CIRTL Coffee Hour 11/15: Continuing STEM education work as faculty (featuring Vanderbilt’s Robert Webster)

Posted by Rhett Mcdaniel on Friday, November 11, 2011 in Events, News.

The 2011-2012 CIRTL Coffee Hour Series provides an opportunity for STEM (science, technology, engineering, & math) graduate students and post docs to get together online and talk about careers and the academic job search. The series is facilitated by a mix of young faculty who have recently secured positions and more seasoned tenured faculty. This year’s focus is: The Academic Job Market: Navigating the Search and Creating the Career.

The third Coffee Hour of the 2011-12 academic year will be held Tuesday, November 15, 2011, from 1 to 2 pm Central, and will feature panelists discussing their experiences conducting Teaching As Research work in their own classrooms.

Continuing STEM education work as a faculty: presenting, publishing, and doing TAR work in the classroom

How do you incorporate a systematic research approachto improving your teaching over the long haul? Can youreally apply your research skills to make improvement ofteaching and learning an ongoing process? Come hearhow several faculty use a Teaching-as-Research (TAR)approach to modify what they do in their own classroomand beyond.

Panelists:

Trina McMahon, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Robert Webster III, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University

Coffee Hours are held on the 3rd Tuesday at 1:00pm CT in the CIRTL online classroom. There is no need to preregister, just contact Vanderbilt’s CIRTL Program Coordinator, Jean Alley, or visit the Coffee Hour website for more information.

Tags: Career, CIRTL, Future Faculty, Graduate Education