"Student Engagement and Diversity: Methods for Increasing Equity and Student Success"
Dr. Craig Nelson

March 10, 2005
Welch Hall F145
1:30 to 3:40 p.m.

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Abstract:   Dr. Craig Nelson is a national expert on critical thinking, cognitive development and innovative pedagogies, with particular expertise in courses having historically low levels of student success. In his presentation he described how equity and high levels of success can be achieved if the teaching/learning environment is appropriately organized, using research- based pedagogies. Among the issues Dr. Nelson examined were: 1) How can the professor dramatically increase student success in courses without lowering standards? 2) How can instructors encourage students to work harder? and, 3) How can instructors set up an assessment system that provides feedback to the faculty member and equity to all students? Dr. Nelson modeled the interactive pedagogies that he endorses and provided handouts in support of his presentation. This workshop buildton the foundation set by Dr. Vincent Tinto during his recent presentation at CSUDH in developing campus conversations about student engagement.

Bio:   Dr. Craig Nelson. In 2000, Dr. Nelson was named U.S. Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for his influential work in innovative pedagogies. Indiana University awarded him its highest honor, the President’s Medal for Excellence in 2001. He has won the President’s Honor for Teaching from Northwestern University and delivered the Chancellor’s Lecture on Great Teaching at Vanderbilt University. From 1993-1995 he served as a National Lecturer for the Sigma Xi Scientific Society and from 1990-1993 he led workshops on critical thinking and valuing for the National Institutes on Teaching and Learning at the University of Chicago. Dr. Nelson holds the doctorate in zoology from the University of Texas, Austin. He is an evolutionary ecologist who publishes extensively in the areas relating to amphibians and animal and bird behavior. 

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