Teaching²

Teaching² is an Instructor Reading Circle to promote conversations on campus about teaching. It is facilitated in a conversational format designed for maximal faculty-to-faculty discussion and interaction. To allow us to engage in a lively and productive small-group discussion, we'll use small-group and large-group discussion formats. 

Overview

This term, we’ll be talking about the principles of humane technology and how they can inform our approaches to teaching. Using concepts presented in the video course Foundations of Humane Technology, offered by the Center for Humane Technology, we’ll discuss how we can use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in our classes in ways that promote learning and critical thinking around GenAI.  Meetings will be on Zoom -- feel free to bring your lunch for this informal conversation. Please note the new start time for this term: Meetings begin at 12:00 pm.

Meetings for Fall 2024

• Thursday, October 10 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, on Zoom
• Thursday, October 24 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, on Zoom
• Thursday, November 7 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, on Zoom

Register

Contact

Please email  pturner@ucdavis.edu.

• The Teaching² Bookshelf - browse texts from previous quarters

• Spring 2023
  
  The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching by Isis Artze-Vega, Flower Darby, Bryan Dewsbury and Mays Mad “I can’t praise this book highly enough. The authors have produced a thoughtful and well-written guide to creating equity-minded college courses. Into their deft summaries of the research and theory they have woven well-chosen examples, plenty of starter tips, and material for further reflection. Change the lives of your students, and reshape your teaching, with the help of this essential book.”. -- James M. Lang - Author of Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning
  
  Winter 2023

  Flipped Learning: A Guide for Higher Education Faculty by Robert Talbert “Robert Talbert provides the ultimate guide to flipping the classroom — moving the information transfer out of the classroom and the thinking back in! Whether you are just considering revising your approach to teaching or already a seasoned ‘flipper’, this book is a must-have reference.”  - Eric Mazur, Harvard University
  
  Spring 2022 & Fall 2022

  A Guide to Teaching in the Active Learning Classroom: History, Research, and Practice by Paul Baepler, J.D. Walker, D. Christopher Brooks, Kem Saichaie, and Christina I. Petersen “This book delivers exactly what is promised by the title.  It is not only full of practical advice but also includes pointers to the research those teaching methods are based upon. One book collects everything you need to get started teaching in one of these state-of-the-art spaces and presents it in a clear, organized fashion. Highly recommended! - Robert J. Beichner, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physics, North Carolina State University

  Fall 2021
  
  What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching by Tracie Marcella Addy, Derek Dube, Khadijah Mitchell, and Mallory SoRelle “The concrete advice and reflective questions have helped us – and, we are confident, will help you – to be more inclusive and intentional in teaching.” - Buffie Longmire-Avital and Peter Felten

  Spring 2021
  
  Grading for Equity: What it is, why it matters and how it can transform schools and classrooms by Joe Feldman.  The e-book is available for free online from the UC Davis library.  “Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed….This must-have book will help teachers learn to implement improved, equity-focused grading for impact.” Zaretta Hammon, Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain
  
  Winter 2021

  Teaching Online: A Practical Guide by Susan Ko and Steve Rossen. The e-book is available for free online from the UC Davis Library. “Teaching Online: A Practical Guide is an accessible, introductory, and comprehensive guide for anyone who teaches online.  [It] has been fully revised, maintains its reader-friendly tone, and offers exceptional practical advice, new teaching examples, faculty interviews, and an updated resource section. Focusing on the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of implementation rather than theory, the fourth edition of Teaching Online is a must-have resource for anyone teaching online or thinking about teaching online.”  - George Otte, University Director of Academic Technology, The City University of New York and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the CUNY School of Professional Studies.
  
  Summer 2020

  Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-based strategies that work by Rosemary M. Lehman and Simone C.O. Conceição (2013) “Designed for instructors and instructional designers, Motivating and Retaining Online Students is filled with empirical research from the authors' study of motivation and retention strategies that can reduce online learner dropout. Focusing on the most important issues instructors face, such as course design; student engagement and motivation; and institutional, instructional, and informal student support strategies, the book provides effective online strategies that help minimize student dropout, increase student retention, and support student learning. While helping to improve the overall retention rates for educational institutions, the strategies outlined in the book also allow for student diversity and individual learner differences. Lehman and Conceição's proven model gives instructors an effective approach to help students persist in online courses and succeed as learners.”   From Motivating and Retaining Online Students: Research-based strategies that work.
  
  Winter 2020

  Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice by Maryellen Weimer (2013) “This book is for faculty.  However, it’s not a book exclusively for learner-centered teaching converts. It’s also a book for faculty who think learner-centered ideas might be of interest, but they have questions and concerns.  Are these ways of teaching that retain high standards and intellectual rigor? ….Does this way of teaching diminish the role and importance of teachers? This book offers answers to these questions.”  From Learner-centered teaching: Five key changes to practice 

  Fall 2019
  
  Teach students how to learn: Strategies you can incorporate into any course to improve student metacognition, study skills, and motivation by Sandra Yancy McGuire (2015) “In a masterly and spirited exposition spangled with wit and exhortation and rife with pragmatic strategies, Saundra McGuire teaches teachers how to awaken in their students the powers dormant within them.”  -- Roald Hoffmann, 1981 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry