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Sheridan Center Programs: Fall 2010 - Current

This page lists events from fall 2010 to the present.  Click on an event below to see a description of the program and/or access handouts from that program. 

2011-12

ORIENTATIONS

• New Faculty Orientation to Teaching at Brown
• New TA Orientation to Teaching at Brown
  
  • Workshop on Teaching for the First Time
  • Workshop on Interactive Classrooms
  • Workshop on Grading & Rubrics

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

• Responding to Student Writing in the Humanities & Social Sciences
• Interactive Classrooms
• Series on Reflective Learning
  • Nurturing the Development of the Reflective Thinker: Essential Skills for Learning
  • Reading, Reflecting, and Relating: A Metacognitive Approach to Learning
  • Teaching, Not Telling: The Workshop Method of Teaching Literature
• Series on Teaching Literature
  
  • Responding to Student Writing in Literature Classes
  • Teaching, Not Telling: The Workshop Method of Teaching Literature
• Academic Job Search Series
  • Teaching Philosophy Statement
• Learning with Technology Series
  • Extending the Classroom Learning Community with Technology
  • How Class Discussions Help Students Learn
  • Electronic Media & the New Horizons of Education
• NSF Career Awards

2010-11

ORIENTATIONS

• New Faculty Orientation to Teaching at Brown
• New TA Orientation to Teaching at Brown

SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS

• Classroom Peer Observation
• Faculty Life at a Liberal Arts College
• Integrating Research into the Undergraduate Laboratory
• Leading Discussions in the Humanities & Social Sciences
• Responding to Student Writing in the Humanities & Social Sciences
• Syllabus Construction for Summer@Brown
• Teaching Labs in UG Science Course
• Teaching for the First Time
• Undergrad Teaching & Research Collaborations

• Series on Teaching Foreign Languages
  
  • Effective Task Design for Communicative Language Teaching
  • Practical Techniques for Teaching Vocabulary and Grammar
  • Teaching Reading Comprehension through Literature
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll? Music as Cultural Supplements to Language Classes
• Series on Teaching Literature
  • Leading Discussions
  • Syllabus/Course Design
• Academic Job Search Series
  • Preparing For Your First Year after Graduate School
  • Preparing For Your First Year as a Faculty Member in the Humanities & Social Sciences
  • Preparing Now for Next Year’s Academic Job Market
  • Teaching Philosophy Statements
  • Teaching Portfolios
• Visualization & Representation
  • Incorporating Artifacts into Your Teaching
  • Making Visual Illusions
  • Teaching Effectively with Visuals
  • Using Visual Images to Enhance Critical Thinking and Communication