Provost’s Seminars on Teaching at the 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).

Seminar Themes: 2008-1994

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.

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Seminar Themes: 2008-1994

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