About the Club
The Lunch Hour Reading & Discussion Club meets once a month to discuss current research, writing, and thinking about contemporary college-level instruction. It's a chance for faculty and academic teaching staff from across campus to read, reflect upon and share impressions about the art and science of post-secondary teaching.
Program Objectives
The Lunch Hour Reading & Discussion Club is designed to:
- increase instructor knowledge of the current and classic professional development literature relevant to student learning and teaching strategies;
- provide a venue for faculty and academic teaching staff to think reflectively and discuss their experiences, personal pedagogical philosophies and the process of student learning; and
- foster collegial relationships among faculty and academic teaching staff from departments across the campus.
The Program
Prior to each semester, a new book or packet of reading material relevant to teaching and student learning is distributed to participating instructors. Participants meet once a month, typically on the second Tuesday or Wednesday of each month during the lunch hour, to discuss issues endemic to and emergent from the reading. Participants are encouraged to bring a bag lunch. Beverages and cookies are provided.
Each session is facilitated by an instructor with special knowledge about the topic. Discussions have proven to be lively, encouraging participants to consider the veracity of the claims and exploring the integration of the principles in their classroom. Participants have the option of being included on a list-serv, allowing the discussion to flow outside the session.
For More Information
If you'd like more information, or if you have a book or topic to recommend for the Lunch Hour Reading & Discussion Club, or if have questions about other instructional and professional development opportunities, please contact the LEARN Center (262-472-5242; e-mail: learn@uww.edu).
"The [Lunch Hour Reading & Discussion Club] discussion is time well spent each month… I left the semester discussing Parker Palmer's The Courage to Teach, realizing that teaching means something different to each one of us."
--Professor, College of Business and Economics
