We will be holding an Atlantic regional workshop on October 18, 2002, at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. This workshop is timed to coincide with the 2002 APICS Math/Stats/CS Conference.

The goal of the workshop is to provide a safe setting in which junior mathematics/statistics academics can come together to discuss issues related to their professional development, with emphasis placed on teaching effectiveness.

The schedule for the workshop is as follows:

12:00 noon	Workshop Luncheon
1:30 pm	Call to Order & Greetings from workshop organisers
1:40 pm	Session 1: Teaching Dossiers
2:30 pm	Session 2: First Year Calculus
3:15 pm	Refreshment Break
3:30 pm	Session 3: Designing a Pedagogically Rich Course
	Facilitator: Richard Hoshino (Dalhousie)
4:15 pm	Session 4: Free Group Discussion
4:45 pm	Closing Remarks & Participant Survey

The workshop luncheon at 12:00 noon will take place at the University Club, located in the President's Cottage, which is across from the Avard-Dixon Building -- look for a white house in the middle of campus. It is easiest to park in the big parking lot opposite the Quik Mart as you come into town and then walk along Main Street to the Avard-Dixon building. Note that participants should be prepared to pay for their own meal.

Following the luncheon, the workshop sessions will take place in the Manning Room, located below the Chapel.

A campus map of Mount Allison University is available here.

Teaching Dossiers

This session will involve a brief presentation, followed by open discussion. Participants are encouraged to bring samples of dossiers and/or dossier requirements from their respective institutions.

First Year Calculus

This will be an informal group discussion, in which the participants share their experiences, for example, with different teaching (and reform?) strategies, different degrees to which technology has been incorporated into the curriculum, as well as various issues that may have arisen with respect to teaching first year calculus.

Designing a Pedagogically Rich Course

In this session, we will brainstorm for ways of creating a "pedagogically rich course". Specifically, how can we design our courses so that they will be meaningful for all of our students? We will discuss issues in content, assessment, instruction technique, among others, to explore what we are doing now and what we can do to improve the quality of student learning. How can we give students a meaningful mathematical experience, and what are some of the obstacles we face in implementing changes? These are just some of the questions we will explore in this session. Participants will receive a large handout of pedagogically rich problems, and other resources.

Free Group Discussion

There is no set topic for this session. Rather, the floor is open to informal discussion on whatever issues the participants choose to share with each other.

There is no special registration fee to participate in the workshop. However, it is expected that workshop participants will be registered for the APICS conference.

If you intend to participate in the workshop, please contact one of the workshop organisers in advance to let us know that you may be attending. By knowing how many people to expect, we can come better prepared (for instance, with appropriate numbers of printed resources that we might want to distribute).

Questions, etc, about the workshop can be directed to either David Pike (dapike@math.mun.ca) or Robert van den Hoogen (rvandenh@stfx.ca).

For information about Project NExTMAC, refer to the main webpage.

Last Modified: Saturday, 19-Oct-2002 16:04:26 NDT