Samples of the SITS 2006 Curriculum
| May 23 | Introduction to SITS (Mike Gray) Teach a Way of Thinking (Brian Vogt) |
| May 24 | Recognize the Logic of a Discipline (Mike Gray) *Take 2 Demo: Big ideas vs. Information Delivery Logical Fallacies in Math/The Logic of Korean (Bill Lovegrove) Feedback is Important (Bill Lovegrove) |
| May 25 | Small Group Exercise: Teach Outside Your Discipline (Intro) (Bill Lovegrove) |
| May 26 | Teach Outside Your Discipline: Small Group Teaching Presentations: The Dow Jones Average J.S.G Boggs and Counterfeiting Evaluating Concept Maps (Mike Gray) Questions are Important: Part 1 (Brian Vogt) |
| May 29 | *Take 2 Demo: Emphasizing Relationships vs. Information Delivery Motivating Hand Washing (Mike Gray) |
| May 30 | **A Natural Critical Learning Environment (Brian Vogt) Individuals Present Target Course Concept Maps |
| May 31 | Integrating Concept Maps Into Classes (Mike Gray) |
| June 1 | **Get Student Attention and Keep It **Start with Students Rather than the Discipline (Bill Lovegrove) Develop Physics Discipline Concept Map |
| June 2 | *Take 2 Demo: Antibiotic Use and Misuse (Mike Gray) |
| June 5 | Introduction to Principles (Mike Gray) The SITS Principle Filter (Brian Vogt) Individual Exercise: Principles of Your Discipline |
| June 6 | Individual Exercise: Target Course Principles ** Seek Commitments from Students ** Help Students Learn Outside Class (Bill Lovegrove) Questions are Important: Part 2 (Brian Vogt) Introduction to Socratic Questioning (Mike Gray) |
| June 7 | Responding to Students in Socratic Questioning (Bill Lovegrove) Group Exercise: Practice Socratic Questioning (Bill Lovegrove) |
| June 8 | Analysis of Richard Paul Video on Socratic Questioning (Mike Gray) |
| June 12 | ** Engage Students in Disciplinary Thinking (Mike Gray & Brian Vogt) |
| June 13 | ** Create Diverse Learning Experiences (Mike Gray) |
| June 14 | Individual Exercise: Teach Using Pure Questioning |
| June 15 | ** Introduction to the Craft of Teaching ** Good Talk; Warm Language (Mike Gray) |
| June 16 | ** Making Explanations ** Getting Students to Talk (Bill Lovegrove) |
| June 20 | Record Individual Target Course Lectures Plant Support (Margene Ranieri) Molecular Motors (John Wolsieffer) Exothermic Reactions (Brian Vogt) |
| June 22 | PowerPoint Pros & Cons (Mike Gray & Brian Vogt) |
| June 23 | Individual Speech Coaching with Anne Nolan of the speech faculty |
| July 5 | Record Individual Target Course Lectures: Diffraction (Ron Samec) Phases of Matter (Gene Chaffin) |
| July 6 | A Different View of Student Evaluation (Mike Gray) |
| July 7 | Individual Speech Coaching (with Anne Nolan of the speech faculty) |
| July 11 | Discussion: The Value of Speech Coaching (Mike Gray) |
| July 12-14 18, 20 | Educating for Shalom: Bible Integration and the Teaching of Science, Parts 1-5 (Bryan Smith, Bible Integration Coordinator, BJUP) |
| July 14 | A Good Name: The Importance of Reputation (Brian Vogt) |
| July 19 | Record Individual Target Course Lectures Water Transport (Margene Ranieri) Bioenergetics (John Wolsieffer) |
| July 21 | Individual Speech Coaching (with Jeanine Aumiller of the speech faculty) |
Notes:
- Any time not scheduled was used to complete SITS assigned projects and for development of the target course for each participant.
- * "Take 2 Demonstrations" consist of two lectures which contrast two ways of teaching, one of which is traditional and one of which represents the SITS ideal.
- ** All of these presentations are elaborations of ideas found in What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain (Harvard University Press, 2004).