Call for Facilitators: 2016 T&L Seminar
Call for Facilitators
For the AAPT Teaching and Learning Seminar
July 2016
The American Association of Philosophy Teachers sponsors a Teaching and Learning Seminar for graduate students and new faculty in conjunction with its biennial workshop/conference. The next conference will be held at Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan. The dates for the conference are July 27-31, 2016.
Participants in the seminar submit applications in advance. The seminarians attend the sessions of the Teaching and Learning Seminar each morning of the conference, leaving them free to attend AAPT workshop sessions and social events during the conference afternoons and evenings.
The Teaching and Learning Seminar addresses topics such as course planning and management, design of learning experiences and assessments, and the role of teaching in careers in philosophy. While the AAPT encourages research, experimentation and investigation in the teaching of philosophy, it especially encourages a teaching philosophy that is designed around the students, their learning needs and their development of philosophical skills and attitudes.
Facilitators collaborate in creating and implementing the seminar curriculum; a lead facilitator serves as the primary contact for the seminar, and takes the lead in advertising, coordinating with the Teaching and Learning Committee of the AAPT in the process of selecting participants, and determining the seminar curriculum. A commitment to facilitating the seminar includes contributing to curriculum planning, interacting with the participants in advance of the seminar, being present for the entire seminar, and ongoing interaction with the participants afterwards.
Applicants for the position of seminar facilitator shall be members of the AAPT in good standing (dues-paid members).
To apply: Applicants are asked to submit the following to the AAPT Teaching and Learning Committee:
- A short CV focused on teaching and engagement with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
- A statement of no more than 600 words, briefly addressing the points below. The selection committee will follow-up if they wish to have further information.
- Given that the AAPT encourages a student learning-centered pedagogical approach, briefly explain what you do in your teaching practices to make student learning as effective as possible? How would your work as a facilitator illustrate this approach in the seminar?
- Give a short summary of the teaching skills and experiences you bring to facilitating the seminar.
- Briefly describe your engagement in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and how you would use that in the seminar.
- If you are willing to serve as seminar leader, what would you bring to the seminar as leader?
Submit applications: Application statements and short CV’s should be submitted to Christina Hendricks: c.hendricks@ubc.ca (notice the dot between the “c” and the “hendricks” in this email address).
DUE DATE: October 2, 2015
Notification: Facilitators for the 2016 Teaching and Learning Seminar will be notified of their selection by November 2, 2015.
