Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) -- University of Michigan
Provost’s Seminars on Teaching at the University of Michigan
Provost’s Seminars on Teaching provide an opportunity for lively and substantive dialogue about a wide range of teaching and learning issues campus wide, across disciplinary boundaries. The invitation list for each Seminar includes faculty at all ranks and from all U-M schools and colleges, especially faculty who have special interest or expertise in the Seminar topic. The 100 faculty members who attend each Seminar are campus leaders in curricular and instructional innovation.
While the Provost’s Office selects the themes for the Provost’s Seminars, the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) is the primary organizer of the events. CRLT forms a faculty committee to plan each of the Seminars, and sometimes there is another unit that collaborates with CRLT in the Seminar design (as noted below).
| March 24, 2008 | The Philosophy and Practice of Grading |
| November 2, 2007 | The Impact of Religion, Faith, and Spirituality in the Classroom and Beyond |
| March 13, 2007 | How Students Learn: Sharing Research and Practice |
| September 26, 2006 | Preparing Students for the Ethical Challenges of Professional Life |
| January 12, 2006 | How Do Research and Creative Work Converge with Teaching - Within the Classroom and Beyond? |
| May 11, 2005 | New Bridges to New Knowledge: Instructional Technology and Collaboration |
| October 22, 2004 | Our Undergraduates' New Challenges: Navigating the Multidisciplinary University |
May 17, 2004 |
Multicultural Teaching in a Contested World |
November 10, 2003 |
Unraveling the Complexities: Faculty Investigating Their Students’ Learning |
| April 30, 2003 |
Graduate Students as Teachers (CRLT in collaboration with the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies) |
| May 1, 2002 |
Integrating U-M Resources into Your Teaching |
| October 31, 2001 |
From Expectations to Results: Aligning Goals, Methods, and Assessment (CRLT in collaboration with the School of Education) |
| January 23, 2001 |
Community Learning for a Diverse Democracy (CRLT in collaboration with the Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning) |
| October 31, 2000 |
Michigan Learning Communities: Promoting the Faculty Member’s Role In Teaching and Learning |
| May 1, 2000 |
Promoting Student Learning Through Writing (CRLT in collaboration with the Sweetland Writing Center) |
| November 15, 1999 |
Improving Teaching and Learning: The Experiences of Other Research Universities |
| May 4 -5, 1999 |
Multicultural Teaching and Diverse Classrooms |
| November 12, 1998 |
Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Rewards and Challenges |
| May 19, 1998 | Faculty and Student Expectations Regarding Teaching and Learning |
| November 12, 1997 |
Developing and Assessing Critical Thinking Skills |
| May 5, 1997 |
Assessing Student Learning |
| January 31, 1997 |
Ten Levers for Success: General Findings from Research That Can Help Us Understand and Improve College Teaching, Assessment, and Learning |
| May 22, 1996 |
Multiple Methods of Evaluating Teaching: Colleagues Helping Colleagues Improve and Reward Teaching |
| 1994-1996 | The original Provost’s Seminars were gatherings without specific themes. |