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A Dialog With Ken Bain Reservations Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:30 to 7:30 pm Higgins Hall Auditorium HOW TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT(S) The event is free and open to the Pratt community and guests. RSVP by submitting this web-form, by e-mail or by calling 718-636-3625 ABOUT Ken Bain Ken Bain is the author of the 2004 award-winning book, "What the Best College Teachers Do" published by Harvard University Press. Read 26-page excerpt. Bain is Vice Provost for Instruction, Professor of History, and Director of the Teaching and Learning Resource Center at Montclair State University. Articles Chronicle of Higher Education; September 2, 2006 The Promising Syllabus By JAMES M. LANG "The promising syllabus... fundamentally recognizes that people will learn best and most deeply when they have a strong sense of control over their own education rather than feeling manipulated by someone else's demands." Such a syllabus usually contains three components. First, it offers an explanation of the course's promise to the students: What will they have gained, in terms of knowledge or skills, by the end of the semester? The focus moves away from what the teacher will cover to what the student will take away from the course. Second, it describes the activities in which the students will engage in order to help them fulfill that promise: the readings, the class activities, the assignments. Third, and most interestingly, the promising syllabus "begins a conversation about how the teacher and the student would best come to understand the nature and progress of the student's learning." Chronicle of Higher Education; July 14, 2006An Education in Education By JAMES M. LANG "...especially in a series of chapters on the value of diversity on campuses. What the Best College Teachers Do (2004), by Ken Bain, relies on extensive interviews and observations of a few dozen outstanding faculty members whom Mr. Bain..." CONTACT For additional information, contact: Brittany Barber, Assistant to the Senate 718.636.3625 RESERVATIONs Feb 19 [Refresh browser for updated list]
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