Can we make our classroom environments more engaging while remaining true to ourselves and our course content? In this active workshop, Robert Danisch, Chair of Drama and Speech Communications, will share tips from the world of communication and the performing arts to help us enhance our classroom presence to foster active student engagement.
Co-facilitated by Marc Hurwitz, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology Centre, and Gordon Stubley, Associate Dean, Teaching, this session will give participants the opportunity to
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Acquire & practise strategies for crafting an engaging teaching presence
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Hear from a panel of effective teachers about how they promote student engagement.
Special thanks to panelists Dan Davison (ECE), Maud Gorbet (SyDE), and Mark Pritzker (ChE).
All Waterloo Engineering faculty members, sessional instructors, and teaching assistants are encouraged to attend — registration is not required. Refreshments will be provided. Please contact Kathy Becker if you have any questions about this event.