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MARCH 31, 1992

LOOKING FOR SOME ABLE ASSISTANCE?
Dr. Arun Mishra, Engineering instructor at Red Deer College
in Alberta, has been awarded a sabbatical for 1992-93. He
will be coming to Capilano College during Fall 92 to work for
approximately 4 days per week. He is offering this time to
work with interested faculty in any discipline on projects
related to writing across the curriculum, classroom research,
critical thinking, metacognition, and learning skills. If you’ve
had a yearning to try out some ideas in these areas but haven’t
had a chance for one reason or another, please consider Dr.
Mishra’s offer seriously. This is a one-time opportunity for
teamwork you never dreamed existed! For further information,
call Ruth D’Hollander, 2919.

SUMMER CONFERENCES ON TEACHING &
LEARNING

First Year Experience: A Good Start for a Good Finish
(May 3 - 6, University of Victoria). Hosted by the University
of Victoria and the University of South Carolina, this
conference presents information on innovative and successful
Canadian and American first year programs and concepts that
help attract first year students, enable them to make successful
adjustments to higher education in and beyond the classroom,
and increase retention rates.

Learning Specialists’ Association of B.C. (May 7 & 8.
Kwantlen College). Addressing the theme, "Individual
Differences in Learning" will be Andy Farquharson, (U.
Vic.), Gary Poole (S.F.U.) and Dennis Wright (Capilano
College).

Association of Community Colleges of Canada (ACCC)
(May 24-27, Montreal) "Community Colleges: Creators of the
Future" is the theme for this year’s conference which includes
over 100 workshops and 10 major sessions with keynote
speakers. It will coincide with the celebration of 3 important
anniversaries: the 25th of the founding of the Quebec college
network; the 20th of the incorporation of ACCC; and the
350th of the first permanent European settlement on the Island
of Montreal.

1992 Student Success Course Workshop (June 14-17) is a
training seminar designed for those interested in teaching
Student Success courses such as ARC 100. This is the first
time for one to be offered in Vancouver.

12th Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning in
Higher Education (STLHE ’92) (June 20-23, Toronto).
Sponsored by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher
Education, York University and the University of Toronto.
Emphasis is placed on interactive sessions such as workshops,

problem-solving sessions, demonstations and panel sessions.
Topics include: promoting critical thinking and problem solving;
classroom dynamics; instructional technology; and rethinking the
curriculum in light of contemporary concerns on issues of race,
gender, and ethnicity.

Great Teachers Seminar (June 14 - 19, Nakoda Lodge,
Kananaskis, Alberta). Hosted by Grant MacKewan Community
College. In spite of what the name might suggest, this seminar is
not so much an assembly of great teachers as it is a group of
dedicated post-secondary educators in search of the great teacher.
The purpose of this 24-year old seminar, developed and directed
by David Gottshall, is to practise rational analysis of instructional
problems and to find realistic creative approaches to their solution;
to cause educators to venture beyond the limits of their own
specialization and environments in search of transferable ideas and
the universals of teaching; to stimulate the exchange of information
and ideas within post-secondary institutions by building an
expanding communications network among faculty; to promote an
attitude of introspection and self-appraisal by providing a relaxed
setting and open human climate in which participants can seriously
review and contemplate their own attitudes, methods and
behaviours as teachers; and to celebrate good teaching.

Great Teachers Seminar (June 10-13, Naramata, B.C.)
"Challenges of Instruction in Community Colleges" will be the
theme for these three days of learning, teaching and reflecting.
Based on the design of the Nakoda Lodge seminar, it will be
directed by Mike McHargue from the Institute for Instructional
Improvement and Innovation, Foothill College, California. These
three days provide an opportunity for faculty to live and share for
an extended period of time with peers representing a wide range of
specialities, talents, and interests.

Classroom Research and Classroom Assessment

(July 10 & 11, University of California, Berkeley). A conference
for faculty interested in using assessment to improve teaching and
learning. This may be an in-depth follow up for those who have
been using the Classroom Assessment Handbook written by K.
Patricia Cross and Thomas A. Angelo or an introduction to this
important topic.

Faculty Development Pacific Institute: Teaching for a Change
(August 16-20, University of Victoria). The title for this event is
intended to suggest that "for a change” teaching and learning will
be the main focus as well as teaching strategies that really do make
a change in the knowledge, values and skills of the learner. Andy
Farquharson will be Institute Director and will be assisted by
Maryellen Weimer, Gary Poole, and Joe Parsons.

FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT ANY OF THESE, PLEASE
CONTACT RUTH D’HOLLANDER, 2919 OR BY E-MAIL.