Conversations @ FAS

Active Learning

February 11, 2011 | 1:00-3:00 PM | Location: Maxwell Dworkin G115

A Chinese proverb asserts a familiar truism about teaching and learning - “tell me and I will forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I will understand." Neuroscience research is beginning to bear this out, showing that students’ active engagement in the classroom leads to longer retention of information. Join the first Conversations@FAS to explore the topic of active learning, the impact of new technologies on teaching, and the changing role of the professor in the classroom today.

Diane Paulus Diane Paulus
Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater
Professor of the Practice of Theatre

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Christopher Winship Christopher Winship
Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology
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David Malan David Malan
Lecturer on Computer Science
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Michael D. Smith Hosted by:
Michael D. Smith
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Future Conversations

Teaching with Collections
Moderated by Evelynn Hammonds,
Dean of Harvard College

Participants: Farish Jenkins,
Peter Galison, Jeffrey Hamburger,
Laurel Ulrich

April 1, 2011
Location: Harvard Hall 104