The fourth in a series of free Vision 2020 workshops on education methodology for Iowa State and community college faculty and graduate students will take place Thursday and Friday in the Scheman Building. The review session will cover topics such as multiple intelligences, problem-based learning, assessing alternative learning methods and competencies and integration with business and industry. Research has proven that lecture and listen is not the best methodology for learning. This workshop will provide methods and hands-on application that will challenge the students to do their best. People attending the workshop will participate in small group discussions and will develop a mission statement for their own course.
Gift stands for great ideas for teachers.
It is a time to learn what others are doing at ISU and in community colleges. Schultz said gift time will be like small group discussions with a facilitator in each group to share what group members are doing and make hand outs. The methods to be discussed at the workshop are application, not just theory, Schultz said. Schultz said students often wonder how they are ever going to use things they learn, and the methodology that will be discussed at the conference will help answer that for students. She said even in big lecture classes, there are a number of teaching methods that help do this.