1: Welcome Session

Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Describe the historical roots of the Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching (SI) and the Mobile Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching (MoSI)
• Reflect on the limitations of passive instruction
• List your teaching challenges and supports

 

Posing the Problem:

A Private Universe Video, Minds of Our Own: https://vimeo.com/113349804

 

Father Guido Sarducci: 5 Minute University

 

Linked References:

In active learning classes, students fail less & perform better

Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics

A four-pronged approach to change by Charles Henderson

Beyond Dissemination in College Science Teaching: An Introduction to Four Core Change Strategies

 

Session Slides:

U Montana Welcome 2019.pdf