evaluations

Requested Follow-up Activities/Events/Resources

Bring Dr. Paul back for a one-day seminar.
Create an actual course in critical thinking.
- A get together with the attendees and share what they have improved.
- A meeting at the end of the year to assess progress and how participants have used this information/Invite same group of participants back to meet for and hour or two to discuss "how it’s going."
- Have participants develop a lesson and present it (in groups). This could be done in several weeks facilitated by someone in Maricopa.
- Discussion group (on-line?) of people in the workshop on how they have applied within their own course.
- Half-day workshop in four to six months to discuss what worked and what didn’t.
Grants for incorporating critical thinking activities in the classroom.
Assessment techniques/Testing for critical thinking/Writing test items.
A workshop on integrating critical thinking into the design of distance learning courses.
Have a session on the "challenged thinker" to see if we made any progress in our critical thinking skills.
Critical thinking exercise seminars for specific subjects or related subjects (i.e. science, etc.). Breakout sessions hat are discipline-specific. Critical thinking in Mathematics, Astronomy, Geology, etc.
Follow-up materials to those who have attended.
Repeat the subject with another instructor so one could get another view point.
Workshop by Barry Leshowitz, perhaps an on-line workshop or sequence.

Topics Suggested For Future Faculty Development Events

Technology:
- Developing online courses. Additional teaching methods.
- More on distance or async successes.
- Alternative delivery for classes.
- Effectively integrating technology into instruction (based on pedagogical issues).
Assessment:
- Evaluation/Test writing.
- Self-assessment for students. How is it done? What tools are available/effective?
- Assessment using critical thinking (practical methods).
More on problem-based learning (several days).
Learning styles.
Mind mapping: a different way to take notes.
Multiple intelligences.
Cultural competence. Intercultural communication. Cultural awareness.
Topics that deal with philosophies and social ideology and change.
Stress management and relaxation techniques.
Interdisciplinary issues:
- Learning communities/Block courses/Team eaching/Coordinated assignments.
- Connecting sports and arts with other disciplines.
- Use of drama in nontraditional courses, such as Geology, Chemistry, or Physics.
- Setting up interdisciplinary learning groups.
- Using literature in various disciplines.
- Why a broad range of disciplines is pertinent to earning a degree.
Creativity and interaction in the classroom.
Team building.