Spring 2006 Faculty Workshops
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This spring, the WAC workshops will focus on two
topics of crucial relevance not only to LIU Brooklyn but to colleges
and universities throughout the country: Diversity and Scientific
Literacy . Given the diversity of our students (and the
increasing cultural and racial diversity of students entering higher
education in the United States ), how can we, as teachers, identify
their needs and work with their strengths?
Scientific literacy is a concern
that is not limited to the teachers and students of science. As
the United States begins to lose its competitive edge world-wide
in preparing students in math and in the sciences, we are all struggling
to define what it means to be “literate” in the sciences
and to identify writing's role in developing that literacy.
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Writing in the Multicultural Classroom
On the Brooklyn Campus, we enjoy the richness
of a culturally diverse array of students. While diversity
in the classroom is a resource to be taken advantage of in our
teaching, it also poses challenges—challenges which arise
particularly in the assignment and assessment of student writing. Writing,
however, can also be a way to address these challenges.
In this collaborative workshop, Dr. Shaireen Rasheed , from C.W.
Post, and Dr. Kathleen Kesson , from LIU Brooklyn, will define
and discuss how to enact the principles of culturally responsive
teaching through writing assignments.
Handouts Distributed
Lunch Will Be Served
Wednesday, February 15 ∙ 12:00-2:00
p.m.∙ LLC 515
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Scientific Literacy and WAC
A significant percentage of students at LIU Brooklyn
pursue majors in the sciences or in science- and health science-related
fields. Beginning this spring, the WAC Program will begin exploring
the issues related to science writing.
Our first workshop will be led by Prof.
Ezra Shahn ( Hunter College ) and will focus on “scientific
literacy,” which he defines as “the functional ability
to interpret or ‘read between the lines'”. The content
of the second workshop will be determined by the input we hope
to receive from a survey we will be sending out to science and
health science faculty.
Handouts Distributed
Lunch Will Be Served
Wednesday, March 22, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, April 12, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Seating is limited.
To RSVP and for more information contact William Burgos at
ext. 1094 or william.burgos@liu.edu .
