06/27/2008
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Hinds Community College will host a workshop for educators on Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL), Wednesday, July 16, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the Hinds Eagle Ridge Conference Center in Raymond.
Dave Hanson, from Stony Brook University, will facilitate the FREE workshop which is open to teachers from junior high school to university level.
Recognizing the natural reluctance of faculty to depart from the standard model of instruction they have known since they were students, Hanson, a Stony Brook Chemistry instructor, and a team of instructors designed a systematic program to guide and support teachers dissatisfied with the traditional pedagogy.
Teachers can earn .6 continuing education units (CEUs) for the all-day POGIL workshop with the opportunity to earn an additional 1.3 CEU credits for an extended two-day session as registrants for the 2008 National Academy of Process Educators.
Hanson is a distinguished professor of chemistry, former chairman of the Department of Chemistry, and former Director of Stony Brook’s new Learning Communities Program.
He has received awards for excellent in teaching, is an active researcher with more than 140 publications, and has conducted more than 90 workshop and presentations nationwide on process education. His work in developing innovative curriculum materials and teaching strategies has been supported by seven grants from the National Science Foundation since 1996.
Originally involving teachers in chemistry primarily, POGIL Workshops now include teachers from all disciplines. Participation in this workshop will introduce teachers to a research-based learning environment where students are actively engaged in mastering course content and in developing essential skills by working in self-managed teams on guided-inquiry activities.
Teachers will learn how to guide students in developing important process skills in the areas of information processing, critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, communication, management, and assessment. Key to POGIL is that instructors facilitate student learning by appropriately guiding and questioning student teams as they work through specially designed classroom activities.
As of 2007, more than 700 instructors have adopted a POGIL approach in their high school, college, and university classrooms and laboratories. Funding for POGIL is partly from the National Science Foundation.
For additional information and to register, contact Vickie Kelly at 601.857.3541 or 3543 or Jane Flowers at 601.629.6850.
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