Complete schedules will be available from the Center and on our web site. The Center s new Coordinator of Research and Evaluation, John Newman, will work with the faculty of different academic departments to design and implement evaluation of teaching methods. His responsibilities include working closely with the departments of biology and chemistry, which have implemented Honors Workshops. In addition, he will be developing collaborative projects for his research into the intellectual development of young adults, and making his skills with quasi-experimental research design and multivariate structural modeling available to the broader faculty for outcome assessment and educational research. The Center offers two international three-day institutes based on its study of the practices of highly accomplished teachers, a weekend institute in early June 2000 for medical school faculty and an institute for all other disciplines in late June 2000.
Enrollment is limited.
Call the Center for details. This program assists international teaching assistants and other international scholars as they assume teaching responsibilities at Northwestern. One part of the program pairs newly arrived international teaching assistants with undergraduate Teaching Partners. In a comfortable environment, international teaching assistants can refine their skills by practicing teaching strategies with a Northwestern undergraduate. For more information, contact Neeraja Aravamudan , International Scholars Program Coordinator.