2008 Seminars

Seminars on Teaching Engaged Literacy
For teachers of grades 7-12

To succeed in college, students must be able to apply their reading and writing skills to a variety of problem-solving tasks across the disciplines. For Summer 2008, the Teachers' Institute offers two seminars designed to help teachers help their students develop those higher-level literate capabilities.

Particulars:

• Seminars meet on 12 days over three weeks: June 2-5, 9-12, and 23-26.
  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
      
• Participants must commit to attend all 12 meetings
    
• The Teachers' Institute will pay a $600 stipend to each participant.
    
• The Teachers' Institute will provide all needed books and materials.
    
• Each seminar is available for 1-3 hours of graduate credit at the registrant's expense.

To Apply:

• Admission is competitive, so be sure to complete the entire application.
• Enrollment is limited to twelve participants in each seminar
• To maximize impact, we prefer teams of two teachers from a school.
• For best consideration, apply by April 20
• Applications will be accepted through May 20 or until all spaces are filled.

Wanda Martin, Associate Professor of English

Strategies for teaching the skills of critical reading and analytic writing, which provide the basis for learning across the disciplines:

• Gather and report on information and arguments;
• Interpret, evaluate, and respond to information and arguments;
• Communicate clearly and logically in a variety of written forms.

Kate Krause, Associate Professor of Economics

How do you know what (and whom) to believe about politics, policy, and public issues? Public policy debates are played out daily on the op-ed pages of virtually every newspaper, especially in a Presidential election year. In this seminar we will study economic theory and formal rules and tools for argumentation in order to evaluate arguments presented in campaign literature, on the editorial pages of the local paper, and in other media. After critically reading other authors' works, we will write our own editorials and letters to the editor.

Each seminar will accept 12 participants.
For best consideration, apply by April 20.
Applications will be accepted until May 20 or while space is available.