Presenters
- Vivian Dayeh (Biology)
- Brenda Lee (Physics and Astronomy)
- Savannah Sloat Science Indigenous Initiatives
Join us for an inspiring session with Vivian Dayeh, Brenda Lee, Savannah Sloat, and their students as they share their experience implementing a teaching and learning system based on an Indigenous Learning Circle methodology. This LITE grant project was undertaken with the goal of enhancing student learning in STEM courses during lectures and tutorials.
The Learning Circles methodology provides students a chance to participate in relational and reciprocal learning, which is sometimes overlooked in traditional didactic lectures or tutorials. In turn, students foster critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, increased engagement, and community building. The LITE grant funded project promotes a shared responsibility for learning by encouraging collaborative and cooperative learning among students and provides a relational framework that can be applied to large STEM courses across the institution.
Join us to learn why the instructors decided to implement learning circles, the logistics of implementing it into the courses, the impact that this had on student learning and explore how this methodology might be useful in other disciplines.
"This research was supported by the University of Waterloo's Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement Grant."
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