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09.06.06

Upcoming: Bok Center talk

Posted in Teacher Training at 5:44 am by leingang

It’s time once again for the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning’s annual Fall Teaching Conference. It’s a great opportunity for graduate student teachers to learn and discuss their teaching development before the academic year begins. And the catered lunches are legendary.

(Derek Bok is former and interim president of Harvard. The center was started to continue his mission of training new university teachers. Derek Bok’s book, Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More, was part of the impetus for the recent teaching initiative here.)

This year I will be again presenting one of the BC case studies in mathematics called “The Quicksand of Problem Four“. Like most good case studies, it’s a classic story which many experienced teachers have encountered. How can it be handled? That’s the study part.

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