T4L 2019 | Feeling Bonus: Teaching Students to Love Learning | Dr. Mark Damen
Channel: Empower Teaching
Date: 2019-10-23

Teaching for Learning (T4L) Conference, plenary session:

"True learning changes hearts, not just heads." -Mark Damen

Studying Latin and the ancient world since eighth grade, Dr. Mark Damen came to realize that English is best understood from the outside looking in. After all, how can you grasp the concept of color if you see only red? Likewise, the best way to know your own teaching is by comparing it to others, and finding ways to adapt the teaching practice observed in others to your own classroom. Mark’s love of stage performing and his equal passion of teaching combine to make him a dynamic and effective teacher. Whether his students are face-to-face or online, he continually strives to refresh and reinforce learning.

Dr. Mark Damen completed his BA in Latin at the University of Florida and his MA and PhD at the University of Texas at Austin where he focused his work on ancient comedy, the subject of most of his publications. Following his wife Fran Titchener who joined Utah State in 1987, he has taught classes on a wide range of subjects, including ancient history, myth and drama, classical literature, language and etymology, and even playwriting. In 1998 he was Utah’s CASE Professor of the Year.