Teaching
and Learning in a Globally-Engaged Classroom
Facilitator:
Luis A. Vivanco,
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of
the Area and International Studies Program, University
of Vermont
Description:
This workshop, open to faculty and staff from any discipline,
will engage participants in an exploration of how they
can incorporate global and cross-cultural perspectives
into their formal or informal curriculum without international
travel. Workshop attendees will develop learning goals
specifically related to their discipline, program, and/or
course and explore a wide variety of strategies for
achieving these goals. Participants will learn about
successful approaches to developing a globally-engaged
classroom, including exposure to useful curriculum development
resources, introduction to active learning exercises
in all class sizes, and discussion of how to engage
students in local communities through service-learning
and field-based education. This workshop will feature
a panel of faculty and a visit to a live classroom to
experience first hand the opportunities and dilemmas
of active learning of global themes. Participants should
come to this workshop with a course and/or program in
mind; you will leave with tangible ideas, feedback from
colleagues, and concrete ideas of how to organize your
learning plan to maximize engagement with global themes.
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