norman, OK 73069
Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464
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Websites:
www.designlearning.org [multiple resources on course design]
www.deefinkandassociates.com [offer workshops & online courses]
www.finkconsulting.info [Fink's consulting activities &
publications]
**Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005)
**Author of: *Creating Significant Learning Experiences* (2013, Updated
Ed., Jossey-Bass)
**Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services
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