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Hewlett Curriculum Transformation Institute 2003

 

June 1-5, 2003, White Eagle Conference Center, Hamilton, New York:

Grant Recipients

Sunday June 1
6:00 Introductions (Plans for the week; setting expectations; why)
7:00 Dinner
8:00-9:00 Ice Breaker Event

Monday, June 2
8:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:45 1. Conceptualizing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Teaching and Research
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 2. Setting the Stage (Goal setting exercise; Race-Ethnic Identity exercise)
12:30-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 3. Analyzing Social Inequalities (Review of Two Case Studies from Disciplinary Perspectives; each to have read them ahead; Cases: “White Trash” and “The Tale of City Pride”)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 4. Discipline Group Meeting #1 (Agenda setting; Syllabus review exercise; Begin review)
5:15 – 6:00 Cocktail reception
6:00 Dinner
7:00 R&R--------(On your own, group options available; cash bar available)

Tuesday, June 3
8:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:45 5. Uncovering the Assumptions of Our Disciplines (Jointly led session—Ken to give a brief overview of Humanities examples, Lynn to do Social Science and Science examples)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 6. Interdisciplinarity and Intersectionality—Theory and Practice (Readings, will address disciplinary loyalty and anxieties)
12:30-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 7. Student-Centered Teaching: Or How to Destroy the Sacred Mysteries of College Instruction (Talk, Discussion, including how to help students succeed in our classes)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 8. Discipline Group Meeting #2
6:00 Dinner
7:00 R&R--------- (On your own, group options available; cash bar available)

Wednesday, June 4
8:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:45 9. The Politics of Curriculum Transformation in the Classroom (Readings, Discussion)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 10. Institutional Change (Opening Views/brief talks by Ken and Lynn, Nancy to provide Hamilton context; Reading, Discussion)
12:30-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 11. Using Films in Teaching (Ken)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:30 12. Discipline Group Meeting #3
6:00 Dinner
7:00 R&R----------- Group Entertainment—Poetry and Politics: Reading and Discussion

Thursday, June 5
8:30 Breakfast
9:30-10:45 13. Pedagogies and Classroom Identities (Workshop: Susan Sanchez-Casal)
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 14. Panel on Service Learning
12:30-1:45 Lunch
1:45-2:45 15. Career and Personal Issues in Teaching (Reading, Discussion on strategies)
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Wrap Up

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