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GRAD 5910:  Course in College Teaching
 

This course will encourage you to think deeply about your own views on teaching and learning.  The course will provide opportunities for you to learn more about students (we hope your own students!) as well as investigate current teaching and learning issues in your discipline.
 


In an effort to help you become more knowledgeable about learning and
more effective as an instructor, we will provide opportunities to
investigate questions such as

  • How do students learn?

  • What implications do learning theories have for your teaching?

  • What instructional skills and strategies might you need in your repertoire?

  • How can you improve your teaching?

  • What do you need to know about course development and daily planning?

The course is offered by the Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Academic Affairs.  It is taught fall and spring semesters and is listed in the registrar's online catalog in the "Other Programs" category.  This class is scheduled Mondays from 4:10 - 7:00 p.m. and is a three-credit S/U only course.  Enrollment is capped at 25.  The fall 2009 and spring 2010 course is held in Ag 41.

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Instructors for the course are award-winning University of Wyoming faculty from a variety of disciplines.  Joe Stepans teaches the course in fall 2009 and Ben Roth teaches in spring 2010.  Joe and Ben are both recipients of the John P. Ellbogen Meritorious Classroom Teaching Award.
 

Course Instructors - Fall 2009 and Spring 2010

Joe Stepans, Instructor,
Fall 2009

 Joe Stepans earned his B.S. in Physics, M.S. in Physics, and Ph.D. in Science Education.  Joe taught mathematics, physics, chemistry, and physical science to 7-12 graders in Pinedale Wyoming before joining UW as a science and math educator in 1981.  His professional interests include student misconceptions in science and math, professional development for teachers and administrators, and effective instructional strategies. 

Ben Roth, Instructor,
Spring 2010

 Ben Roth is the class instructor in spring 2010. His life sentence to the University of Wyoming began in 1969. His crimes include subverting traditional forms of instruction, publishing without certified expertise, refusing to wear a tie, and preferring fake news to the real thing. He is currently on parole from UW (via retirement from the Department of Mathematics), but anxious to relapse into his former ways.

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