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== Spring 2021 Faculty Book Club ==
== Fall 2023 Faculty Book Club ==
(Postponed from Fall 2020)


The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce
its Fourteenth Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading ''Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto'' by Kevin M. Gannon.
its 16th Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading ''[https://wvupressonline.com/inclusive-teaching/Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom]'' by Kelly A. Hogan & Viji Sathy.


Here is a description of the book from the publisher:
Here is a description of the book from the publisher:


<blockquote>
<blockquote>
Higher education has seen better days. Harsh budget cuts, the precarious nature of
In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They begin with a framework describing why explicit attention to structure enhances inclusiveness in both course design and interactions with and between students. Inclusive Teaching then provides practical ways to include more voices in a series of contexts: when giving instructions for group work and class activities, holding office hours, communicating with students, and more. The authors finish with an opportunity for the reader to reflect on what evidence to include in a teaching dossier that demonstrates inclusive practices.
employment in college teaching, and political hostility to the entire enterprise of
education have made for an increasingly fraught landscape. Radical Hope is an
ambitious response to this state of affairs, at once political and practical—the work of
an activist, teacher, and public intellectual grappling with some of the most pressing
topics at the intersection of higher education and social justice.


Kevin Gannon asks that the contemporary university’s manifold problems be
The work of two highly regarded specialists who have delivered over a hundred workshops on inclusive pedagogy and who contribute frequently to public conversations on the topic, Inclusive Teaching distills state-of-the-art guidance on addressing privilege and implicit bias in the college classroom. It seeks to provide a framework for individuals and communities to ask, Who is being left behind and what can teachers do to add more structure?
approached as opportunities for critical engagement, arguing that, when done
effectively, teaching is by definition emancipatory and hopeful. Considering individual
pedagogical practice, the students who are the primary audience and beneficiaries of
teaching, and the institutions and systems within which teaching occurs, Radical
Hope surveys the field, tackling everything from impostor syndrome to cell phones in
class to allegations of a campus “free speech crisis.” Throughout, Gannon translates
ideals into tangible strategies and practices (including key takeaways at the conclusion
of each chapter), with the goal of reclaiming teachers’ essential role in the discourse of
higher education.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>


The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if
The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if
you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:
you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:
# Monday, September 28, 4:00-5:30
# Monday, September 11, 5:00-6:30 pm
# Monday, October 26, 4:00-5:30
# Monday, October 2, 5:00-6:30 pm
# Monday, November 30, 4:00-5:30
# Monday, November 13, 5:00-6:30 pm
If you are interested, [https://cat.xula.edu/about/contact please contact CAT+FD]. We will accept the first 10
people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.
 
We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!
 
== Fall 2022 Faculty Book Club ==
 
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce
its Fifteenth Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading ''[https://styluspub.presswarehouse.com/browse/book/9781620363164/Teach-Students-How-to-Learn Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation]'' by Saundra Yancy McGuire.
 
Here is a description of the book from the publisher:
 
<blockquote>
What is preventing your students from performing according to expectations? Saundra McGuire offers a simple but profound answer: If you teach students how to learn and give them simple, straightforward strategies to use, they can significantly increase their learning and performance.
 
Dr. McGuire takes the reader sequentially through the ideas and strategies that students need to understand and implement. First, she demonstrates how introducing students to metacognition and Bloom’s Taxonomy reveals to them the importance of understanding how they learn and provides the lens through which they can view learning activities and measure their intellectual growth. Next, she presents a specific study system that can quickly empower students to maximize their learning. Then, she addresses the importance of dealing with emotion, attitudes, and motivation by suggesting ways to change students’ mindsets about ability and by providing a range of strategies to boost motivation and learning; finally, she offers guidance to faculty on partnering with campus learning centers.
</blockquote>
 
The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if
you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:
# Monday, September 12, 5:00-6:30 pm
# Monday, October 3, 5:00-6:30 pm
# Monday, November 14, 5:00-6:30 pm
If you are interested, [https://cat.xula.edu/about/contact please contact CAT+FD]. We will accept the first 10
people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.
 
We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!
 
== Fall 2021 Faculty Book Club ==
 
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce
its Fourteenth Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading ''Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading'' by Jenae Cohn.
 
Here is a description of the book from the publisher:
 
<blockquote>
Students are reading on screens more than ever—how can we teach them to be better digital readers?
 
Smartphones, laptops, tablets: college students are reading on-screen all the time, and digital devices shape students’ understanding of and experiences with reading. In higher education, however, teachers rarely consider how digital reading experiences may have an impact on learning abilities, unless they’re lamenting students’ attention spans or the distractions available to students when they’re learning online.
 
Skim, Dive, Surface offers a corrective to these conversations—an invitation to focus not on losses to student learning but on the spectrum of affordances available within digital learning environments. It is designed to help college instructors across the curriculum teach digital reading in their classes, whether they teach face-to-face, fully online, or somewhere in between. Placing research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, learning science, and composition in dialogue with insight from the scholarship of teaching and learning, Jenae Cohn shows how teachers can better frame, scaffold, and implement effective digital reading assignments. She positions digital reading as part of a cluster of literacies that students should develop in order to communicate effectively in a digital environment.
</blockquote>
 
The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if
you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:
# Monday, September 27, 4:30 pm
# Monday, October 25, 4:30 pm
# Monday, November 22, 4:30 pm
If you are interested, please [https://cat.xula.edu/mail/?to=301 email Jay Todd]. We will accept the first 10
If you are interested, please [https://cat.xula.edu/mail/?to=301 email Jay Todd]. We will accept the first 10
people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.
people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.


We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!
We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!

Latest revision as of 14:00, 21 August 2023

Fall 2023 Faculty Book Club

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce its 16th Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading Teaching Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom by Kelly A. Hogan & Viji Sathy.

Here is a description of the book from the publisher:

In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They begin with a framework describing why explicit attention to structure enhances inclusiveness in both course design and interactions with and between students. Inclusive Teaching then provides practical ways to include more voices in a series of contexts: when giving instructions for group work and class activities, holding office hours, communicating with students, and more. The authors finish with an opportunity for the reader to reflect on what evidence to include in a teaching dossier that demonstrates inclusive practices.

The work of two highly regarded specialists who have delivered over a hundred workshops on inclusive pedagogy and who contribute frequently to public conversations on the topic, Inclusive Teaching distills state-of-the-art guidance on addressing privilege and implicit bias in the college classroom. It seeks to provide a framework for individuals and communities to ask, Who is being left behind and what can teachers do to add more structure?

The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:

  1. Monday, September 11, 5:00-6:30 pm
  2. Monday, October 2, 5:00-6:30 pm
  3. Monday, November 13, 5:00-6:30 pm

If you are interested, please contact CAT+FD. We will accept the first 10 people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.

We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!

Fall 2022 Faculty Book Club

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce its Fifteenth Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation by Saundra Yancy McGuire.

Here is a description of the book from the publisher:

What is preventing your students from performing according to expectations? Saundra McGuire offers a simple but profound answer: If you teach students how to learn and give them simple, straightforward strategies to use, they can significantly increase their learning and performance.

Dr. McGuire takes the reader sequentially through the ideas and strategies that students need to understand and implement. First, she demonstrates how introducing students to metacognition and Bloom’s Taxonomy reveals to them the importance of understanding how they learn and provides the lens through which they can view learning activities and measure their intellectual growth. Next, she presents a specific study system that can quickly empower students to maximize their learning. Then, she addresses the importance of dealing with emotion, attitudes, and motivation by suggesting ways to change students’ mindsets about ability and by providing a range of strategies to boost motivation and learning; finally, she offers guidance to faculty on partnering with campus learning centers.

The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:

  1. Monday, September 12, 5:00-6:30 pm
  2. Monday, October 3, 5:00-6:30 pm
  3. Monday, November 14, 5:00-6:30 pm

If you are interested, please contact CAT+FD. We will accept the first 10 people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.

We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!

Fall 2021 Faculty Book Club

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development is pleased to announce its Fourteenth Annual Fall Faculty Book Club. This fall we will be reading Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading by Jenae Cohn.

Here is a description of the book from the publisher:

Students are reading on screens more than ever—how can we teach them to be better digital readers?

Smartphones, laptops, tablets: college students are reading on-screen all the time, and digital devices shape students’ understanding of and experiences with reading. In higher education, however, teachers rarely consider how digital reading experiences may have an impact on learning abilities, unless they’re lamenting students’ attention spans or the distractions available to students when they’re learning online.

Skim, Dive, Surface offers a corrective to these conversations—an invitation to focus not on losses to student learning but on the spectrum of affordances available within digital learning environments. It is designed to help college instructors across the curriculum teach digital reading in their classes, whether they teach face-to-face, fully online, or somewhere in between. Placing research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, learning science, and composition in dialogue with insight from the scholarship of teaching and learning, Jenae Cohn shows how teachers can better frame, scaffold, and implement effective digital reading assignments. She positions digital reading as part of a cluster of literacies that students should develop in order to communicate effectively in a digital environment.

The Fall Faculty Book Club will meet three times this semester, so please only request a space if you are committed to attending all three of the following meetings:

  1. Monday, September 27, 4:30 pm
  2. Monday, October 25, 4:30 pm
  3. Monday, November 22, 4:30 pm

If you are interested, please email Jay Todd. We will accept the first 10 people who respond, and will deliver the books as soon as possible.

We look forward to reading with you and learning with you!