Hello ECOFEMers: I was asked to forward this announcement to the list. Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 10:21:37 +1300 (NZD) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Creating and Using a Just-in-Time Syllabus To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please share this announcement with interested members of your listserv. Thank you. Shyamala Raman Associate Professor of Economics and International Studies Saint Joseph College West Hartford, CT 06117 > >>The International Association for Feminist Economics and The IAFFE Teaching and Pedagogy Issues Committee invites you to >> >> Creating and Using a Just-in-Time Syllabus >> >> WHEN: January 4, 2001 >> (The day preceding the 2001 ASSA meetings) >> >> WHERE: Tulane University >> New Orleans, LA USA >> >> >>As more and more time sensitive information and data becomes available to educators through Internet and print media and as students now enter our college and university >>classrooms well versed in the mechanics of web exploration,linking these two in our pedagogy becomes a challenging task. >>Recent discussions of Just-in-TimeTeaching (JiTT) have made exploring the Just-in-Time Syllabus (JiTS) a more intriguing idea as a strategy for active and inclusive learning. The goal of this workshop is to demonstrate and provide examples of Just-in-Time Syllabus development and pedagogy. >> >>Participants will be asked to bring a current or planned syllabus to transform during the workshop. Materials and sources used will be given to each participant. >> >>Shyamala Raman, Associate Professor of Economics and International Studies at Saint Joseph College and Jean Shackelford, Professor of Economics, Bucknell University will >>co-direct the workshop. Between them Professors Raman and Shackelford have over a half-century of teaching undergraduates and both are active in exploring and adapting >>technology and melding it with feminist pedagogy in economics. >> >>Kim Sosin, University of Nebraska, Omaha, Associate Editor, Online Section of the Journal of Economic Education, will explore up-to-the-minute, online data and information sources for a variety of economics topics and potential projects. >> >>The workshop is limited to 30 participants. >> >>The tentative workshop outline includes: >> >>Introductions: 10:00 - 10:30 >>This short period would introduce participants, facilitators, >>and give a brief overview of the goals of the workshop. >> >>Morning Session: 11:00 - 12:30 >> >>Lunch: 12:30-1:15 (box lunch and conversations about teaching) >> >>Afternoon Session 1:15-2:30 >> >>Wrap Up Session: 2:30 - 3:00 -A final session devoted to answering questions that have arisen during the workshop. >> >> To register please send the coupon below to: >> >>Jean Shackelford >>C/o Barbara Krohn >>IAFFE Teaching and Pedagogy Issues Committee >>Department of Economics >>Bucknell University >>Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA >>email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>I am interested in attending the Just in Time >>SyllabusWorkshop on the day preceding the ASSA meetings >>(January 4, 2001). >> >>Name: >>______________________________________________________________________ >> >>Address:__________________________________________________________________ _____ >> >>Phones: (O)____________________; (H) >>____________________; (F)____________________ >> >>e-mail: >>_______________________________________________________________________ >> >>Registration fee is $25 for graduate students; $50 for IAFFE >>members; $75 for non-IAFFE members >>Make check or money order payable to IAFFE >>or: Visa or MasterCard number: >>________________________________________________ >> >>expiration date: __________ Signature: >>__________________________________ >> >> > ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
