Teaching Transformations 2011 Contributions from the May 2011 Joint Annual Conference of the Center for Innovative Teaching (CIT) and Educational Technology (EdTech) at UMass Boston [Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge, IX, 3, Summer 2011] |
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| Editor-In-Chief:
| Tamdgidi, Mohammad H. |
| Guest Editor:
| Kutz, Eleanor
Zamel, Vivian |
| ISBN: | 978-1-888024-46-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Ahead Publishing House
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| Imprint: | Okcir Press |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
| List Price: | USD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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This Summer 2011 (IX, 3) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge entitled "Teaching Transformations 2011"¿a fourth of its annual ¿Teaching Transformations¿ series¿brings together selected proceedings of the joint CIT (Center for Innovative Teaching)/EdTech (Educational Technology) conference held on May 12, 2011, at UMass Boston. The editors¿ note describes the reasons for the bringing together of the two separately organized conferences in the past. It...
More DescriptionThis Summer 2011 (IX, 3) issue of Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge entitled "Teaching Transformations 2011"¿a fourth of its annual ¿Teaching Transformations¿ series¿brings together selected proceedings of the joint CIT (Center for Innovative Teaching)/EdTech (Educational Technology) conference held on May 12, 2011, at UMass Boston. The editors¿ note describes the reasons for the bringing together of the two separately organized conferences in the past. It also reports on the new name adopted by CIT (from its former name, the Center for the Improvement of Teaching). The papers include a variety of contributions on topics such as: innovative techniques to enrich the dynamics of classroom discussions; ¿addressing plagiarism in a digital age¿; cross-cultural/national, cross-institutional teaching of a course using online educational tools; ¿`Islamicizing¿ a Euro/American curriculum¿; modernizing classical language education using the communicative language teaching (CLT) technique in conjunction with new educational technologies; teaching about race, caste and gender in light of the findings of anthropological and genetic sciences; and suggestions for online student collaborations based on the experience of teaching a Critical Thinking course. Contributors include: Eleanor Kutz, Vivian Zamel, LaMont Egle, Evelyn Navarre, Cheryl Nixon, Wayne Rhodes, Stephen Sutherland, Edward J. Romar, Annamaria Sas, Irene Yukhananov, Alan Girelli, Teddy Hristov, Mary Ball Howkins, Apostolos Koutropoulos, Tara Devi S. Ashok, Bob Schoenberg, and Mohammad H. Tamdgidi.