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“Applying the Science of Learning to the University and Beyond” will be the topic for Diane Halpern, keynote speaker at the Institute for Teaching and Learning’s 2003 Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Learning on April 11 in the Student Union.
The daylong event, which will continue from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., will feature faculty and staff-led concurrent sessions, panels, workshops and posters on teaching and learning innovations, the scholarship of teaching and learning, classroom research, assessment and student-led poster sessions on undergraduate research. (A list of University participants and their topics appears at the end of this story.)
Halpern, who will speak at the noon luncheon, is a professor of psychology and director of the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children at Claremont McKenna College in California. She also is the 2004 president-elect of the American Psychological Association (APA).
“Dr. Diane Halpern is not only an internationally recognized scholar on critical thinking and learning in college, she’s also an informative, inspiring and very engaging speaker,” says Thomas Angelo, director of the ITL. “She has been my first choice to keynote the ‘Celebration’ since I became director in 2001, and so I'm extremely pleased that her calendar allowed her to join us this year.”
Halpern, who earned a Ph.D. in psychology in 1979 at the University of Cincinnati, joined Claremont McKenna College in 2001. Previously, she taught at California State University, San Bernardino, where she became a full professor in 1986. From 1996 to 1999, she served as chair of its psychology department.
Active in many professional organizations, Halpern currently serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Applied Psychology and the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. She also has served as a consultant on assessment of teaching and learning outcomes for California State University, Sacramento, Minnesota’s state universities system and at the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.
With many journal articles and book chapters to her credit, Halpern also is the author of several books, including, “Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking” (fourth edition) in 2003, and “Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum: A Brief Edition of Thought and Knowledge” in 1997, both published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers. She also co-authored “Applying the Science of Learning to the University and Beyond — New Directions for Teaching and Learning” published 2002 by Jossey-Bass.
Halpern also has been the recipient of many honors, including the 2002 Western Psychological Association Outstanding Teaching Award, Wang Family Excellence Award for 1999-2000 and the American Psychological Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching for 1998-1999. In 1998, Halpern received one of three “Eminent Women in Psychology” awards, presented by the APA.
During the luncheon, four awards will be presented — Outstanding Teacher-Scholar, Outstanding Part-Time Teacher, Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant-Doctoral level and Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant-Master’s level.
To attend the luncheon, R.S.V.P. by April 8 to itl@uakron.edu or ext. 2574.
Here is the list of topics to be presented by University of Akron faculty and students.
“Strategies for Feedback in Online Learning,” Selma Vonderwell, educational foundations and leadership.
“The Evolution of Teaching to Enhance Student Reasoning,” David McConnell, director of UA’s Center for Collaboration and Inquiry.
“Linking Cognitive Process of Students to Learning and Teaching;” Jerry Obiekwe, Wayne College-mathematics.
“When Faculty Become Students,” Deborah Gwin and Meredith Kalapich, UA Adult Focus.
“Vygotsky and You,” Michael Morsches, developmental programs.
“Inquiry-based Learning Online: A Workshop for Course Development,” Evangeline Newton, Denise Stuart and Ruth Oswald, curricular and instructional studies; Evangeline Varonis, Learning Technologies and Scholar/Learning Services; and Shelley Waltonen-Moore, doctoral student.
“Teaching Teamwork,” Helen Qammar chemical engineering; Robert Newby, Noven Inc.; Rex Ramsier, physics; and Joanna Beyeler, graduate student.
“Examining the Effects of Social Collaboration on Language and Learning,” Terry Hallett, speech language-pathology and audiology; and Nikki Wingerson, social work.
“Designing a Learning Community in an Hour,” Bonita Williams, University College; Coleen Curry, Academic Achievement Programs; Designing a Learning Community in an Hour
Christine Ferris, developmental programs; Jeffry Schantz, music; Julia Spiker and David Ritchey, communication; Tom Faessel and David Stephen, residence life and housing; and Janice Taylor, Division of Access and Retention.
“Learning: Different Disciplines, Same Goals,” Patricia Millhoff, criminal justice; Pamela Keltyka, accounting; Gregory Wilson, history.
“Multiple Perspectives on Inquiry-based Labs in Biology,” Richard Londraville and Peter Niewiarowski, biology; along with graduate students Samantha Stubblefield, Meghan Franz, Jeff Spencer and Lisa Shauver.
“Active Learning Enhances Students’ Performances,” Janice Yoder, psychology; Kathryn Feltey, sociology; and Cathy Hochevar, an honors student in psychology.
“Institutional Review is Your Friend,” Margaret Wineman, nursing and chair of the Institutional Review Board, and Nikki Wingerson, social work.
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