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The following projects and faculty development activities are part of my work as a
Center for Teaching and Learning Associate |
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| Diversity in the Math/Science/Technology Classroom | This series of three workshops for faculty who teach math, science, or technical topics will focus on the relevance of cultural diversity in these subject areas. The workshops, which I will co-facilitate with Avis Jones-Petlane, will include opportunities for roundtable discussions of professors' own teaching and learning experiences, advice from experts who have improved learning outcomes for minorities and women, and development of learning activities that we can use in our classrooms. Planned workshop dates, times, and locations are:
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Contact Karen Penn de Martinez for more information or June Clarke at the CTL to register |
| Teaching to Diversity Online Course | This distance-learning course for faculty will focus on topics such as: institutional efforts to promote diversity, ways that instructors can create a welcoming classroom environment for students of varied backgrounds, the process of understanding one's own cultural identity, and teaching as a lifelong journey of personal transformation. The course, which I will co-facilitate with Avis Jones-Petlane, will begin with a live orientation on August 29th from 12-2, in HU009, Rockville, and will continue online from September 7th through November 9th. | Contact Karen Penn de Martinez for more information or June Clarke at the CTL to register |
| Research on Hispanic Students | With the help of Jerry Weinberg of the Office of Planning and Institutional Research, I have gathered some data and am attempting to learn more about our Hispanic students, their characteristics, success rates, and experiences at the College. In informal meetings, I will be sharing this information with a working group of interested faculty and staff so that we can consider implications and next steps. | Contact Karen Penn de Martinez to join the working group. |
| Some other projects I'm involved with include: | ||
| Activity | Description | How to Learn More |
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| Biomedical Scholars | Organized by Dean Judy Ackerman, Kenneth Weiner (Mathematics), and Barbara Hoberman (Biology), this project has brought a National Institutes of Health grant to Montgomery College to help students prepare for successful careers in the biomedical sciences. During Summer Session II 2001, fifteen high-school graduates were involved in an intensive program to acclimate them to the college environment, improve their math, writing, and computer skills, and build a community of friends and scholars with whom they will work and learn for the next two years. With Joanna Howard (English), I co-taught a joint afternoon session in which the scholars wrote, designed, and published essays, presentations, and Web sites related to their academic coursework, visits from departmental chairs, and team building activities with Cliff McKnight (Counseling). | Get an overview of the program here orSee the work of the students here or contact: Karen Penn de Martinez or any of the other folks involved by emailing to their names, at left. |
| Learning Community | With Miller Newman and Rodney Redmond of the English Department and Steve Kendall of Computer Applications, I will be planning a new learning community to be offered in the Fall 2002 semester. A single cohort of students will take both CA172 (Internet and Data Communications) and EN101A, with the classes scheduled contiguously in one computer-equipped classroom. Joint assignments, focused on the theme of cultural identity and heritage, will integrate skills developed in both courses, including Internet and library research, MLA citation, planning and writing coherent essays, and sharing and critiquing work online. | Contact Marcia Bronstein for more information about learning communities at Montgomery College or Karen Penn de Martinez for information about this proposal |
| Faculty Fellowship: The New Global Migration: Case Studies in the Reshaping of World Culture | This Title VI-A grant from the U.S. Department of Education provides an opportunity for a group of faculty fellows to read, meet, and discuss issues relating to migration and globalization, and to revise courses and curriculum to focus on these issues. | Contact Project Director Gail Forman |