ACCA Scholarship of Pedagogy Symposium

University of St. Francis

500 Wilcox Street, Joliet
October 7th, 2006
8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Symposium will be in Tower Hall

Parking is available in any of the campus lots

 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stewart Ross

His presntation "What is good learning and good teaching and how do we promote more of it?" will make the case that better student learning in higher education necessitates better teaching which in requires faculty to learn and talk about teaching which can come from better institutional support. The presentation also includes information on "Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning" along with a model of improving teaching and learning at our colleges and universities

Stewart Ross is the Founding Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) at Minnesota State Mankato (MSU), recently honored as a CASTL Leadership College program, one of 87 universities around the world selected for a three year period by the Carnegie Foundation. He holds a Ph.D. in music education from Northwestern University and was the Director of Bands at Minnesota State Mankato for 21 years prior to his appointment with CETL. Stewart has published two books, over 40 articles in national magazines and his dissertation on mental practice and imagery was published by the Journal of Research in Music Education. He also has written 44 articles that are featured in World Book, Inc. Stewart is an active presenter at conferences and colleges on course design and other teaching and learning subjects and is one of four members of "Dee Fink and Associates"-a consulting group in higher education. For the past few years he has served on the steering committee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' Center for Teaching and Learning.

Stewart won a teaching award from the MSU student senate, two different outstanding service awards from MSU, and was on the early committees that developed the First Year Seminar courses at MSU 12 years ago. He is also a professional trombonist, playing with the Minnesota Valley Brass Quintet and directs both a church and synagogue choir. In 2005-2006 Stewart served as the governor of the Minnesota-Dakotas District of Kiwanis, which includes nearly 6,200 members