Tentative Agenda
NSF CHAUTAUQUA SHORT COURSE
Model Introduction to Engineering Course
May 28-30 2008
8:00 a.m. Registration/ Coffee and Pastries
8:45 a.m. Welcome/ Why are we here?
9:15 a.m. Let’s get to know each other: The “Name Game
9:30 a.m. Let’s define student success/ Do we have a problem?
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Why don’t students succeed? The hypothesis
12:15 p.m. No host lunch at Club 1910, Loker Student Union
1:15 p.m. Providing students with new knowledge for success
2:30 p.m. Changing student attitudes
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Pedagogy for changing student behaviors
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
8:00 a.m. Coffee and pastries
8:30 a.m. Group reflections
9:15 a.m. Community building: Creating a supportive peer environment
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Professional development: Building student commitment to engineering
12:15 p.m. No host lunch at Club 1910, Loker Student Union
1:15 p.m. Academic development: Teaching students to go about it
2:15 p.m. Personal development: The heart of the matter=
3:15 p.m. Orientation: Empowering students
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Do these courses really work for students? (Student panel)
5:15 p.m. Adjourn
6:30 p.m. No host optional group dinner at Ginger Café, Holiday Inn Torrance
8:00 a.m. Coffee and pastries
8:30 a.m. Group reflections
9:15 a.m. The voice of experience (Instructor’s panel)
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Consulting session on administrative and other issues
11:45 a.m. Development of individual action plan: Personal commitment to action
12:00 noon Working lunch
12:30 p.m. Report out on individual action plans
3:00 p.m. Wrap up and evaluation
3:30 p.m. Adjourn