PKAL Phase VI— Empowering Faculty: Pedagogies of Engagement
Atlanta Regional Network
RECENT EVENTS:
- 2010 PKAL-Atlanta Fall Meeting: Facilitating Partnerships for STEM Pedagogy & Undergraduate Research -- Friday, November 19 at Brenau University
- 2010 PKAL-Atlanta Spring Meeting: Exploring Pathways from Classroom Pedagogy to Undergraduate Research
Vision & Goals:
The Atlanta Regional Network continues to move toward identifying its vision and goals. Network members have proposed the following areas of emphasis for the Network:
- Organizing a regional workshop where faculty could showcase, share, and discuss ideas and experience
- Forming teams of faculty from different institutions who teach similar courses to collaborate on new pedagogies
- Bringing in high profile speakers
- Interdisciplinary initiatives based solving a specific problem or working on a common interests
- Rotating open-houses to show off what is being done at different campuses.
PKAL will assist with the workshops:
- Participants will experience the pedagogy
- Participants will discuss “what works” and “how we know”
- Participants will have the opportunity for disciplinary discussions.