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Case Studies in “Classroom Incivility” and “Making Sense of College“
CTL Weekend SeminarLocation: Metropolitan State University, St. Paul
April 22, 2006, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Presenter/Facilitator: Thomas B. Jones
Dr. Nicole Adams' introduction to college teaching is proving to be more of a nightmare than a dream. Her classes at Higher State University are filled with latecomers, sleepers, cell phone addicts, and downright hostile and disruptive students. To top it all, she's asked to recruit a reluctant student who demands to know why he should be in college at all. Join Thomas B. Jones, author of The Missing Professor– An Academic Mystery, for case study discussions guaranteed to provide you with active learning experiences on two every-day and important teaching challenges: classroom incivility and making sense of college.
Lodging: City Center Hotel (what was, until recently, the Radisson City Center Hotel), St. Paul
Please call
651-291-8800. Be sure to request the the "CTL Weekend Seminar" rate when registering.
NOTE: CTL pays 1/2 of necessary lodging costs for faculty in travel status (i.e., more than 35 miles from home). Incidentals & additional single room costs will be paid by the individual. Attendees are responsible for their own lodging arrangements. Please view the hotel link above. Per state policy, the CTL is NOT able to cover hotel charges if your work location is within 35 miles of the workshop.
About Our Facilitator:
Thomas B. Jones has over thirty-five years of experience in higher education as a professor of history, faculty developer, academic administrator, and educational consultant. He graduated from the University of Minnesota (1964) with a B.A. in history and received a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for graduate study at Cornell University (Ph.D. , 1968). A former professor of U. S. history, he has taught on both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Northern Illinois University, Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Rockhurst University, and the Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City. He was the founding director of the Rockhurst University's Center for Teaching Excellence. In addition to The Missing Professor, he is co-author with Chet Meyers of Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom (1993). His writing also includes several articles on U.S. history, liberal education, and college teaching. He is presently at work on a sequel to The Missing Professor and two historical mystery novels.
